placing metal roof on top of older mobile home: "I hired a gentleman to put a metal roof on ..." - smila roja (2/1/2016) | I Have An Existing Metal Roof and Have A Question | Ask The Experts Forum

I hired a gentleman to put a metal roof on my 1985 mobile that I just purchased which was leaking & caused mold inside. I gutted inside & now I had this person put a water resistant tarp on top of roof temporaily until he could put a new metal roof over existing roof. He left the tarp & put the metal roof over it. Shouldn't he have taken off the tarp? won't it cause moisture in summer since it gets so hot? also a neighbor said it is possible to rot & maybe catch on fire? can you give me an opinion if I should tell him to remove it?	smila roja 2/1/2016	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/20964/find/
Are you sure it was a tarp vs. a synthetic underlayment? I haven't seen an application where leaving a tarp in place makes sense.	Eric Novotny An informed customer is the Best Customer! 2/1/2016	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/20965/find/
it is definitely a water resistant tarp that I purchased at Harbor Freight that you can cover up something outside temporarily to stop rain from getting on things.	smila roja 2/1/2016	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/20966/find/
I have a 1978 single wide mobile home and it has a large he section of flat roof. I was wondering if I can put on a pitched metal roof Instead of every two years paying someone to seal it and worry in winter the weight of snow On the flat roof Is that a very expensive project ? Thank you	Guest User 1/21/2018	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/20967/find/
Depending upon the current pitch, this could be a fairly involved project. There are, however, metal roofs designed for low slope mobile home retrofits. I would encourage you to look for a contractor in your area who specializes in mobile home repair.	Todd Miller Isaiah Industries, Inc. 1/21/2018	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/20968/find/
Can you move an older mobile home that has had a metal roof installed	Mark Schilling 3/2/2018	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/22890/find/
Mark, probably but without knowing more details of exactly what was done, I really can't comment with more specificity.	Todd Miller Isaiah Industries, Inc. 3/2/2018	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/22891/find/
Are we talking about cross country or to the other side of the lot? If the structure is good, it shouldn't move around much.	Eric Novotny An informed customer is the Best Customer! 3/3/2018	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/22900/find/

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