Modular Home Hinged Roof

The exterior walls of most modular homes are installed with lower value r 19 fiberglass insulation that usually isn t blown in.

Modular home hinged roof.

If the sidewalls are 8 tall and the roof pitch is 4 12 or 5 12 similar. You ll find one possibly two or even three features unique to modular home construction. Learn how to install the new mmhc hinged roof connector for modular building. Many modular homes have roof slopes which would be much too high for the upper roof bearing sections to travel up the highway.

Now they have started work on a hinged roof. Once the home is placed on the site and the hinge is opened it becomes difficult to detect without close inspection of the trusses. Once the roof truss system is completed the manufactured home roof structure is moved over the rest of the home. Also notice how the power nailer the builder is using is attached to the roof of the factory.

Two good indications that a roof is hinged are the sidewalls and the roof pitch. Bringing the roof and home together. The hinged roof allows modular homes to be transported on narrow roads and still have a steep roof pitch like stick built homes. Roof insulation for most modular homes is rated at r 30 or r 38 resulting in a less efficient insulating value.

Hinged roofs are most commonly found on multi wide homes. If the home is a double section or triple section home this is where structural lumber headers and a laminated ridge beam are used over the openings to join the two sections of the home together. There may be hinged roof rafters photo at above left and sketch below.