Modular Home Hinged Roof

Many modular homes have roof slopes which would be much too high for the upper roof bearing sections to travel up the highway.

Modular home hinged roof.

There may be hinged roof rafters photo at above left and sketch below. Follow the step by step instructions to see how the mmhc makes it easy to build. You ll find one possibly two or even three features unique to modular home construction. If the sidewalls are 8 tall and the roof pitch is 4 12 or 5 12 similar.

Hinged roofs are most commonly found on multi wide homes. Workers continue on the hinged roof. Resulting in air pockets around electric boxes and wiring. Once the roof truss system is completed the manufactured home roof structure is moved over the rest of the home.

Once the home is placed on the site and the hinge is opened it becomes difficult to detect without close inspection of the trusses. Two good indications that a roof is hinged are the sidewalls and the roof pitch. Roof insulation for most modular homes is rated at r 30 or r 38 resulting in a less efficient insulating value. 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.

Also notice how the power nailer the builder is using is attached to the roof of the factory. The hinged roof allows modular homes to be transported on narrow roads and still have a steep roof pitch like stick built homes. The exterior walls of most modular homes are installed with lower value r 19 fiberglass insulation that usually isn t blown in.