Re do our roof

[Carol Otterson]

We have a large (1800) foot manufactured home. Our side walls are only 7 1/2 foot and our ceilings are vaulted to about 9 foot.

We want to raise the roof so we have 9 foot sides walls - has anyone ever done that or heard of anyone doing it.

Is the cost prohibitive???

Thanks - Carol

[Tom]

I am not aware of anyone trying this. Rebuilding the side walls and somehow supporting the roof would be a very complicated project, so money wise if you hire it out, yes its probably not very cost effective. You would certainly need a construction engineer to survey the project for safety. Tom

[sholman]

Do u know if this was ever done. we are wanting to do the same.

[David Oxhandler]

You are talking about removing the roof of your home and rebuilding it... what will you do to protect the contents of your home while it has no roof? How will you calculate the possible need to add additional foundation support? Unless you have a massive amount of construction experience including the ability to re-engineer the homes roof support system you really dont want to consider this.

[Portlandia]

I'd say the cost is prohibitive. In the last 3-4 years, makers have come out with houses that have 9' ceilings all the way across.

I just replaced my roof (2000 SF house) and its deck. The costs were as follows (things were rotten on one side):
Roof deck: Plywood sheets, about 60 at $16 each
Peel and stick underlayment, 16 2-square rolls at $80 each (I did the entire house - the standard underlayment is stuff called ply-dri - useless if you have shingles stapled too deep, as we did)
Shingles, 26 squares at $125 per square (50-year shingles - you can go as cheap as about $50 a square for 25-year).
$100 for metal and screws.
I did all the labor and disposal over a three week period working all day every day. The grand total was about $6000, just for materials. If you factor in that you would be replacing all the rafters, and would have to hire an engineer to calculate what would have to be done, that would add another $2-3K, if you did the work yourself.

So, impossible, no, but pretty expensive.