Mobile home roofing in Los Angeles: roof‑overs, coatings and repairs
Mobile and manufactured homes need roofing built for lighter frames and low, often metal roofs, and in California the permit comes from the state, not the city. We handle roof-overs, coatings and leak repairs with the HCD paperwork included.
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Mobile home roofing in Los Angeles covers roof-overs that add a new insulated or pitched roof over the old one, coatings for sound metal roofs, and leak repairs at seams, vents and edges. In California, most roof alterations to a mobile or manufactured home need a permit from the state Department of Housing and Community Development, which we file.
Updated September 2026
Lighter frames, low roofs and a state permit
Many older mobile homes have low-slope metal roofs that expand and contract on every hot day, loosening screws and opening seams. Others carry shingle or rolled roofing on light framing that can't take the weight a site-built house can. A good repair or roof-over respects that frame instead of loading it.
The permit is different too. The state housing department regulates alterations to mobile and manufactured homes, so a re-roof or roof-over goes through its permit and inspections rather than a city building permit. For sound metal roofs, a reflective coating may be all that's needed.
Signs a mobile home roof needs work
Rust streaks or spots
The coating has worn and the metal is corroding.
Backed-out screws
Fasteners loosen as the roof expands and contracts.
Popping in the heat
Metal moving against loose fasteners.
Stains along ceiling edges
Water getting in at the roof-to-wall seam.
Soft spots on shingled homes
Decking has taken on water.
Drips at vents or skylights
Sealant around penetrations has failed.
Rooms that stay hot
A bare metal roof passing heat into the home.
What mobile home roofing costs depends on
Mobile home roofs are priced on the home and the scope. Five things set the number:
- Single or double wide
Roof area scales with the home's size.
- Roof-over or coating
A new roof-over costs more than a coating on a sound roof.
- Engineered plans
Many roof-overs need plans for the permit.
- Insulation
Added insulation raises material cost but cuts heat.
- Repairs underneath
Soft decking or rusted panels are fixed first.
Roof-overs, coatings and repairs
Mobile home roof-over systems
A roof-over adds a new roof on top of the existing one, often with insulation and a slight pitch, tied into the home without overloading the frame. It stops chronic leaks from an aging metal roof and cuts heat in the rooms below. Many roof-overs need engineered plans, which we coordinate. Many roof-overs also extend the eave a little, which throws water further from the walls and helps protect the siding and the skirting along the base of the home.
Metal mobile home roof coating
When a metal roof is sound but its seams and fasteners are starting to leak, cleaning, resealing and a reflective elastomeric coating can buy years. We tighten or replace fasteners, seal seams with fabric and coat the whole roof, which also lowers its surface temperature. Before coating, loose seams get fabric and fasteners get sealed, because coating alone over a moving joint splits within a season, and the leak simply comes back in the same spot.
Mobile home roof leak repair
Leaks usually start at seams, vent stacks, skylights and the edge where the roof meets the siding. We trace the leak, replace failed sealant and fasteners, reflash vents and repair soft decking on shingled homes, working lightly on framing not built for heavy loads. We walk carefully on these roofs, stepping only where the framing runs, and we lay boards across soft areas so a repair doesn't turn into a new hole in the ceiling below.
What our mobile home roofing includes
Every mobile home job is planned around the frame and the permit.
- Roof and frame check before any quote
- HCD permit filed where the work requires it
- Engineered plans coordinated for roof-overs
- Fasteners, seams and vents resealed or replaced
- Insulation and reflective surfaces where specified
- Edge, gutter and siding transitions sealed
- Inspection scheduled and paperwork left with you
Mobile home parks hold some of the lowest-cost housing in the Los Angeles region, and nearly a quarter of the county's park stock has disappeared since the 1980s, so keeping the homes that remain sound matters. California's housing department requires a permit for re-roofs and roof-overs on these homes, with underlayment and final inspections for a re-roof and engineered plans for many roof-overs.
How a mobile home roof job runs
Roof and frame check
Roof type, condition and frame capacity are reviewed.
Scope and permit
Repair, coating or roof-over, with the HCD permit.
Prep
Fasteners, seams and damaged areas are fixed first.
Install
Coating, roof-over or repairs completed to the plan.
Inspect
State inspections where required, records left with you.
Mobile home roofing questions
Straight answers to what people ask us most about this job.
Other ways to reach usIn California, most re-roofs and roof-overs on mobile homes need a permit from the state housing department, and we file it.
A new roof built over the existing one, often insulated and pitched, tied in without overloading the frame.
Yes, if it's sound. We fix fasteners and seams first, then apply a reflective coating.
Metal expands and contracts; loose fasteners let panels move and make noise.
A reflective or insulated roof cuts the heat reaching the rooms below.
Yes, and we coordinate access and parking with park management.
Yes, that seam is a common leak point; leak tracing starts there.
Other flat & low-slope roofing jobs we handle
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Commercial Roofing.
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Roof Deck Waterproofing.
Cool roof coating for Title 24
Roof Coating.
Torch Down Modified Bitumen Roofing in Los Angeles
Torch Down Modified Bitumen Roofing.
Tapered insulation for drainage
TPO and PVC Flat Roof Installation.
