Manufatured housing roofing

[shvl73]

I stapled a three tab type shingle on my other house back in '94, so far so good. I've also done one back in '88 on my parents house with no problems. One thing that may be a factor is we don't get the high winds that other parts of the country do. I also used Senco staples which, at the time were domestically made. I do remember seeing a wide crown hammer-tacker type stapler, Bostitch maybe, that was in use 20 years back and I thought there were problems with those type specifically. The industry has definitely moved away from staples as a whole. For a while Senco had a framing stapler, it shot heavy wire staples up to 3-1/2", long gone now.

 

[cag]

Kennedy.. I have been in construction all my life and I can tell you shingle install with staples would not pass building code in our area there simply not intended for that type of use... But maybe your water problem does not have to do with your shingles...I notice in one of your pics you get snow in your area (cold weather) your problem may be with the ventilating fan that's in the bathroom, go in the attic and check if your flexible venting pipe is insulated (this is similar to the one use in back of a clothes dryer) if it's not it will be fill with water, this occur with the bathroom condensation when taking a bath or shower.. I may be wrong but I seen this happen many times...cag

 

[cag]

I should have mention when the ventilating pipe is not insulated condensation builds up, water fills the pipe, freeze, and breaks the pipes then leaks true the ceiling, so I would also inspect closely the ventilating pipes for cracks if no water is present...cag

 

[8561]

Kenny - before you contact an attorney, I would highly recommend you consider retaining a structural engineer. You should be able to get one to come out and inspect and write you a one to two page report for somewhere between $250 -$500. Call one and tell him about your issue, he'll tell you what he'll charge. Then contact the manufacturer, tell them what you have (but do NOT share a copy of your report) and see what they'll do. The engineer's report tells them you are serious and gives you credibility. If no satisfaction, sue them for the cost to replace the roof as well as your expert and attorney's fees. Unfortunately, you'll probably be lucky to get out with the cost of the roof, but it's probably the best you can expect to do.

 

[bgott]

You need to read your contract carefully. More than likely the contract you signed has an arbitration clause. You might be better off just fixing the roof rather than trying to sue them. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I've read some really bad stories about folks that have been tied up in the arbitration process. It helps business' keep their legal expenses down but doesn't seem to do much for their disgruntled customers.

 

[KennedyDiesel]

Doh! Never realized that I spelled manufactured wrong till I tried to search it!

Update: Contractor was out on behalf of the mfr. These guys went right to town pulling off the shingles in the affected area and NAILED down a bundle of new ones. They were very sure of themselves and what they were doing and did an excellent job. They also did a better job of tar sealing the short flashing of the vent and ran the shingles down closer to the vent. I believe the mfr had a BIG cutout if memory serves. These guys ran the shingles right close to the stack and notched around it. In the attached pic you can see the tar line which is where the shingle was cut back square way above the stack where it would have lapped to the center of the stack or so. Possibly even had a tab removed.

Exposed staples were documented again, and we'll see where it goes from there...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Does your state have a manufactured housing commission?

 

[KennedyDiesel]

I'm sure they do.

 

[HuckBB62]

I'm trying to understand why staples, properly applied, wouldn't hold well. I've put two roofs on myself, after extensive study and used the typical, large headed, flat roofing nails primarily because I didn't like the porcupine, head biting nightmare that I've seen in staple houses. Here in California, one summer and that whole roof congeals into a solid sheet of asphalt shingle because of the sealing strips. No amount of wind ever will lift one shingle off, except in the case of an improperly adhered ridge shingle. I'm thinking that if they had simply put the staples under the course like suggested, you'd have no problems.

Manufactured homes are inspected by HUD inspectors, on a third party basis. I'd start there.

We have a new manufactured home. It was pretty expensive but far less than stick building where we live in the mountains. We love the darned thing except for a few sniggling points. I hope people don't get turned off of manufactured homes, there's some awesome products out there!