Emergency roof repair help needed.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:43 pm
I have a '68 Winston MH. We had an unusual 7.5-inch snow about three weeks ago. Since then we have had frequent rains. The past week has seen a lot of steady rain with intermitting down pours. This MH has a bow roof. The snow, plus the rain, has broken all the bows on one end, over the master bedroom.
The original ceiling height was 7'1" in the bedroom. Now it's 6'3". A collapse is imminent. We have nowhere to go. I'm on disability and my wife is working all she can. What little money we have, is going to move later this year, because the MH is slated to be torn down over the summer, or possibly as late as the fall. I have to tear it down because the land is going back to my family. I was only allowed to keep my trailer here until I could move to a better place. It's in no shape to be moved, hence the necessity to tear it down. If I spend money repairing this trailer, It will set me back years, and we will become homeless. My family won't take us in, and her family is five states away in an area where employment is not possible for my wife.
The roof is not leaking, but from all the rain, one wall is starting to lean in.
I am in crisis mode and loosing my mind. What can I do to brace the ceiling and make it through until we can move later this summer? All ideas are welcome.
The original ceiling height was 7'1" in the bedroom. Now it's 6'3". A collapse is imminent. We have nowhere to go. I'm on disability and my wife is working all she can. What little money we have, is going to move later this year, because the MH is slated to be torn down over the summer, or possibly as late as the fall. I have to tear it down because the land is going back to my family. I was only allowed to keep my trailer here until I could move to a better place. It's in no shape to be moved, hence the necessity to tear it down. If I spend money repairing this trailer, It will set me back years, and we will become homeless. My family won't take us in, and her family is five states away in an area where employment is not possible for my wife.
The roof is not leaking, but from all the rain, one wall is starting to lean in.
I am in crisis mode and loosing my mind. What can I do to brace the ceiling and make it through until we can move later this summer? All ideas are welcome.