A deck, porch and new roof for a mobile home

Start at the door people actually use

The front door on a lot of manufactured homes is not the one the family uses every day. Here it was the side entry, so that is where the new deck went: raised up to the door height, with posts, frame, deck boards and wood railings all in by the first photos on August 19.

Building at the everyday door means groceries, boots and visitors all come through somewhere solid and dry. That one choice shaped the rest of the job.

Tall corner posts, planned from day one

The corner posts on this deck stand well above the railing. That was on purpose. We knew from the start a roof was coming, so the posts that carry the deck also carry the porch roof.

Planning both at once matters. Adding a roof to a finished deck later can mean new posts or reworked framing, which is why our porch cover or open deck note says to decide on the roof before the first post goes in.

From open deck to covered porch

By August 21 the porch roof was framed over the deck. Stairs with wood railings went down to the yard, and the underside of the new roof got a white ceiling, which is what turns a deck with a roof into a porch that feels finished.

How a porch roof meets a manufactured home depends on the home itself, so that connection is something we look at in person rather than guess at from a photo.

The re-roof, same crew and same week

Up top, we re-roofed the home. Underlayment went down first, then new gray shingles were run across the roof and capped at the ridge. The photos from August 24 show the shingles going on over the underlayment.

If you want the detail on that layer, our underlayment and ridge vent note explains what sits beneath new shingles. The roofing side of our work is on the shingle roofs page.

• August 19: raised deck and wood railings at the side entry
• August 21: porch roof framed over the deck
• August 24: gray shingles over underlayment; white porch ceiling
• August 25: porch finished with stairs and railings down to the yard

Why bundle the work

One site visit and one schedule covered a deck, a porch and a roof. The ladders and materials were already on site, and the owner dealt with one contractor instead of three.

You can see the whole sequence on the mobile home project page. Our photos of that job run from August 19 to August 25, 2026, from the first framing to the capped ridge.

What to sort out first

Before we price a job like this, we look at the door height, where the stairs should land, how the porch roof will meet the home, and what shape the existing roof is in. Check with your township about anything they want to see before a deck or porch goes up.

Schaub and Sons is based in Kittanning and works across Armstrong County and nearby, from Templeton about 8 miles northeast to Punxsutawney about 30 miles east. Send a porch cover quote request and we will set up a visit.