Mobile & Manufactured Home Gutters in South Florida

What roof runoff does to manufactured home gutters, skirting and piers

A manufactured home sits above the ground on piers, with skirting closing in the space beneath. Roof water that drips off the edge lands right at the skirting line. Over a few rainy seasons, that means:

• Wet ground under the home that stays damp long after the storm, inviting mold and insects
• Rust on tie-down straps, anchors and the steel frame
• Warped or stained skirting panels and soft wooden steps or ramps
• Splashback on siding and around doors on the carport side

A simple gutter with downspouts that carry water a few feet away from the skirting takes care of most of this.

Do 55+ park gutters need approval from the office?

Usually. Whether you own the land in a resident-owned community or lease a lot, the park’s written rules typically cover exterior changes, and gutters fall under them. Many parks keep a list of approved colors, often white or a color that matches the home’s trim.

The law backs that up. In a park where you lease the lot, section 723.023 of the Florida Statutes requires the homeowner to get the park owner’s written approval before any exterior modification or addition. Resident-owned communities follow their own governing documents, and a roof-over warranty may limit where fasteners go.

Here is what we provide to make approval easy:

• A short description of the gutters and downspouts, with size and color
• A sketch showing where each downspout will discharge
• Our certificate of insurance, which some park offices ask for before any contractor starts work
• Color samples to check against the park’s list and your trim

If the park has an approval form, you fill in your details, attach what we provide and turn it in. Our color-matched gutters page explains how we match finishes to existing trim.

Mobile home gutter installation on metal and roof-over edges

The roof edge is where manufactured homes differ most from site-built houses. Original metal roofs often end in a thin drip rail rather than a wood fascia, and roof-over systems add insulation and a new covering that changes the edge height. We never fasten through a roof membrane.

We typically use 5-inch aluminum gutters with 2x3 downspouts. Mobile home roofs are small and low-sloped, so the water volume is modest and lighter gutters keep the load on the edge down.

Carport gutters, Florida rooms and screen rooms

Most manufactured homes in our area have at least one aluminum add-on: a carport, a Florida room, a screen room or an awning over the door. These pan roofs slope to one side and pour their water off that edge, which is often right where you step out of the car or walk to the door.

A gutter along the low edge of the pan roof, with a downspout strapped to a support post, moves that water away from the walkway. Where the add-on roof meets the home’s roof, we look for the joint that leaks and make sure the new gutters don’t trap water against it.

Mobile home gutter repair or a new system: which do you need?

Not every call needs new gutters. Many older systems on manufactured homes just need attention: a corner resealed, a few hangers reset into solid material, a downspout reattached after a storm, or a short dented section replaced. If the rest of the system is sound, we repair it and say so.

Our gutter repair page covers the full range of fixes, and leaking gutter repair explains how we reseal joints and end caps so they last through rainy season.

Either way, a visit can cover:

• Lightweight 5-inch aluminum gutters and 2x3 downspouts in a park-approved color
• A solid backing strip where the roof edge is a thin drip rail
• Gutters on carport, Florida room or awning pan roofs
• Repairs: resealed corners, reset hangers and replaced dented sections
• Downspouts strapped top and bottom and turned away from the skirting

Typical before

Typical after

What sets the price: linear feet on the home, each carport or room added, any backing at the roof edge, downspout count, color, and whether the job is a repair or a new system. A repair is priced on the parts and time it needs, not as a stripped-down install.

Scheduling around seasonal residents, and hurricane-season anchoring

Many park residents spend summers up north. We can work while you are away if the park allows it and a neighbor or the office can let us onto the lot. Otherwise we schedule before you leave or after you return, ideally ahead of hurricane season, which runs June 1 through November 30.

1. Check in. We sign in at the park office when the park asks.
2. Walk the home. We look at the trouble spots with you or a neighbor and confirm the edge type and color.
3. Install or repair. Ladders with standoffs go up on the narrow lot, and gutters hang on stainless screws in solid material.
4. Route downspouts. Each is strapped and aimed away from skirting, steps and the next lot.
5. Water test. A hose run shows every outlet working.
6. Clean up. Scraps and screws leave with us, and gates are closed behind us.

For wind, we keep runs short, set hangers closer together into solid material, strap every downspout at top and bottom, and avoid long loose extensions that can become projectiles. Our pre-hurricane gutter checklist lists what to look at each spring, and we serve parks near Pompano Beach and Lauderhill along with the rest of Broward and Palm Beach.

Why park residents call us: small jobs are welcome, so one carport gutter or a single loose corner gets a real appointment. Quality, Value and Punctuality are the tags our Google reviewers chose most. Chance has owned the company since about 2020 and still makes the follow-up call after a job, which matters when you head north for the summer. Estimates are free and written, and new installations carry the 3-year workmanship and 20-year materials warranty.