Where we cover
Four places, and the roof problems are not the same in any two of them.
A hundred year old house in the Oakleigh district and a house finished last year off Highway 181 have almost nothing in common except the weather. One has heart pine framing, a slate or metal history and a historic district to answer to. The other has engineered trusses, a builder grade roof and a warranty that is about to run out.
These pages take each place on its own terms, because the honest answer to what your roof needs usually starts with where and when the house was built.
- Daphne Eastern Shore growth, young roofs and warranties about to lapse.
- Mobile Historic districts, heavy rain totals and a very wide spread of roof ages.
- Saraland Inland, wooded, and the damage here usually arrives through a tree.
- Theodore South of the city, low ground, and roofs that see the weather early.