Local coverage
Project conversations across Mobile County and the central Gulf Coast.
What's covered depends on which independent providers are taking on work at a given time. Each community page below walks through the housing stock and site conditions that tend to matter there.
Prichard
Developed north of downtown Mobile as an industrial community in the early twentieth century, its older homes have unvented crawl spaces in one of the wettest climates in the country.
Local planning notes →Saraland
A postwar bedroom community incorporated in 1957, its slab-on-grade ranches show vapor drive through concrete as the usual entry route.
Local planning notes →Chickasaw
Built rapidly in World War II for shipyard workers, its wartime construction has minimal vapor control and wall cavities that dry very slowly.
Local planning notes →Semmes
Lower-density and rural in western Mobile County, heavy tree cover keeps the ground beside foundations shaded and damp year-round.
Local planning notes →Theodore
On flat delta-adjacent coastal plain, a high water table keeps subfloor areas humid regardless of surface conditions.
Local planning notes →Tillmans Corner
A later-twentieth-century hub southwest of Mobile, its range of build eras means the moisture source differs from block to block.
Local planning notes →Dauphin Island
A barrier island rebuilt after repeated hurricane strikes, where past flood events frequently left moisture sealed inside assemblies.
Local planning notes →Bayou La Batre
A historic fishing village on the Gulf, where persistent humidity and repeated storm flooding compound in older wood-framed housing.
Local planning notes →