Foundation Repair in Clinton

Clinton at a glance

Clinton is the county seat of Anderson County, with 10,056 people at the 2020 census, on the Clinch River north of Knoxville and part of the Knoxville metro.

What that means for your foundation

Clinton has an older downtown, older neighborhoods and newer homes on the hills around it. Older block and stone foundations may show cracks and settling from decades of movement; see wall and crack repair. Older downtown homes may have stone foundations and crawl spaces with mixed supports added over many years.

River bottoms

Homes on lower ground near the river can have wetter soil and damp crawl spaces, while hillside homes deal with runoff. Hillside neighborhoods above the river often have basements that take on water during long rains.

The Clinch valley

People lived along the Clinch for thousands of years; excavations ahead of the Norris and Melton Hill dams uncovered sizable Woodland period villages at Bull Bluff and Freels Bend downstream. The 1791 Treaty of Holston was meant to keep settlers out of this Cherokee land, but families such as the Wallaces, Gibbses, Freels, Frosts and Tunnells soon arrived. Homes here range from old farmhouses to modern subdivisions, and both benefit from an inspection when floors start to slope; see foundation inspections.