[KY] Serving Trenton · Todd County Est. 2009

Foundation repair
in Trenton, KY

Ground Up Foundation Repair has served Trenton homeowners since 2009. Local Todd County crews, in-depth knowledge of the soil and climate conditions that affect foundations in this area, and a lifetime transferable warranty on every piered section.

Schedule Free Inspection (615) 624-1027

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Murfreesboro office

3617 Shelbyville Hwy

Murfreesboro, TN 37127

Phone

(615) 880-6449

Getting to you

About 100 minutes from the office, 82 miles.

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About Trenton

The ground and the housing in Trenton

Trenton sits in Todd County, Kentucky. Trenton is home to about 286 people in roughly 127 households. Owners occupy 82 percent of the housing here, and 138 homes are detached single family.

The crew that covers Trenton works out of our Murfreesboro office, 82 miles away, about 100 minutes on the road. Across Todd County as a whole there are 3,991 detached single family homes, and 74 percent of occupied housing is owner occupied. That is about 2 percent of every housing unit in Todd County. The county around it counts about 12,330 residents across 5,160 housing units. Building peaked before 1940 at 52 homes, which is why the median year built sits at 1969. The survey reports a median home value of $171,900 and a median household income of $76,250. The split is 104 owner occupied to 23 rented. 85 of those homes were finished before 1980, 67 percent of everything standing.

Population and housing figures: American Community Survey, by way of the Signature Media market data set.

What we fix

Foundation problems we see in Trenton

Wet Basement Walls

85 homes in Trenton were finished before 1980, and drainage gets the closest look on homes of that age.

What this looks like

Sagging or Uneven Floors

The typical Trenton house dates to 1969, old enough that the ground under it has been through every wet spring and dry summer since.

What this looks like

See all problem signs

Local conditions

Why foundations move in Trenton

Rain, drought and the calendar

Southern Kentucky soils run a less aggressive shrink swell cycle than Middle Tennessee clay, with soil profiles that change from one county to the next.

The age of the housing

The years before 1940 put up more homes than any other decade, 52 of them, and the median year built is 1969. 85 of those homes predate 1980, so drainage and footing condition get a close look at an inspection. Mortgages sit on 52 percent of the owner occupied homes in Trenton.

The ZIP code inside Trenton: 42286.

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