From a Crossroads Home to a Growing City
Owens Cross Roads takes its name from Thomas J. Owens, who built the first home at the intersection that gave the town its name in the early 1800s; it first appeared on maps in 1850 and its economy centered on cotton, like the rest of the Tennessee Valley, until the boll weevil forced crop diversification in the 1920s-30s. It incorporated in 1967 and only became a city in 2022 after reaching the 2,000-population threshold.
New Subdivisions Beside Older Rural Homesteads
Newer subdivisions are increasingly built alongside Owens Cross Roads's older rural homesteads, and the larger lots typical here mean drainage and grading decisions have to account for more of the property than they would in a denser in-town neighborhood -- a factor that directly affects how moisture moves around a foundation.
Mold Services for Owens Cross Roads
Property-Wide Grading, Not Just the House
On larger Owens Cross Roads lots, how the whole property grades toward or away from the foundation is as relevant to a moisture assessment as anything found in the crawl space.