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Garbage Disposal Repair in Tennessee

Across the 110 Tennessee towns we route calls in, 66% of housing units are detached houses and 25% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.

The quick answer

Across the 110 Tennessee towns covered here, 66% of housing units are detached houses, 25% are in multi-unit buildings and 4% are manufactured homes. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, and therefore who arranges and pays for the repair.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.

SinkGrind is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no work, we sell no equipment, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

How Tennessee is built

Housing typeShare of housing units
Detached houses66%
Attached houses5%
Multi-unit buildings25%
Manufactured and mobile homes4%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 1,438,554 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.

The state does not divide evenly: 72 Tennessee towns lead on detached houses, 25 Tennessee towns lead on manufactured homes, 11 Tennessee towns lead on single-family housing, 2 Tennessee towns lead on a mix of building types. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.

The largest towns we route

TownDetachedMulti-unitHousing units
Memphis63%31%306,227
Nashville48%42%239,456
Murfreesboro64%27%87,286
Clarksville72%22%82,282
Franklin68%24%46,589
Antioch53%36%41,112
Cordova68%27%35,328
Hendersonville75%20%29,600

Checking a plumber in Tennessee

Tennessee licenses are issued by the Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Department of Commerce and Insurance, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

Towns we route in Tennessee

Pushed the reset button already?Then it is worth a contractor rather than another ten minutes with a hex key. Tell us what it is doing — silent, humming, leaking or smelling — and we will route you. Free to you, always. Disposals are one job; we take the others.

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