Asbestos Removal in Maryville, TN

Maryville through the census counts

Maryville began as Fort Craig, a stockade John Craig built in 1785. Craig donated land for a town, which was incorporated in 1795 and named for Mary Grainger Blount, wife of territorial governor William Blount. Maryville College followed in 1819. The city sits in north-central Blount County, with Alcoa directly to the north and Chilhowee Mountain to the south.

The census counts say a lot about the housing. Maryville had 7,742 residents in 1950 and 17,480 in 1980, more than doubling in thirty years, then kept growing to 31,907 by 2020. That middle stretch was the era of textured ceilings, 9x9 vinyl tile and cement-asbestos siding, so a house from those decades is a reasonable candidate for testing before renovation.

Owner-occupied homes, rentals and apartment buildings

Older streets near downtown and the college include houses that predate the post-war growth, and those can have plaster walls, basement heating pipes and attic insulation added to more than once. Whoever owns them, the material inside is the same; what changes is how the rules treat the building.

Under the federal asbestos standard, a residential building with four or fewer dwelling units is generally not a regulated facility, so a duplex or small house rental is handled much like an owner-occupied home. An apartment building with five or more units is treated like a commercial building: inspection before work, notice before demolition, and notice before removing regulated material above the thresholds. Knowing which group your building is in is the first step in planning a renovation.

What Maryville work costs

Maryville jobs are priced on the same ranges as Knoxville, published on our cost page. Popcorn ceiling removal is $3–$7 per square foot, about $900–$2,800 for a typical room. Floor tile and mastic is $5–$15 per square foot, and testing and inspection is $250–$600. Commercial abatement runs $10–$25 per square foot.

Services available in Maryville

• Asbestos testing and inspection — PLM sampling, TEM where it matters, written report.
• Asbestos removal — containment, wet removal, HEPA cleanup, manifested disposal.
• Popcorn ceiling removal — the most common job on pre-1980 stock.
• Floor tile and mastic removal — 9x9 tile and black cutback adhesive.
• Vermiculite attic removal — Zonolite fill, HEPA-vacuumed into sealed bags.
• Transite siding removal — cement-asbestos shingle, stripped whole and wet.
• Pipe and duct insulation removal — glovebag or full containment.
• Pre-demolition surveys — required before any demolition, asbestos or not.

Blount County and the state program

Only four Tennessee counties, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Shelby, run their own air programs. Blount is not one of them, so asbestos notifications for Maryville projects go to TDEC’s Division of Air Pollution Control on form CN-1055, at least ten working days before a demolition or a renovation above 260 linear feet of pipe, 160 square feet of components or 35 cubic feet. The state does not charge for the notification.

Asbestos waste from a Maryville job has to go to a landfill that is permitted to take it. Call (865) 420-5764 and tell us the address, the year built and the scope.