- 32 mindrive from Wartrace
- 12,944people (ACS 2020–2024)
- 1985median year Manchester homes were built
How far is Manchester from Wartrace?
About 24.1 miles: SR-64 out of Wartrace, then I-24, and you’re in Manchester in around 32 minutes. It’s the seat of Coffee County, which has 59,710 people by the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 estimates; Manchester itself has 12,944.
Who issues mechanical permits in Manchester?
The city does, through Manchester Health & Codes, reachable at (931) 723-1464 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The city’s planning and codes page adds a rule worth knowing: a contractor without a state license can pull permits only for work under $25,000. That lines up with the state’s own threshold. The Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors requires a contractor license on any project of $25,000 or more, counting materials, equipment and labor, and its HVAC classification is CMC-C.
Houses and mobile homes in Manchester
Manchester’s median home was built in 1985, a year older than Coffee County’s 1986, and the Census survey counts 331 mobile homes among 5,135 housing units in the city, about 6 percent. Across the whole county the share is 13 percent. A replacement in a mid-1980s house means fitting a new outdoor unit to an indoor coil and a duct system that were sized decades ago. Those get checked before a price is written, because a new condenser on a mismatched coil won’t deliver what the label promises.
Calls after the codes office closes
The codes office shuts at 4 p.m.; our phone is answered until 8 PM, every day of the week. A permit waits for business hours. A dead air conditioner at 6 PM is a different kind of call, and heating and AC repair is the part of the work that runs late. Gavin L.’s review describes exactly that sort of job: Great service for a last minute fix on hvac.
The rest of what we do, ductless mini splits for a garage or an addition and duct and dryer vent repair, gets scheduled like any other visit to Manchester.