How do you tell if you need to restump or reblock your home?
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Many Australian homes have a foundation of stumps. Wooden stumps to support your house were common up until the most recent years when concrete stumps became more popular. The reason why concrete stumps became more popular is because wood can only be expected to last between 20 and 80 years depending on the type of timber, soil conditions and other factors like drainage and pests.
Archicentre has said that up to 30% of timber stumped homes need an immediate full or partial restump, so your house could very well need to be restumped.
Restumping is known as reblocking in Victoria.
Because restumping can often cause internal cracks and therefore you'll need to redecorate inside, restumping is something that should be done early on in the renovation process.
How can you tell if you might need to restump your home?
- Crooked door or window frames
- Significant plaster cracks
- Uneven floors
- If stumps rot evenly, the floors will still remain flat but they will slope away from permanent brick structures like fireplaces.
How to check your stumps
To check, you'll need to get under the house and scrape away the dirt away to between 5 and 10 cms below ground to check the state of the wood. Sometimes only some stumps are rotten, and sometimes stumps aren't rotten but simply have moved with gravity. It's best to get an expert to advise you on this, which most restumping companies will do as part of the quoting process.
Check out thisarticle on plastering, as most restumping projects also result in some patch work inside the home.
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I need a small stumping job (no existing stumps) done in Rowville.
over a year ago by Des OReilly -
Hi Des, easy done, simply fill out the Request Quotes form on the top right of the Service Central website and three local pre-qualified restumpers will be in touch.
over a year ago by danial_ahchow
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