Thread: Bounce Bounce?

Don't forget that the floor won't be level because of the deflection of the unsupported bearer.

You should be able to jack it up enough with a heavy car jack, so you can just slip in the fibro...but do get some help!

Can you find the guys that re-stumped it? Do you guys have a sub-contractors licensing system? If so it may just be worth a couple of phone calls.

Cheers,

P

Yes, get help. I guy was killed a few weeks ago in Melbourne when his house fell off it's stumps. He was underneath at the time.

Originally Posted by Grunt

Yes, get help. I guy was killed a few weeks ago in Melbourne when his house fell off it's stumps. He was underneath at the time.

It's always scary giving advice about something one hasn't seen...and can end up being downright irresponsible. AND A HOUSE WEIGHS EVER SOOOOO MUCH.

I'd be thinking that one stump at a time you should be ok, but there again, I jacked a house up for restumping once (with proper gear) and eleven out of the sixteen stumps that it was sitting on FELL OVER.

It can happen!

On that cheery note,

P

I will ring around tomorrow, but I doubt anyone will own up to the job.

Does stumping come with a guarantee?

I know here in WA any structural improvement less then 6 years old is the previous owners problem, but anything older then that is the new owners problem.

I wonder how the stumps go under that law?

I had half my house down south (NSW ) restumped by Pro's and with that I got a 7yr warranty with it for their work. The local building association should be able to give you some idea on liabilities. Assuming that you can identify the company who did the original job and that they are still in business and are appropriately licensed. Similar to cladding companies in reality I expect Here today Gone tommorrow. Worse comes to worse you can use a car jack as Midge suggested and pack everything up nice and level. Just use a water level ( tube filled with water) to check the overall situation and adjust accordingly. It's a dirty job but not that hard really if you think and plan out what you are doing. One stump at a time, keep your fingers out and you can't go too far wrong IMHO

Gemi,

Do you know a tame chippy or Jack of all trades in your town?

I really doubt you'll get any satisfaction from the people who did the work originally, always assuming that it was professionally done.

If they didn't bother packing the bearers, I'd have my doubts.

Craig

finding a previous owner to foot the bill will be a first I imagine

.... "stumps under the law" ...? hmmm .... bouncey and dodgy I reckon

1) Don't worry about old cobwebs - spiders recycle their webs, and if its dusty & visible, the spider is long dead. They are just yucky - take a bit of stick & thrash it about to collect them all.

2) If you are in a mining area - I'm guessing undergound rather than opencast, although you're in WA - be very careful of bouncy floors.

A few years ago a family couldn't find their dog for a few days. Eventually they heard it whineing under the house & called the Police Rescue to fish it out - lucky they did as there was an ENORMOUS hole - only the outer row of piers was left, holding up the house, everything inside was GONE. The poor dog was located on a ledge some distance down the hole & recovered. The house was evacuated rapidly but gently.

So don't forget your climbing rope & harness when 'exploring' in a subsidence zone

sheesh bsrlee thats scarey stuff. The mine is open cut at the moment, they do intend on underground but down the track a bit.

Thanks guys for the advice on jacking it up with the car jack but I think I will leave that to the pro's.

I do have a local jack of all trades. He is due here on Friday to pull out a window and replace with a bigger one, so will get his HO on the situation. He is cheap too,($25hr) but we shall see how good his work is with this window.

He is a carpenter aswell.

Take it as a given that any work you do is likely to be temporary. I would be EXTREMELY wary of using a car jack to lift up your floor even it is for just one stump..... It is the sort of thing I would do, but not suggest anyone else do it. You may be able to wangle some packer into the space in the short term, but at the end of the day you need to spend some time $$$ firstly identifying the problem and it's cause. Then you have some where to go.

Originally Posted by namtrak

Take it as a given that any work you do is likely to be temporary. I would be EXTREMELY wary of using a car jack to lift up your floor even it is for just one stump..... It is the sort of thing I would do, but not suggest anyone else do it.

Yep! TOTALLY AGREE (specially the last bit!)

Cheers,

P