Thread: Restumping help

I keep trying to give my missus a restumping but to no availe.

Al

Even after three days I am unable to get even one recomendation from anyone! Is there a reasonable person who can be good enough to be recomended ? There must be some one in this industry who has done a reasonable work for some one, some where(Victoria, Melbourne, South East)....???

Originally Posted by some_one

Hi people, I am trying to find some good recomendations for professionals who do restumping. I am in Clayton area in Victoria. Would like to hear from people who have had good and bad experiences with restumping , and also from people who can give hints on what to miss and what to get for sure. Any precautions and suggestions will be most welcome. Have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.....

Some one...I noticed you didn't get much of a response...I had a great bloke come and do my place...Melbourne Outer East...I even got him to do another property I was had...Kevin is his name...but I can't remember his business name...but I think he has got out of restumping anyhow...he does new houses only I think...if I can find anything I will post it...but other than that at least this gets your thread to to the top of the list again.

Thanks leeton for your help, it will be great if more people can come up with some suggestions. As I said there should be more people who would have gone through restumping their properties but seems no one had any joy out of it for they cannot find one recomendations! I have searched through this site and found information on the topic but it does not solve the point of recomendation, which I think is very important because if that many people can give comments about a topic they must know more about it. Waiting...

Originally Posted by some_one

........ it does not solve the point of recommendation, which I think is very important ...

Whilst I have had to restump some parts of my house, as part of building the workshop, I can't give you a recommendation as I did it myself.

Similarly, most of the posters on restumping either did it themselves or are not in Melbourne.


Peter.

Or had it done long enough ago that they don't remember who...
or the "who" is no longer in the trade. [shrug]

Sorry.

Hi everyone as I have been told most of the people here have done their restumping themselves, can I be advised on some pitfalls that I should watch out for. I just cannot be assured that anyone who did the work themselves did not come across any problems or were not caught out any where, so can I get some valuable suggestions please!! Some thing you thought would be easy but turned out otherwise....Hummm..Thanks..

It is certainly a job I wouldn't tackle...would have to be one of the toughest jobs around...poor buggers...crawling around under a house everyday...and digging bloody holes with a small shovel...no way...and you wouldn't want the whole thing coming down on you...

Hey Some One, I had a house done in Greensborough about 4 years ago. Pretty sure the company was called "Gold Star" or something along those lines. Old bloke who did a great job.....
Good Luck

Originally Posted by some_one

I just cannot be assured that anyone who did the work themselves did not come across any problems or were not caught out any where, so can I get some valuable suggestions please!! Some thing you thought would be easy but turned out otherwise....Hummm..Thanks..

Actually I did not find it terribly difficult to remove stumps and replace them with beams and install new ones. But I suppose it depends on your knowledge and experience so what I think was easy may be very difficult for others.

It also depends on whether you use concrete or timber stumps and on the amount of clearance you have to work in. I had plenty of room.

The main thing is to make sure that your bearers are properly supported on either side of the stump to be replaced and a couple of car trolley jacks come in very handy in levelling the floor but don't rely on them and use proper support once the floor is level. Once the floor is level and properly supported remove the old stump and replace with new one and pour concrete around to hold in place.

But if in doubt of your ability get a professional in to do it, for stuffups will be ever dearer to fix and could cause serious injuries.


Peter.

G'Day Some one,
I did a restumping job on the rear extension of the house a couple of years ago.
Doug around 'em; and Pulled out the old stumps one at a time, and supported the house with Pallets and some largish Timber with a bit of GRUNT!!!!

I then doug out between the location of the removed stumps so that I had room to pour a "Footing" and used the old stump holes as well. All Boxed.
When the concrete was poured, I used locally fabricated 100mm x 100mm x [about] 3.2mm wall steel stumps with a 1" threaded rod for fine adjustment.
I Dyna Bolted the posts to the Concrete 'Footing' and Coach screwed the Stump 'FOOT" to the rafters/beams.

HEY!! I could do it by myself.
Easy Peasy; and you're not out the other side of TBStump

I had these guys do the house for me, long time ago now and I can't remember how much it cost, but I do recall a bunch of guys running (crawling) around under the house digging like rabbits

Raise & Level House Restumping
8 Halwyn Crs Preston VIC 3072
ph: (03) 9484 0326

I used these guys.

Australian Reblocking Co. Pty. Ltd.
Malvern VIC 3144
ph: (03) 8508 9868

It was about $4800 to do a hundred pins under a Cal Bugalow. Service was excellent and job quality appears to be good. There were in and out in about 4 days. The guy's name is Mick.

Thanks a lot guys I seem to be on the right track. Ever since I have come to this forum it has increased my info by leaps and bounds, so thanks to all of you and as the work begins I will keep people up to date with events and pitfalls I go through. Cheers.