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Melbourne Restumping is a licensed restumping company in Melbourne, providing expert reblocking and foundation repair services for homes and businesses.
Homes in Melbourne with ageing or deteriorating stumps often develop uneven floors, cracks in their walls, or doors and windows that no longer align. These problems signal foundation movement and can lead to serious structural issues if left untreated.
Melbourne Restumping replaces old stumps with reinforced concrete stumps using proven methods that restore structural integrity and prevent further subsidence. We work closely with you to ensure the restumping process runs smoothly, ensuring every project is completed with precision and minimal disruption to your daily routine.
Book a free assessment today with Melbourne’s licensed restumping specialists and safeguard your property against further movement or damage.
Why Choose Melbourne Restumping?
Melbourne Restumping is trusted by homeowners across Melbourne for professional restumping and reblocking services. Here’s what sets us apart:
Experienced Local Team
Melbourne Restumping has over a decade of experience restumping Melbourne homes, from weatherboards homes and California bungalows to brick veneer houses. We understand how reactive clay soils and ageing subfloors affect stability, and we use that knowledge to deliver reliable results every time.
Fully Licenced and Insured
Melbourne Restumping works with licensed domestic builders who hold full insurance cover, domestic building insurance as well as $20 million public liability. Every project is completed in line with Victorian building standards, giving you confidence your home is protected throughout the restumping process.
Quick Turnaround
Our team has refined the restumping process through years of experience on Melbourne homes. Using laser level technology, we replace house stumps with millimetre accuracy and complete projects quickly and efficiently without delays.
All Council Permits Handled
Melbourne Restumping handles council permits, engineering certification and reports, and any compliance requirements on your behalf. This saves you time and ensures your restumping project is approved by council before any work begins, ensuring we avoid project delays.
House Reblocking and Foundation Services in Melbourne
Melbourne Restumping provides professional restumping and foundation services right across Melbourne, helping homeowners restore stability and long-lasting support to the structure of their homes.
Restumping
Our restumping team replaces deteriorated and damaged house stumps with engineered 32 MPa concrete stumps designed for Melbourne’s reactive soil conditions. This restores structural stability, prevents further subsidence, and keeps your home safe and level for years to come.
House Relevelling
Not every home needs a full restump. Many Melbourne houses already sit on concrete stumps that remain structurally sound but have shifted over time. Our team uses laser technology to relevel the existing concrete stumps and subfloor, ensuring your home is level throughout.
Reblocking
We replace failing house stumps with reinforced concrete stumps that are securely installed into concrete footings. This strengthens your subfloor, restores balance, and prevents further subsidence while keeping your home stable and level.
Foundation Repair
Melbourne Restumping repairs failing foundations by rebuilding unstable areas with new concrete footings and stumps. Where areas of the subfloor have been structurally compromised, parts of the subfloor including joists and bearers are replaced to restore strength to the foundation. This ensures your home sits evenly on its foundations, reducing the risk of new cracks or movement in the future.
What Causes House Stumps to Deteriorate?
These are the most common reasons that stumps fail in Melbourne homes:
Soil Movement
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Melbourne’s loamy grey soils, particularly in the north-east, contain high levels of clay that expands and contracts with changing moisture levels. This constant ground movement causes subsidence in the foundation and results in wall cracks and misalignment throughout homes.
Moisture Damage
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Poor drainage and cracked water pipes can saturate the base of stumps, accelerating decay. Timber stumps rot from persistent being wet, while concrete stumps can crack or lose strength through water ingress and erosion of their steel. Moisture-related deterioration is a common cause that leads to uneven and bouncing floors.
Pest Infestations and Timber Rot
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Untreated timber stumps, as well as stumps not installed with termite ant caps, are highly susceptible to termites, borers, and fungal rot. Once pests hollow out the internal structure of a stump, the stump loses its load-bearing capacity. Without early intervention, pest infestation can destabilise the subfloor and lead to full replacement being required.
Poor Installation
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Incorrectly installed stumps including stumps not installed to adequate depth, without proper concrete footings, or missing ant caps can often fail prematurely. Without proper footing support, stumps can shift or subside, especially in areas where clay based soils are dominant.
Signs You Need Reblocking or Restumping in Melbourne
These are the signs you need house reblocking or restumping in Melbourne:
Uneven or Sloping Floors
Uneven or sloping floors indicate your house stumps are damaged or rotten and can no longer support your subfloor properly. When stumps deteriorate, floor levels become out of level, resulting in floors that visibly sag or slope. Melbourne Restumping uses laser level technology to assess floor unevenness and restore proper structural alignment.
Cracks in Walls and Brickwork
Wall and brickwork cracks appear when foundation movement causes structural instability throughout your home. Melbourne’s reactive clay soil conditions can cause house foundations to shift as the soil heaves and contracts, placing stress on your home’s load-bearing walls. These cracks indicate your foundation requires repairs to restore structural stability and prevent any further damage.
Sticking Doors and Windows
Sticking doors and windows occur when your home’s foundations shift, causing your building structure to move out of square. Foundation movement from deteriorating stumps affects structural alignment throughout your home, making door and window frames jam or gap unevenly. Melbourne Restumping uses engineered concrete stumps to restore correct foundation alignment and eliminate these issues.
Bouncy or Springy Floors
Bouncy or springy floors indicate your bearers and floor joists have become damaged or weakened. This is often due to rotten timber stumps failing to provide adequate support. When subfloor structure becomes compromised, floors flex underfoot and feel unstable. Melbourne Restumping replaces failing timber stumps with load-bearing concrete stumps in order to restore subfloor strength and eliminate floor bounce.
Visible Stump Damage
Visible stump damage like rotting timber stumps, cracked concrete stumps, or missing ant caps signals immediate restumping needs. Timber stumps showing termite damage or fungal rot have lost their load-bearing stability. Melbourne Restumping installs reinforced concrete stumps with properly installed termite-resistant ant caps to provide long-lasting, termite-resistant protection.
Leaning Walls
Leaning walls indicate serious structural issues where load-bearing walls have become compromised due to foundation movement and subsidence. This dangerous condition requires immediate professional attention either from an engineer or a foundation repairs contractor. Melbourne Restumping specialises in reblocking and restumping to correct structural issues and prevent further wall movement.
Our Restumping Process
This is how we replace your house stumps step by step:
Step 1: Free Assessment
Melbourne Restumping conducts a comprehensive structural assessment of your house stumps, subfloor, and foundation. Our experienced team identifies damaged timber or concrete stumps and measures your floor levels using laser level technology to determine the scope of restumping required.
Step 2: Council Permits and Approval
Melbourne Restumping handles all council permits and certified engineering reports required for your restumping project. Our team ensures VBA compliance and manages all building permit applications on your behalf in order to secure approval before any work begins.
Step 3: Site Preparation
Our foundation repair team prepares the worksite by safely accessing the subfloor area and setting up jacking equipment. We protect your property and establish safe working conditions ensuring your subfloor is supported correctly before we begin to replace any stumps.
Step 4: House Stump Replacement
We excavate and remove deteriorated stumps and install new reinforced concrete stumps with adequate concrete footings. Each stump we install is precisely positioned. Our team will then use laser levelling to ensure your floors are accurately aligned and levelled.
Step 5: Site Cleanup and Handover
Following stump installation, we conduct final structural alignment verification and complete a thorough site cleanup. Melbourne Restumping performs a comprehensive handover and ensures your home’s foundation repair meets Victorian building standards.
Areas We Service in Melbourne
Here are some of the areas we service in Melbourne. To see our full list, check out our service locations page.
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