Worlds greatest explanation on How & why to re-stump & re-block a house
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Gday Team,
One of the first jobs i had after leaving school was re-stumping homes. it was a great place to start the journey into becoming a builder and seeing how the home came together with all the load bearing points and supporting structure worked & stitched in together.
There is no doubt that re-stumping a home is one of the hardest, most labour intensive jobs in the building industry. The BIGGEST difference of an average job compared to an AMAZING one is about going that extra step; in digging the perfect hole, to jacking and supporting the sub floor frame, to leveling the home, positioning extra stumps under weight points to reduce cracking !!!
.... each and all of these are critical components and NEED to be done with understanding of the weight and the distribution of that weight all while ensuring structural stability (even when the entire home is sitting on jacks !!) and longevity of the home for the future use.
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Love the banjo! Great video.
YESSSS the best 😉
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Uncle joe joe
Great video mate i learnt.
Thanks
you little ripper.... glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for a great video, liked and subbed. I also use ear protection whilst hammering.
AWESOMENESS .... really appreciate it
What do you do about the crown / hump in the centre of the floors? Lower the stump?
Hi Joe - great video! I couldn't find the "jack & pack" video you mentioned there at the end - can you point it out please? Also interested to know what materials you use to pack in between stumps & joists. Cheers,.... Ash
Gday Ash,
ill look over the channel, there are over 400 vids so it can get a bit hard to find
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Hey Joe, very informative vid, thanks.
Might be purchasing a cal bung in Williamstown, there are some wall cracks around the place, can you rip off the floorboards, re-stump then replace the same boards or is that not a viable option? The boards are in good nick, dont want them chopped up if i can help it.
Any idea of rough price range for doing this, maybe 100 stumps, cheers Mick
Gday Squid lips (Mick)\
My guess would be that the floors are a Baltic pine for an old Californian Bungalow and these are AMAZING is redone and brought back to life.
a simple and effective trick is to wet the floorboards down with a hose & water over a three day period. this brings moisture back to the timber and softens it which, in turn, allows you to pull them up with care.
now depending on the actual age of the Cal Bung will depend on the nail and the configuration (make up) if the nails .... this is where you can run into MASSIVE problems as the old craftsmen would use a raw steel nail which would rust and HOLD the timber & floor in place.
i do have a vid or two on this channel about exactly this.
as for the restumping... this largely depends on access to the site and around it, soil type, permits etc yet off the top of the head you'd be looking at the $12K mark
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Uncle joe joe
Hey mate. Great video and cheers for the info. Looking at buying a house near the beach, it has some serious sinking issues. Only a small place. Could you direct me to a video of yours that may cover something like that. Cheers again.
Gday Doug Night,
i have a few vids about this and have attached a link for a place in outback Aus that had some MASSIVE problems with sinking.
ua-cam.com/video/acl-qRSyB8E/v-deo.html
Hope that helps you out... if not let me know what type of info you are after !!!
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joe joe
Do you raise the jacks above the amount you need to to counter any settling of materials/soil? If so, by how much do you usually do it?
GREAT question.... i try to get it as close to exact as possible with only a 2 mm tolerance.
use LOTS of concrete adn make sure you dig to stable soil, also use cured and treated timbers if available.
Hi Joe my house is on stumps i am getting rattling noise when i step on certain area of my floor board. What will be suggestion to fix it . Thanks
Gday Beyhan,
this sounds like a jack and pack job or your stumps are shot.
what this means is the area needs to be jacked up with special jacks and the top of the stumps packed to take up the slack. this will reduce any movement and will need to be done to ensure the area is levelled or/and flattened off
hope that helps
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@@BeowulfBuilders can u give me a quote
good info cheers
Glad you liked it Lew,
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joe joe
Do you need to take up the floorboards to do it? I suppose it is impossible to do without it if there is only 400mm clearance under the house.
Gday Wayne,
its a very hard job to do from under the floor but it can be done, you will spend a bit extra to do it this way.
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joe joe
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I looked up that your company is based in melbourne. Just wondering if you reblock in regional towns like horsham as I am looking to buy but most houses are old and in need of reblocking.
I was wondering what a ball park figure would be to reblock a standard 2-3 bedroom home. I can even supply interested homes I have looked at for a more fixed price.
If you dont do around horsham area, could you recommend me any good ones with good prices. I only moved around here 6mths ago from melb so I dont know who to look for.
Gday Freespeach,
No idea who to use all the way out there, & since getting back from up north, i have hidden my head in the sand as the prices of materials adn skilled labour is wayyyyy out of the ball park.
the average home use to be $8,000-$10,000
hope that helps
Could a slab be built instead? And have a nice high ceiling house?
anything is possible.... with deep pockets adn the right know how
Curious of the mpa in the concrete your pouring.
Thanks
Gday Simon,
This is a structural pre-mix concrete and is at around 25mpa. you can up this if you want by adding extra cement.
Never use "Quick set" concrete for structural applications... this is not a structural pre-mix. its only there for fence posts or the like.
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joe joe
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Hey Joe ! Longtime no see ! Lol
HERE'S JOHNNY....
Grouse to hear from you buddie
hope you are traveling through these hard times alright.
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joe joe
Is there any contact number with your team? My house on the western side of Melbourne needs some re-stump works. Thanks.
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hi mate what's the temprorary prop you're using? it just stand on the soil?
Gday Tony,
We use either a hardwood post as a temp prop or and acrow prop that can be adjusted.
these are easy to work with adn needs to placed in the correct position to weight points and bracing.
regarding the position on the soil or joists; we always will put a timber soul plate down (45mm thick x 240mm wide or in inches 2" X 10") to allow for flex and movement without cracking or breaking.
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Uncle joe joe
@@BeowulfBuilders Thanks Joe. Now I understand.
How do you check if a property needs re-stumping? Are you in Melbourne?
Gday Rene,
there are a few different ways to check if you home needs restumping or leveling.
Yes we are in melbourne & there are a few AMAZING re-blockers in the area.
is your floor bouncy or sagging? Are there cracks in the walls around door ways ?
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joe joe
@@BeowulfBuilders Can you give any recommendations for re-stumpers who you would trust. I've had a few through, and I really don't trust any of them so far...
are there wooden stumps and concrete stumps? Is it advisable to go for concrete stumps?
Gday Johnny,
YESSSS go for concrete stumps with ant caps adn malfoid or damp course on top.
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Joe Joe
@@BeowulfBuilders do you serve Horsham ?
nope, there are some good "old school" chippies out your way though
@@BeowulfBuilders do you wrap the whole stump in Malthoid or just put it between the top of the stump and the bearer?
Gday DK,
if the stump is a concrete stump we put the malthoid at the top to reduce the moisture from the concrete rotting away the timber bearer.
if the stump is timber then we "COAT" the stump in tare 100mm (4") above the ground level to the bottom with 2-3 coats and i still like to put malthoild on top but some people don't, again, to reduce moisture passing through the joins.
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joe joe
Are you located in melbourne?
yep
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