Making the Right Choices for your House Restumping Project

Does your floor creak every time you walk over it? Has your floor become spongy over time? Do your doors and windows stick, and are there any visible cracks in the interior or exterior walls of your house? If your answer to these questions is affirmative, then chances are that your house stumps have rotted, and they need to be replaced soon. You must call professionals at your place and ask them to inspect your house stumps. They will assess your stumps and recommend house restumping, if needed. This is a process in which they will jack up your house, remove the old rotted stumps, and replace them with new ones. Let’s know more about making the right choices for a successful restumping project.

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Choosing the Right Material

While considering a house restumping project, you have a number of material options to choose from. Typically, there are two options: concrete and timber. Let’s know more about them:

• Timber stumps: Timber stumps are cheap, they look good and last for around 20 years, depending on the soil and weather conditions. However, just like any other natural material, timber decays and breaks down over time, and has a shorter life expectancy than the other option, which is concrete. Still, you can treat timber with CCA to preserve wood against rot, mold, fungi, termite, and pests, and increase its strength and life.
• Concrete stumps: These stumps provide support to your house and provide a secure connection with the floor. These stumps last forever and can deteriorate only if excess moisture in the soil corrodes their metal parts. Although they can be a little expensive than timber stumps, they compensate your loss by serving you for as long as 80-100 years, and even more.

The house restumping contractor that you hire should be able to recommend you the right type of stumps suitable for your house. Factors that may affect your decision include the slope of the block, the soil underneath, accessibility, the house design etc.

Choosing the Right Contractor

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Since house restumping is a serious project detrimental for the condition of your house, you need to choose the right contractor who can give you the right advice and handle your project in a safe and professional manner. 

Here are a few tips to choose the right contractor for your project:

• Reputation: The first thing you need to look into the contractors is their reputation in the market. Try to have a look at their previous restumping projects and see if they are fine enough to pay for or not. Talk to their past clients and try to know their experience and satisfaction level with the contractor.
• Experience: Only reliable and reputed contractors can survive in the market for a long time. So, if they are in the market for several years, they are probably delivering quality service to their clients. Since they have so many years of experience, they must have handled numerous house restumping projects and must have gained knowledge about their intricacies.
• Price: The contractor that you choose should be able to deliver you best quality services and high-quality material at most reasonable rates. They are in the market to make profit, but they should not set their rates too high to be unfair. Take quotes from 3-4 contractors and make an informed choice only after comparing their services and rates.

Choosing the right material and right contractor for your house restumping project can become easier if you follow the above-mentioned tips. However, if you are still not sure, you can use the power of Internet to read online reviews and make a final decision.