Does my home need restumping?
Restumping, also known as reblocking, involves resetting (or replacing) the stumps on a house that uses a stump subfloor.
All houses are different and are built on ground with different soil conditions. For that reason, every house will display deterioration in different ways. If failed stumping is left untreated though, the result is the same, partial, or total collapse of the structure. When soil shifts and moves underneath a foundation, whether due to settling, reactive clay or other issues, it can lead to buckling and cracking. This has knock-on effects through the rest of the house; cracks can appear in walls internally and externally, floors can droop and sag in places or become detached from the walls and seepage can occur, with water drawn up through the cracks and into your floor.
A house can be partially restumped if only certain areas need it, but there is always the risk that a few rotten stumps that were thought to be in good condition may collapse later on, requiring you to restump again. While wooden stumps may look fine, they may well be rotting under the ground. It’s a big job to have to return just to replace one or two stumps!