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The owners of this rental house below, contacted me to inspect work done 2 years ago by another house-restumping contractor. The tenants complained about doors and windows jamming and big gaps between the house and tops of the concrete stumps. The owners had paid for a full house restump. They felt the job was not done properly and felt they got "ripped off"...And they did! |
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The owners tried to contact the original contractor to come back and fix the job with no success. I was contracted to fix the problem at the owner’s cost, which meant he had to pay for the job a second time, which no one should have to do if it is done the right way, first time round.
I found that the whole building had sunk out of level and the tops of what was to be new concrete stumps were in fact the old concrete stumps - only packed on top (and not very well I may add) - see photo -
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What new concrete stumps that the original contractor put in, had no concrete base under them but only a couple of house bricks as a foundation - causing stumps to sink 75 mm!
The photos on the left demonstrate this...
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Note in the next photos when the concrete stumps were pulled out, there was no concrete base under the stumps or around the stumps, for if there were you would see a solid square concrete block around the base of the stumps and up the side of the stumps. Also note how deep the stumps were in the ground? By the dirt marks on them; 300 mm in depth only...That is only 12 inches deep not as deep as they should have been. |
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Would you like to know or see this after paying good money to have your home re-stumped only to have the job done over again? I would not like to pay twice for a job to be done a second time.
Note the timber on the side of the stump where it was allowed to touch the ground? In fact, it was only 75 mm into the ground, allowing termites (white ants) access to the timber to further cause more problems for the owners...
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Note that the dirt mark that is only 300 mm (or 12 inches) deep in the ground? Ask yourself; How did all 36 stumps hold up the home as all were only that deep?
I did say earlier that if you get quotes to re-stump your home and some are much cheaper than others and you think that the price sounds too good to be true - Well, this shows you
that it is far too good to be true!
The cheapest price is not always the best price...Not if you have to pay to do the job over again and lose money that you may need for other repairs or a house payment.
Do not ever think that if a contractor is five hundred or even a thousand dollars more expensive in price to the next, that you are being ripped off - for that is not the case: Quality is not cheap and it does cost money to do an honest & PROPER job.
The Palframan family have been in house restumping trade for 61 years! Do you think that if we cut corners as you have been shown in these pages and photos, we would have been around as long as we have? NO. Why?
Because we submit a fair price to do a good job and we have not ever had a call back in 61 YEARS!
If you take a cheap price and get a cheap job, which has to be done all over again - there is only one person to place blame on and that is YOU; for the consumer would rather pay a price they want than a job that they would like to have.
Do not fall into the same trap that the above people did - as you make your choices - chose WISELY and NOT from your pocket.
Who would you trust with your home ~ the most valuable asset that you will ever own?
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