Restumping in Ipswich

What restumping in Ipswich actually involves

Restumping is priced per stump as much as per job: concrete stumps typically run A$80 to A$150 installed, galvanised steel A$180 to A$300, hardwood timber A$60 to A$120, and adjustable jack-style steel A$220 to A$380 (AUS Cost Guides). A standard 3-bedroom weatherboard home nationally runs A$8,000 to A$25,000; the Queensland average is A$13,200, typically A$8,500 to A$20,000. Most of that spread is how many stumps need replacing and with what — steel jack stumps cost more per unit than timber but are adjustable afterwards.

Per-stump cost and what changes it

A restump doesn't have to mean a full raise. Where a house has settled unevenly but the floor height is fine, stumps can often be replaced in place, correcting lean without changing how high the house sits. Where it needs to go higher, restumping and raising happen as one combined project instead, priced as house raising (see that page).

Older timber-stump homes are concentrated in Ipswich's river-adjacent suburbs — Basin Pocket, North Booval, Goodna, Karalee and Barellan Point among them, the same suburbs named in reporting on the Bremer River's 2011 and 2022 floods. Stump condition in these areas is worth a genuine site inspection rather than an assumption either way: age alone doesn't tell you which stumps have failed and which haven't, and a contractor needs to get underneath the house to know.

Restumping in Ipswich — common questions

How is restumping different from house raising?

Restumping replaces the stumps holding the house up, which can be done at roughly the same height the house already sits. House raising means lifting the house higher than it currently is. The two are often done together, but restumping alone doesn't require a raise.

What's the difference between timber, concrete and steel stumps?

Timber is the cheapest to install (A$60–120 per stump) but the shortest-lived; concrete (A$80–150) is a common mid-range replacement; galvanised steel (A$180–300) and adjustable jack-style steel (A$220–380) cost more but steel doesn't rot and jack stumps can be re-levelled later without full replacement.

How do I know if my house needs restumping?

Doors and windows sticking, visible floor slope, or gaps opening up between floor and skirting are common signs — but the only way to know which stumps have actually failed is a physical inspection underneath the house.