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Three Factors That Will Affect Your Restumping Costs
Miguel Mitchell
Restumping a home is an important process that can save it from total structural failure. Over time, many older stumps will either sink into the ground unevenly or begin rotting away (if they are wood). While modern stumps do not have this exact same problem, there are also times when they will need to be restumped as well, often due to unforeseen circumstances such as unstable earth or environmental damage from a big storm. Restumping should be done as soon as you notice any uneven flooring or slopes, but it is also important to know how much it will cost. Here are three factors that might affect your restumping prices.
Limited Or Total Damage
If your home's stumps are still mostly intact and only a small portion of them have some sort of structural issue, then you may be able to get away with a much more limited restumping process. Not only does this save you a lot of money, but it can help speed up your recovery. That is why all problems with stumps should be fixed right away. This helps to prevent the development of issues that can affect your whole home and end up costing you a lot more.
New Foundations
If the issue with your stumps is that they keep sinking into unsteady earth, then you are going to need to have new foundations put into support the stumps. Over time, the soil beneath your stumps can get shaken up and aerated, which is what causes stumps with no foundations to sink. A good concrete base will ensure that this does not happen and that the stump is far more secure, as the weight of the stump will be spread more evenly across the larger total surface of the concrete.
Insect Damage
If the problem with your stumps is termites, then you are going to need to get an exterminator in first. Making sure none of the termites survive to attack your new stumps, or indeed the rest of your home, is vital to a smooth transition. Alternatively, you can upgrade to much more reliable metal stumps that are not susceptible to insect attacks, but they are more expensive. That is a trade-off that you are going to have to talk about to see if it is worth it, especially if termites are quite common in your area.
Contact a company that offers restumping services to learn more.
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