Hi Folks
I have an old PPOR house in Milton in "Bris Vegas" and the house also has a storm water drain running underneath it. It has been restumped with concrete stumps previously prior to my purchase. The stumps are sinking into the ground.
Does anyone know who I can call or get in the Brisbane area to advise me what needs to be done to correct this problem.
Do I need a civil engineer, "drainage specialist", bigger, deeper footings or would it be the Council as they would have originally aproved construction of the building and because maybe their storm water drain is leaking.
Hope someone can shed some light in a dark tunnel
G'day Justgjt,
I'm a registered builder in WA and my advice would be to have a consulting structural engineer inspect the problem. Having said that, I have also been involved in 1 or 2 similar problems, all were solved firstly by the stabilisation of moisture beneath the structure before other remedial works were done. The moisture is usually caused by a leaking pipe/drain of some sort or storm water run off collecting at the base of the structure. Check for evidence of stormwater drains discharging too close to the house or run off (you've had good rains in your area recently I believe) from ground water entering under the house to pool around the stumps.
Cheers,Pud
Thanks Pud
I give one a call
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