Chimney sinking and floor lifting - need a diagnosis of the problem!!

Sally requested 3 quotes from Restumpers in Yarraville

  We have a weatherboard house (built in the 1930's??) with a brick chimney that runs along one of the external walls. The floor seems to be sloping down in the corner where the chimney is, and the tiles in front of it (area in front of the fireplace) are lifting - this has happened in the last 9 months. We have had various trades out to try to diagnose the issue. The restumper said we needed an underpinner, the underpinner said we needed a restumper and a guy who does both said we needed a bricklayer.

* The house was restumped with concrete stumps in approx 2003.
* The house is a single story, detatched weatherboard with wooden floorboards
* The chimney is brick, that pokes out the top of the roof - and it is triangle shaped (ie there are 2 fireplaces on each of the 2 facings visible from inside the house
* We have had a thorough analysis of the drainage done and there are no leaking pipes etc
* There was a burst downpipe which has now been fixed (approx 8 weeks ago)
* There is approx 450mm clearance under the house

We need a comprehensive diagnosis of exactly what the issue is as a first step, so then we can fix it!

Happy to send through photos as a first step.
Unsure if we need a restumper, underpinner, engineer, surveyor.....!!

Quote Details

  • Suburb Yarraville, VIC 3013
  • Specialisation Underpinning
  • Date Listed 30 Jun 2014 - 4:17 pm

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