Adjustable House Stumps Cost in Victoria (2026 Prices)

Adjustable house stumps in Victoria typically cost $500–$1,000+ per stump installed, $5,000–$15,000 for a partial restump, or $20,000–$50,000 for a full house restump (2026 Melbourne bands). Supply-only StumpRite components start from $10.35 ex GST. Easy Footings (Easy Footings Pty Ltd, ABN 44 689 644 175, phone 0419 994 555) supplies and installs Australian-made StumpRite adjustable steel stumps across Melbourne and regional Victoria, with up to 120 mm of screw height adjustment and no concrete.

What Adjustable House Stumps Are

Adjustable house stumps are steel house stumps with a screw head. On StumpRite — Easy Footings’ Australian-made, hot-dip galvanised range — that head typically gives up to 120 mm of screw height adjustment. You set the floor level at install, then wind individual stumps later if Melbourne clay heaves or shrinks. No concrete is poured under the stump.

That is a different product from a $10 base plate. Searches such as “adjustable house stumps price” and “adjustable steel house stumps” usually mean the installed restump or new-stump job, not a supply-only SKU. Licensed install across Melbourne and Victoria is covered on the adjustable stumps installation page.

Timber stumps rot and feed termites. Precast concrete stumps are rigid columns: they can crack or spall, and they cannot be re-levelled without jacking the house and digging them out. Adjustable steel sits in the middle of that problem: durable like steel, re-levelled from the top after seasonal movement. This page is the price guide. The three-way material comparison lives on steel vs timber vs concrete stumps in Victoria.

2026 Price Table: Supply-Only vs Installed

Two numbers get mixed up. SKU prices on the StumpRite product page are supply-only and exclude GST. Installed prices are the same 2026 Melbourne bands already published on our house restumping Melbourne guide and the concrete-stumps article. They are indicative. A quote is site-specific after soil class, access and stump count.

Supply-only SKU prices exclude GST and match the live list on /products/stumprite.html. Installed bands exclude soil test, engineering and building-permit fees. They are not a quote.

A cast-in base from $10.35 ex GST is not an installed stump. The installed figure pays for jacking, removal of failed timber or concrete, founding, levelling, labour and usually a permit. That is why people searching “adjustable house stumps price” bounce off a parts page: they wanted the $500–$1,000+ band, not a plate.

What Drives Adjustable Stump Cost

The same factors move a restump quote on the Melbourne restumping guide. For adjustable steel they show up as:

• Stump count. A typical weatherboard has 40–80 stumps. A partial restump of 10–20 is a different job from a full house.
• Access under the floor. Low clearance, tight sub-floor space and services that have to be moved all add labour. Compact gear helps; it does not make a crawl-space job cheap.
• AS 2870 soil class. Much of Melbourne’s west and north sits on reactive clay, commonly Class H1 or H2. More reactive sites need a soil test, engineer drawings and a founding depth that suits the class — see AS 2870 explained.
• Extra height and bracing. Taller stumps and StumpRite cross bracing (listed at $87.40 ex GST supply-only) add to both the parts list and the install time.
• Restump vs new-build. Replacing failed stumps under an occupied house is jacking and removal. New-build stumps on an empty frame are usually faster.
• Regional Victoria travel. Per-stump rates in Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, the Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland and the Yarra Ranges are broadly in line with Melbourne, but travel and mobilisation can shift a quote.

Easy Footings Pty Ltd (ABN 44 689 644 175) supplies and installs BMSA systems — RapidStump, StumpRite and SurePile — across those metro and regional areas. Phone 0419 994 555.

Adjustable Steel vs Concrete vs Timber

Installed restumping sits in the same 2026 band whichever material you choose: $500–$1,000+ per stump, or $20,000–$50,000 for a full restump. The difference is what you get for that money, not a separate price list. Short version:

• Timber is cheaper as a supply-only post and still the most common failed stump under older Melbourne weatherboards. It rots and is a termite food source.
• Concrete is durable if it stays intact, but it can crack or spall and cannot be re-levelled without excavation. See concrete stumps Melbourne.
• Adjustable galvanised steel (StumpRite) is the usual 2026 upgrade on Victorian clay because the head can be re-levelled from the top after seasonal movement. Licensed install: adjustable stumps Victoria.

For the full material table, use steel vs timber vs concrete stumps in Victoria. This page stays on cost.

Building Permit / Restumping Permit in Victoria

Restumping is structural building work in Victoria. It generally requires a building permit issued by a registered building surveyor (council or private), whether the new stumps are timber, concrete or adjustable steel. Footing design may need engineer certification, especially on reactive clay. A soil test classifying the site under AS 2870 is often part of that pack.

This is a practical overview, not legal advice. A licensed building surveyor decides what your job needs. Easy Footings does not issue permits. For the plain-English path, see do you need a building permit to restump in Victoria.

When RapidStump or SurePile Is the Better Product

StumpRite is the adjustable house-stump answer: screw height adjustment, hot-dip galvanised, Australian-made, restump or new stumps where you want to re-level later. It is not the only BMSA system Easy Footings installs.

• RapidStump — a driven steel footing and stump in one unit, concrete-free. The usual pick for new-build driven stumps and for compact restumping where hydraulic gear has to work under a house or on a tight block.
• SurePile — helical screw piles for higher loads, more reactive clay, sloping sites, modular buildings and shipping containers. Each pile is wound to a verified torque; it is a pile, not an adjustable house stump.

If you are comparing the three lines rather than pricing a restump, use RapidStump vs StumpRite vs SurePile. For licensed StumpRite install rather than parts, stay on adjustable stumps in Victoria.

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