Concrete Stumps in Melbourne: Cost, Types and the Steel Alternative

Concrete stumps are precast 100x100 reinforced concrete posts used under raised Victorian houses, hanging or threaded. They are the term most Victorians search when a weatherboard needs restumping. Installed restumping in Melbourne typically costs $500–$1,000+ per stump, or $20,000–$50,000 for a full restump. Easy Footings Pty Ltd does not manufacture or sell precast concrete stumps. We install BMSA concrete-free systems — StumpRite adjustable steel and RapidStump — which are the usual 2026 upgrade when those concrete posts fail.

What Are Concrete Stumps?

Concrete stumps are precast 100x100 reinforced concrete posts used under raised Victorian houses, hanging or threaded. They sit as fixed columns under the bearers of weatherboard and other stump-supported homes. For decades they were the default replacement when timber stumps rotted: a rigid, termite-proof post set in the ground.

That is a different product from poured concrete footings in Victoria (bored piers, strips and pads). Concrete stumps are the house posts themselves. If you are comparing materials rather than poured foundations, see our steel vs timber vs concrete stumps guide.

Easy Footings does not pour, manufacture or on-sell those precast posts. This page explains what people mean by the search, what installed restumping actually costs, and why most 2026 replacements on Victorian clay go to steel adjustable stumps instead.

Hanging, Threaded and Standard Types

Precast concrete house stumps are sold in a few general forms. These are industry types, not products Easy Footings stocks:

• Hanging (reblocking) stumps. Precast posts hung from the bearer while the house is jacked, then packed and set as the floor is lowered. Common on restump and reblocking jobs under older Melbourne weatherboards.
• Threaded stumps. Precast posts with a threaded fitting at the top so height can be set at install. Once the house is down, they still behave as a fixed column: later re-levelling means excavation.
• Standard (fixed) stumps. Cut or cast to length and set into the ground. No height adjustment after install.

All three are rigid concrete columns. That is the practical limit on Melbourne clay: when the ground moves, the stump moves with it, and you cannot wind the floor back from the top.

What Restumping with Concrete Stumps Costs in 2026

The precast unit itself is cheap to buy supply-only. Installed restumping is a different job. Stay with the same 2026 ranges used across our Melbourne restumping cost guide:

• Per stump: $500–$1,000+ (supply and install)
• Partial restump (10–20 stumps): $5,000–$15,000
• Full restump (typical weatherboard, 40–60 stumps): $20,000–$50,000

Access, soil class, engineering, curing time and whether you choose concrete, timber or steel all move a quote within that band. Concrete restumping also carries a 7–28 day cure before the house can be lowered, which is why concrete-free driven steel can still be competitive on total job cost even when the per-stump figure sits in the same range.

We do not publish a supply-only precast price list. If you only need the unit, timber yards and concrete-stump suppliers sell those. If you need the house restumped, you are paying for jacking, removal, founding, levelling, permits and labour, not just a post.

How Long Concrete Stumps Last, and How They Fail

Concrete stumps are durable if they stay intact. They are not a termite food source and they do not rot like timber. The failure modes that bring Melbourne houses back for another restump are different:

• Spalling and cracking. Moisture, rusting reinforcement and age can break the face of the post. Once the section is compromised, the stump is no longer the column it was designed as.
• Sinking on reactive clay. Much of Melbourne’s west and north sits on clay that swells in winter and shrinks in summer. A stump founded in that active layer heaves and settles with it.
• No re-level without excavation. A concrete stump is a rigid column. When one corner of the house lifts or drops, you cannot wind that stump. Re-levelling means jacking the house and digging it out.

Warning signs are the same as any failed stump: bouncy floors, sticking doors, diagonal plaster cracks, visible slopes. Those are covered in the restumping guide. The material choice at replacement is what this page is for.

Concrete Stumps vs Steel Adjustable Stumps

Steel and concrete are both durable. The usual 2026 upgrade on Victorian clay is adjustable galvanised steel, because it can be re-levelled from the top after seasonal movement. For the three-way material comparison, see steel vs timber vs concrete stumps.

Easy Footings installs that steel side of the table: StumpRite for adjustable heads, RapidStump for driven concrete-free restumps, and SurePile where loads or reactivity need a heavier helical pile. For licensed install rather than supply-only parts, use the adjustable stumps installation page.

When a Building Permit Is Needed

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 concrete, timber or steel. Footing design may need to be certified by a structural engineer, especially on reactive clay.

A soil test may be required if the property does not already have one. Replacement stumps must be designed to suit the site classification under AS 2870. Confirm the exact path with your surveyor before work starts. For a plain-English overview, see do you need a building permit to restump in Victoria.

Melbourne and Victoria Service Area

Easy Footings Pty Ltd (ABN 44 689 644 175) supplies and installs RapidStump, StumpRite and SurePile across Melbourne and regional Victoria, including Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, the Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland. We restump and install new steel stumps on the same clay and access conditions that fail old concrete posts: raised weatherboards, decks, sloping blocks and tight sub-floor space.

If your search was for concrete stumps because that is what the house is sitting on, the next step is an under-floor assessment and a quote to replace them with steel. Call 0419 994 555 or use the contact form.

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