Easy Footings is the licensed installer for adjustable stumps across Melbourne and Victoria. We restump houses, set decks and level sloping blocks with height-adjustable steel, no concrete. Product SKUs and supply-only prices live on the StumpRite range page; this page is the install job.
Adjustable stumps are engineered steel house stumps fitted with a threaded top assembly that allows the height of each stump to be fine-tuned after it is installed. Instead of packing bearers with shims or accepting whatever level a fixed concrete stump gives you, an adjustable stump lets the installer wind the head up or down until every bearer sits perfectly level.
Our StumpRite adjustable stump system takes this a step further: the stumps are driven or screwed into the ground mechanically, with no excavation and no concrete. That means no curing time, no weather delays and no concrete trucks — you can start building the same day your adjustable footings go in.
Because the adjustment is built into the stump head, re-levelling years later takes minutes with hand tools. In Victoria's reactive clay soils, where seasonal movement is the leading cause of sloping floors and cracked plaster, that adjustability is the difference between a quick tune-up and a major restumping job. For the component range and SKU prices, see StumpRite adjustable stumps. For driven concrete-free restumps, see RapidStump.
From re-levelling century-old weatherboard homes to supporting brand-new modular builds, adjustable steel stumps suit almost every low-rise project in Victoria.
Replace failing timber or concrete stumps under older Melbourne homes with adjustable steel stumps. The floor is re-levelled precisely on installation day, and can be adjusted again in future without excavation. Read our restumping guide.
Adjustable footings give builders a dead-level bearer line on day one — no shimming, no packing. Ideal for extensions where new floors must match existing levels exactly.
Get a perfectly level deck frame even on uneven ground. Adjustable stumps for decks install in hours and carry full engineering certification. See the deck footing guide.
On sloping sites, every stump needs a different height. Adjustable stumps make level floors straightforward on grades where fixed stumps would need endless cutting and packing. Sloping block guide.
Prefab and modular buildings demand precise, consistent support points. Adjustable steel footings deliver exact set-down heights for granny flats, pods and transportable homes.
Backyard studios, workshops and sheds sit level and stay level on adjustable stumps — installed in a day, in any weather, with zero concrete.
This is the licensed install path. It is not a product catalogue. StumpRite SKUs stay on the product page.
Under-floor assessment: failed stumps, access, soil, and whether the job is a full or partial restump, a deck, or a new stump line.
Footing design from the soil class and loads. RapidStump, StumpRite or SurePile is specified to the site, not picked from a catalogue.
House restumping is structural work in Victoria and generally needs a building permit. See the restumping permit guide.
Steel stumps are driven or screwed without concrete. The house or frame is jacked, old stumps come out, new ones go in. No 7–28 day cure.
Threaded heads are wound to a dead-level bearer line on the day. Later clay movement is corrected from the top with hand tools, without excavation.
Easy Footings supplies StumpRite components for owner-builders, and we install them. Those are different jobs. House restumping, new dwelling stumps, granny flats, reactive clay and anything that needs a building permit or engineer certificate should be installed by a licensed professional. Wrong depth, torque or soil class is how stumps fail.
Supply-only is reasonable on some simple Class 10 jobs (a low-level deck or shed with engineer drawings, where the surveyor has accepted who will install). Product SKUs and ex-GST prices are on the StumpRite page. For when DIY is and is not appropriate, see DIY vs professional footing installation in Victoria.
Much of Melbourne’s west and north, and large parts of regional Victoria, sit on reactive clay. Fixed concrete stumps heave and settle with that moisture cycle. Adjustable steel is driven or screwed below the reactive surface layer, then re-levelled from the top. That is the install reason we specify adjustable heads on clay, not a catalogue extra.
On sloping blocks every stump needs a different height. Cutting and packing fixed posts is slow and hard to keep level. Adjustable heads make the bearer line straightforward on grades. See the sloping block footing guide.
Typical install timeframe for concrete-free restumping with driven steel is 1–3 days, with the house lowered the same day. Traditional concrete restumping takes 1–2 weeks or more because of the 7–28 day cure. Access, stump count and engineering still move a programme. Full cost ranges stay at $500–$1,000+ per stump, or $20,000–$50,000 for a full restump, as set out in the restumping cost guide.
Much of Melbourne and regional Victoria sits on highly reactive clay. As the clay wets and dries through the seasons, it swells and shrinks — and fixed stumps move with it. With traditional concrete stumps, correcting that movement means jacking the house and digging out stumps. With adjustable stumps, it means turning a threaded head. For timber vs concrete vs steel as materials, see steel vs timber vs concrete stumps in Victoria.
Our adjustable footing systems are also installed differently: they are mechanically driven or screwed past the reactive surface layer into stable ground, rather than sitting in a hand-dug hole filled with concrete. The result is a footing that is both more stable from day one and far easier to maintain over the life of the building.
Every adjustable stump we install is engineer certified to Australian standards, with the system specified from your soil report and load requirements. Compare the systems in our RapidStump vs StumpRite vs SurePile guide, or see how they stack up against poured piers in concrete-free footings vs traditional concrete.
Adjustable stumps are steel house stumps with a threaded head that lets you fine-tune the height of each stump after installation. They are used to achieve a perfectly level floor on new builds, decks and extensions, and to re-level existing homes during restumping. Systems like StumpRite are installed without concrete, so there is no curing time before you build.
Most adjustable stump systems provide fine height adjustment via a threaded top assembly, typically allowing tens of millimetres of adjustment after installation. This is enough to level bearers precisely on installation day and to re-level the structure later if seasonal soil movement occurs.
In reactive clay soils common across Melbourne's west and north, fixed concrete stumps can heave and settle with seasonal moisture change, and re-levelling them means excavation. Adjustable steel stumps anchor below the reactive surface layer and can be re-levelled from the top with hand tools, making ongoing maintenance far simpler.
Yes. Easy Footings supplies and installs adjustable stumps and adjustable footings across Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, the Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland and regional Victoria.
Yes. Adjustable steel stumps are ideal for restumping older Victorian homes. Failing timber or concrete stumps are replaced with engineer-certified adjustable stumps, the floor is re-levelled precisely, and future re-levelling can be done without excavation. See the restumping cost guide.
Concrete-free restumping with driven steel is typically completed in 1–3 days, with the house lowered the same day. Traditional concrete restumping takes 1–2 weeks or more because of the 7–28 day cure.
House restumping and anything needing a building permit or engineer certificate should be installed by a licensed professional. Supply-only StumpRite components can suit some simple Class 10 jobs with engineer drawings. See DIY vs professional installation.
Restumping, a new deck, a granny flat or a full house build — tell us about your project and we'll recommend the right adjustable footing system for your site.
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