Most homes fall into this category, and unlike the specialist repiling, quoting on same is straightforward.
We still do undertake scala penetrometer ground testing for which there is a pre-paid testing fee of $550.00 + GST. A travel fee for area's outside Wellington city are additional and available upon request. Scala testing is a pre-requisite regardless for building consent application.
There are pitfalls in the older homes though, but that’s uncommon, and they are not the be all and end all of repiling an older house. 50% of the time with the older homes, there may be a fraction of rotten sub-floor framing to replace, but these costs hardly ever go higher than the $1,500 + GST mark.
When an older home is “opened” up for repiling, old drainage and plumbing is exposed. We can upgrade if need be after consulting with you first. It really is the proverbial opening up of the can of worms in some circumstances.
Robert will go through and explain everything so you, the valued client, is kept in “the know”, so to speak, right through out. A Grade Building and Repiling will, if possible, take out and replace all old piles, and replace with new in same place. We will also relevel house, if that is required and asked for. Not all houses can be relevelled back to perfect, but we will try our best.
Relevelling and repiling in the afore mentioned manner will make the job more expensive and it does set us aside from our competition which we pride ourselves on. If you do a job, it’s got to be completed right!
Foundation Check
If you have any reason for alarm, maybe purely interested, have a smallish job or whatever else for that matter, we can make an appointment to come visit, inspect work or foundation issue you may be experiencing, and come up with a solution to either fix or perhaps just put your mind at ease. we charge a standard call out fee of a pre-paid testing fee of $550.00 + GST.
