Professional Builders in Melbourne and Greater Victoria

Leading Underpinning &
Re-stumping Service

We are Underpinning and Re-stumping specialists, with expert levels of knowledge about industry standards and best practices. We are dedicated to ensuring your home is a safe for the long term.

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Our Services

Underpinning

Underpinning is the restrengthening of the footings under brick walls by deepening the foundations to stronger and/or more stable founding material.

Levelling

If your floors are uneven, this is a sign you need a Levelling assessment for reblocking or underpinning for your home. We at MarkCon can assist you in any levelling needs.

Re-stumping

Re-stumping, (also known as reblocking), is the replacement of rotten and defective stumps which cause structural damage to your home.

Building Inspection

We also offer building inspection services that check for defects in a property to meet building code requirements.

signs underpinning is required:

Underpinning is required when the house footings move due to a range of causes including:

External cracked bricks
Internal cracks in plaster
Gaps between the window and walls
Unlevel floor
Doors and windows jamming
Cracked flooring, slab or tiles

When Underpinning Is Needed?

Underpinning a house is a method used to strengthen or/and repair homes footing as well as rectify and prevent damage.

Footings being constructed on loose soil or uncompacted fill.
The original structure has changed
Soil changes over time
Tree roots close to the foundations or tree removal
Inadequate original structural design for the soil type
Broken pipes or poor drainage

Melbourne Inquiry Hotline

1800 MARKCON

1800 627 526

The Underpinning Process

We at MarkCon have a step-by-step guide on how our underpinning process is commenced so it would be easier for you to know exactly what needs to be done to your house, our engineers are there to help every step of the way.

STEP 1

The Structural Engineer’s Assessment

Arrange for an inspection first, leave that assessment to the structural engineer. Describe the symptoms.

STEP 2

The Property Soil Test

A soil test is needed to see how deep the firm soil is. That helps determine how deep your underpins will need to be.

STEP 3

The Engineering Design

The structural engineer will use the information contained in the soil report to determine the best location, spacing and depth of the underpins that will be used to stabilise your home.

STEP 4

Receive your Quote from us

The underpinning quotes should explain what is included, what is excluded and a basic indication of what costs could vary…

STEP 5

Construction of the Underpins

They’ll place and pour the underpin concrete. Then days later they’ll come back to jack up and stabilise the house.

Why Choose Us

We have the qualifications, knowledge and experience to determine specific project requirements a customized approach to suit the needs of both the worksite and our clients. We strive to complete each job as efficiently , with little to no interruption to our customer’s lives.

Qualified Experts

We have been in Melbourne construction and rectification business for more than 20 years.

Guaranteed for 15 years

All our work is reliable and done in the best approach possible which we guarantee for 15 Years.

Workmanship Quality

We’ve built a reputation through the quality and strong customer service and support throughout the whole process.

Affordable Package

We offer flexible packages and pricing to our customers depending on the job requirements.

Certified Engineers

We are certified engineers Building inspectors. We hold $20 Million-dollar liability insurance (DBU).

Industry Knowledge

We are underpinning and Re-stumping specialists, with expert levels of knowledge about industry standards.

Residential Projects

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Happy Customers

Here’s What Our Client Say about Us

“I just wanted to share a quick note and let you know that you guys do an excellent job I’m glad I decided to give you the job, your team is professional and experienced also very clean and tidy definitely happy. Thank you for your hard work.”

"The communication made it easy to work with markcon. They met every deadline, and also offered sound suggestions that added to the quality of each of our projects. Because of this, we were able to complete a project that generally takes six weeks in only four weeks.”

Peter R

"Our last project was completed 3 days earlier then anticipated your professional advice and support was amazing, grate Engineers, Building inspectors that answered all my questions with confidence and gave me a lot of background on structural rectification that I was not aware off we are definitely looking forward to having marckon work on our next project"

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