Hi everyone,
I've been gooling the repling topics and have not had much success. I have a old 1910 villa of approx. 140sqm floor area sitting on totara piles, largely (I believe there were some not so good fixes in the past). Section is gently sloping with crawling space. The comment from the building inspector was that the repile should've been done five years ago, however, if it's not done in next 5 years, there probably wouldn't be too much difference.
Most of the house, when walking on, is ok. Two corners of the house do feel springy, not hugely. I'm certain there are rotten framing and weatherboards around the house. Without any accurate measurement, I feel the northern part of the house is probably sinking due to the rotten piles, hardly noticeable, though. There is some wrinkled wallpaper in one room on the northern side.
My questions are:
how much does it cost for a complete repile these days?
I probably won't be able to finance a full repile at this stage, will a repair (replacing worse effected piles) be any good? How does a repile effect market value?
Any good repilers anyone can recommend in Wellington region?
If an earthquake strikes and the house calapses on old piles, will insurance company argue they won't cover the house as damage resulted from deferred maintenance?
Looking forward to any comments.
I've been gooling the repling topics and have not had much success. I have a old 1910 villa of approx. 140sqm floor area sitting on totara piles, largely (I believe there were some not so good fixes in the past). Section is gently sloping with crawling space. The comment from the building inspector was that the repile should've been done five years ago, however, if it's not done in next 5 years, there probably wouldn't be too much difference.
Most of the house, when walking on, is ok. Two corners of the house do feel springy, not hugely. I'm certain there are rotten framing and weatherboards around the house. Without any accurate measurement, I feel the northern part of the house is probably sinking due to the rotten piles, hardly noticeable, though. There is some wrinkled wallpaper in one room on the northern side.
My questions are:
how much does it cost for a complete repile these days?
I probably won't be able to finance a full repile at this stage, will a repair (replacing worse effected piles) be any good? How does a repile effect market value?
Any good repilers anyone can recommend in Wellington region?
If an earthquake strikes and the house calapses on old piles, will insurance company argue they won't cover the house as damage resulted from deferred maintenance?
Looking forward to any comments.
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