Percolation Test

TLaois

Can anyone give me a recent cost of percolation test I can dig the holes Im based in Laois and where to find someone to do the test thanks

wait4me

Might be best to ask the guys in the DIY forum

ablelocks

bargain me hole....

i'll get my coat,

and shovel

Metric Tensor

500-550 in Laois I'm informed.

The council will do it for you for 550 so the private guys pitch themselves just below this.

B-D-P--

500-550??
Wow, we borrowed a jcb, dug 3m deep, got engineer to do test, cost us a third if not less than that, Mayo area

Metric Tensor

The engineer charged you €166 to do the test?

You got a great deal so! Was that ex Vat or including VAT?

B-D-P--

Well that was mates rates,
We paid vat on top.

Metric Tensor

He is a good mate if he hung around your site all day doing the tests and then went home and wrote it all up for that price. Buy him a pint!

sydthebeat

550 if the going rate, and that doesn't include jcb hire etc

Metric Tensor

Includes VAT Syd?

sydthebeat

Metric Tensor wrote: »

Includes VAT Syd?

well, the council rate was 550 flat, i dont think they charged VAT.

so in my experience private agents are charging 550 max....

make of that what you will

Metric Tensor

I will! ;-)

jimmy_t

450 excl vat for test
digging the hole will save you 200

cheapest i got was 400 for test, i got 3 quotes

sea12

jimmy_t wrote: »

450 excl vat for test
digging the hole will save you 200

cheapest i got was 400 for test, i got 3 quotes

550 I paid last year and had to pay 150 to the digger man to dig and come back few weeks later to fill it all in

GraceKav

3 quotes in in the Kilkenny area - ranges from €360-€922 incl VAT. All excluding the digger. Reports all of similar quality based on some trawling through planning applications in the area. Going with guy with best reputation locally which is €430.

pajosjunkbox

GraceKav wrote:

3 quotes in in the Kilkenny area - ranges from €360-€922 incl VAT. All excluding the digger. Reports all of similar quality based on some trawling through planning applications in the area. Going with guy with best reputation locally which is €430.

Does this include sightline report also ?

Rabbo

GraceKav wrote: »

3 quotes in in the Kilkenny area - ranges from €360-€922 incl VAT. All excluding the digger. Reports all of similar quality based on some trawling through planning applications in the area. Going with guy with best reputation locally which is €430.

If someone is charging you €360 incl VAT for a site suitability assessment, they are not doing it right. There's about 2 days work in it

GraceKav

pajosjunkbox wrote: »

Does this include sightline report also ?

No that was done as part of a separate topographic survey.

Rabbo wrote: »

If someone is charging you €360 incl VAT for a site suitability assessment, they are not doing it right. There's about 2 days work in it

We're going for one of the middle quotes we think as we've heard good things. Reputation goes a long way! Just waiting on one last quote to come in.

RockBadger

Sorry to jump in here but I have a couple of questions relating to perc. test holes that Ive wondered about for some time. 1) How many holes need be dug for test? and 2) does the perc. system need be built on the perc. test holes ? Some one told me lately no??

pajosjunkbox

I paid 700 + vat for percolation and sightline reports last year. I provided the digger. To be fair I didn't price around much at the time. It included all surveys needed for planning which is handy. Kilkenny area.

Rabbo

RockBadger wrote: »

Sorry to jump in here but I have a couple of questions relating to perc. test holes that Ive wondered about for some time. 1) How many holes need be dug for test? and 2) does the perc. system need be built on the perc. test holes ? Some one told me lately no??

One big hole (2.1m deep), 3 trenches (600mm deep), 6 small holes dug with spade. Check with your engineer before digging though!. Also needs about 2 barrels of water.

Holes should be adjacent to but not on the location of the percolation area