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Fingal - Pyrite test

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  • 04-07-2017 10:15pm
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    laraido
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭


    We've been going through a house purchase in Rush for the last 8 weeks after luckily approaching a vendor who was just about to put the house up for sale. Admittedly, we only decided to do a closer inspection ourselves last week (for signs of pyrite), where we noticed a series of 3 hairline cracks running through several large tiles in 3 locations on the ground floor. We decided to pursue a pyrite test after some advice from 'experts' with direct experience of the pyrite situation.

    Yes, we got a survey done in the first week, but from a Dublin city practice who flagged some cosmetic stuff and only suggested we ask neighbours with identical builds if they had any issues. After initially not having a problem with the test, the vendor decided not to allow us in, citing a 5 week wait and not wanting holes in their property. Its now going up for sale through an agent.

    The point is: Why don't banks insist on buyers persuing pyrite tests as a condition of the mortgage? As far as I know, there's just one national estate agent now insisting on the test results from sellers in the area.

    The other point is: If you're looking to buy a property built in north county Dublin between the late 90's and 2013, get the test done first off. Despite our vendor arguing his property was 10 years old and would surely show drastic signs, our pyrite tester had taken samples from a 14 year old house with no visual signs of heave, cracks or anything that looked like an issue and the test turned out positive and "it was a matter of time for something to happen structurally".

    Now, back to this property search...
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    RORY O CONNOR
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭RORY O CONNOR


    If you buy the house and it has Pyrite you will not qualify for the remediation scheme as houses bought after Jan 1st, 2014 do not qualify. There is a list of accredited engineers on Engineers Ireland website who are experienced in surveying properties with Pyrite. Get one of them to do your structural survey and ask for the visual inspection to include the obvious telltale signs of Pyrite. Offer the vendor this for the Pyrite sample testing: If there is Pyrite he pays for the testing and if there isn't you pay for the testing. If testing get two sample core holes drilled. One is not enough! It does not take 5 weeks-it can be done in a week and it takes 5 weeks if you go for the full X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis which is done in the UK!


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    laraido
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭laraido


    RORY O CONNOR wrote: »
    If you buy the house and it has Pyrite you will not qualify for the remediation scheme as houses bought after Jan 1st, 2014 do not qualify. There is a list of accredited engineers on Engineers Ireland website who are experienced in surveying properties with Pyrite. Get one of them to do your structural survey and ask for the visual inspection to include the obvious telltale signs of Pyrite. Offer the vendor this for the Pyrite sample testing: If there is Pyrite he pays for the testing and if there isn't you pay for the testing. If testing get two sample core holes drilled. One is not enough! It does not take 5 weeks-it can be done in a week and it takes 5 weeks if you go for the full X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis which is done in the UK!

    Thanks for this Rory.


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