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Percolation possible issue

  • 03-04-2019 8:00pm
    #1
    Lala2019
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hey there,

    Myself and my partner have decided to build a house. Fortunately we were given a site to build on and we had a building constructor out assessing the site and size etc on Saturday. Bar taking out a few bushes, he said that it seemed fine. Now in the meantime we have been told that my partners relation went for planning a couple of years ago about 2 fields to the right of the site. The planning was refused because the water table was too high and the percolation failed. So after investigating this further we are concerned that our site being close to the field would also fail percolation . When we told the contractor he thought the field was fine. I am aware that it's underneath where the water could lie. As we only have so much savings etc I wonder is it worth spending 4,000 for a test for it to possibly fail? I'm in a bit of a tizzy as I love the area. Any help or advice would be much appreciated 😊.


Comments

  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Perc test & digger will be less than 1k

    A contractor is zero use to you until you have planning and detailed drawings/spec


  • #3
    woody1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭woody1


    youl have to do a percolation test with your planning application anyway, site conditions can vary within relatively small areas anyway.. so your site could be fine ,


  • #4
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,720 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    As BryanF said, a test would only be around 1k, and you would need it done in order to go for planning permission anyway. It should also be noted that a failure in the percolation test isn't always a showstopper. There are alternative treatment systems which might be able to be used on your site, and once it's designed and specified properly, the planning authority are generally satisfied with that. A site assessor could do the test and would be able to advise you properly. A contractor standing in a field and looking around can't.


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