Installing external tap at front of off-street terraced property in Dublin. Planning permission/cost

St1mpMeister

My house is a mid-terrace in Dublin. The front wall of the house is 5m away from the public footpath and has a driveway with a garden.

I want to install a tap to the front of the property, does this require planning permission or not as it's off street?

The water supply comes from the front of the house, so I assume it's fairly easy to do this, or is it a big job? What sort of cost would I be looking at?

Calahonda52

strict reading of the rules are that you can only have 2 connections of the rising main

Kitchen sink and cold water tank

FrancieBrady

No expert but I would say tapping into the main before it enters house would be a potential issue due to water freezing but maybe proper insulation would be enough to prevent it. Personally I would want a way of isolating that tap in winter.

Mellor

No planning needed.

But needs to be supplied from insudevthe house, not the main.

St1mpMeister

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123711120#Comment_123711120

I have Italian imported tiles on the floors inside so wouldn't want to have these dug up to access the pipe, so I guess it's a no-go unless there's some other way of getting to the pipe

muffler

Tee off the existing connection before it enters the house. Shouldn't be any issues.

St1mpMeister

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123711177#Comment_123711177

Needs an isolation valve right? What sort of cost would I be looking at?

muffler

There aren't any valves on my connection but your plumber will know. I wouldn't be sure about the cost but a couple of hundred max should cover it.

rayjdav

Very simple DIY process tbh.

At boundary box, turn off water

Locate the 25mm connection in your path where you want the tap, expose it (saw cut concrete/tarmac), cut pipe, use Philmac type T piece, connect pipes again and feed to tap (use PTFE tape on threads), install tap. No isolation valve required.

Turn water back on at boundary box and feed to tap is now live.

Reinstate concrete/tar to path.

Materials cost (PTFE, T-Piece, Tap, Length of pipe, gravel/cement for reinstating path) much less than €50

St1mpMeister

ehhhh no I ain't doing that myself 🤣