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€6500 concrete

€2500 steel

€3000 groundwork’s

€3500 shuttering and steel

€4500 slats 

€1000 2 load of 804 

€500 tie in to other areas

possibly pay grant application too. The groundwork’s and 804 might be high or low completely depends on his ground and how far the stuff needs to be drawn. The costs above cover nothing above slat level.

the 2 bay the man above is taking about

there’s nobody in the country selling 804 for €11 a tonne to a farmer so that price is completely out and it has to be SR21 certified for the grant, I was allowing for 2 x 26t loads. Concrete price depends on location, if buying from Roadstone in limerick for example that price doesn’t include VAT, if buying from Ardfert for example it will be more, Ducons less, needs to priced locally. As I said ground conditions and where the stuff needs to be drawn to will dictate this cost don’t know how you assume it’ll be all done in 22 hours and plenty digger men don’t have dumpers so might need to be hired and dumper drivers aren’t free either, as well as a whacker and maybe water pump may need to be hired or he may need to dig a drain out of it, again more money, don’t think €3k is too far out. If he goes for planning they’ll probably add a stupid condition of a leak detection system that’s another €1k. Don’t think the steel for a 9 foot tank will be a penny less than €2500 + VAT. Regarding the tie in I’d be surprised if there isn’t some works to be done outside of the tank, concrete entry or whatever either way I allowed €500 which pays for a few M of concrete at best. I’m guessing he will go with 16 foot flats so that would be the price of them, shuttering & steel fixing again price around there is a monumental difference in price between lads.

Sorry forgot to reply to this. The 16.5k is the official grant costings. As I posted earlier smaller tanks run a bit more than grant costings. I expect it to cost 18-19k+ vat if you manage it well and do not get caught up in bells and whistles. You will need to price around it amazing the difference in the price of materials.

You lads is building a house last March he priced steel for the foundations. The difference between the cheapest and NEXT cheapest was 280 in vat on an 900 euro steel bill. Some lads will tell you X's slats are rubbish while Y's and top class. however grants approved slats are all of a decent quality with a 40+ year life expectancy compared to slats from 30-40 years ago. When you more or less hit the 16.5k on the tank you do not need the other receipts for the grant so you can use non tax clearance labour for that example lad digging out the tank and say you did it yourself.

Biggest catch is your yard already pla ning compliant. You need planning for the tank and the shed that will go over it, however the rest of the yard will need to be planning compliant if not you will need to seek retention for existing non compliant buildings