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Certifying a percolation area

  • 09-05-2019 2:45pm
    #1
    kormak
    Registered Users Posts: 887 ✭✭✭


    Anyone else encounter this issue? The soil engineer who initially tested/passed the soil on our site and proposed the system to be used, has now advised that he cannot certify the final system as there would be a conflict of interest. He is suggesting that our builder or engineer do it. Builder or Engineer has never heard of this and doesn't certify these systems and so we may end up having to employ a 3rd party soil engineer to certify the system...!
    When I pushed the soil engineer on why this was an issue, he said "he could easily end up proposing an elaborate system that was complete overkill for the needs of the house and that he might be only be doing this for the benefit of the percolation manufacturers." It all sounds a bit odd to me!"
    Can't quite understand this and wondered if anyone could shed light on it when building a house?


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  • #2
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,863 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    how is there a conflict of interest? did he explain that to you?

    the builder or engineer cannot do this, as they wouldnt have the necessary training / certification / insurance to.

    the assessor i always use is the one who certifies the install... as they are the ones who designed it.


  • #3
    kormak
    Registered Users Posts: 887 ✭✭✭kormak


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    how is there a conflict of interest? did he explain that to you?

    the builder or engineer cannot do this, as they wouldnt have the necessary training / certification / insurance to.

    the assessor i always use is the one who certifies the install... as they are the ones who designed it.

    Well I honestly wasn't expecting him to come out with this and I didn't really push him on it... but I did say suppose the builder/engineer can't do it, then what? And he advised that we would need to employ a third party EPA accessor to come onsite and witness the build of it, take photos and certify it!


  • #4
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,863 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    hummmm

    im wondering if theres an issue with his insurance, and he doesnt want to expose himself.

    a 3rd party assessor could insist on doing their own perc test in order to determine if the systems thats proposed will actually work... why would they certify someone else design?? i certainly wouldnt.

    it also depends on how the condition is worded... does it say something like "a suitably qualified person should certify, with a min insurance of €1 million" etc ???


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