New Kildimo, Co. Limerick
Septic tank installation in New Kildimo, Co. Limerick
County Limerick: 42.9% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.
Whether this needs a licence in Ireland
Licence required
Site characterisation and local authority approval
Site characterisation and local authority approval, issued or supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency. Ask for the registration number before the work starts and check it on the public register. Check the register: www.epa.ie
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Septic tank installation: what the job involves
Installing a new or replacement domestic wastewater treatment system — a septic tank or a packaged treatment unit — with its percolation area or polishing filter. It must be designed for the site after a site characterisation to the EPA Code of Practice.
How long it takes: The installation itself usually takes two to five days; the site assessment, design and approvals before it can take weeks, and wet ground can delay the dig.
The full guide to septic tank installation — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.
What septic tank installation in New Kildimo costs, and why
What jobs on Talqero came to
Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.
What affects the price
- What the site characterisation finds: soil, water table and rock decide the system type
- Septic tank with percolation area or a packaged treatment unit with polishing filter
- Size of the house, measured in population equivalent
- Access for a digger and delivery lorry
- Removing or decommissioning the old system
- Raised percolation areas where the ground is poor
- VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.
County Limerick: what the figures say
42.9% of households in County Limerick live in homes built before 1981 — above the national figure of 40.7%, and the 4th highest share of the 26 counties.
Older drains are more often clay pipes, which crack and let roots in over time; a CCTV survey shows their condition before anything is dug up.
Central Statistics Office, 2022
Rules and grants for septic tank installation
The rules in Ireland
A septic tank or other domestic wastewater treatment system must be registered, maintained and desludged by an authorised waste collector.
- Registration costs €50 at protectourwater.ie; failing to register can lead to a fine of up to €5,000 on conviction.
- Councils inspect systems with at least ten working days’ notice; if one fails, an advisory notice follows.
- Desludging must be done by an authorised waste collector — keep the proof for five years. The EPA gives every four years as a typical interval for a 3.5 m³ tank serving three people.
Sources · checked 9 October 2026
What to ask before you choose
- Will I get the survey footage and a written report?
- Is relining possible, or does it need digging?
- For desludging: what is your waste collection permit number?
- Is VAT included?
What the work usually involves
- CCTV drain surveys
- Drain repairs
- Septic tank emptying and checks
- Soakaways
What to put in your task
- Mains drainage or septic tank
- What is happening — smell, slow drains, flooding
- Where the manholes are, with photos
- Whether it is for a house purchase or a problem now
County Limerick in figures
Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.
Septic tank installation · New Kildimo
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