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Description
A good first test for any drinking water supply. It covers the bacteria that make people sick and the everyday problems that stain, scale and spoil water: iron, manganese, hardness, pH and more. A sensible yearly check on a private well, and a clear answer if you're unsure about your mains.
What it tests
- Bacteria: E. coli, total coliforms, enterococci, total bacteria count at 22°C
- Metals: aluminium, iron, manganese
- Chemistry: ammonia, nitrite, hardness (limescale), pH, conductivity
- Appearance: colour, turbidity (cloudiness)
In the kit
Three sample bottles, gloves and step-by-step sampling instructions.
How long it takes
- Kit posted to you within 2 working days
- Take the sample and send it back the same day by Express Post, or drop it to the lab in Drogheda. It must reach the lab within 24 hours, so sample Monday to Wednesday.
- If bacteria are found you're told by email within 3 days
- Your full Certificate of Analysis is emailed within 10 working days, with a guide to reading it
This self-sample kit can't be used for a private well grant application. The council needs a lab technician to take that sample: order the Well Grant Water Test instead.
Want lead, copper and nitrate too? The Check Plus kit adds them for €30 more.
- Analysed by Fitz Scientific, Drogheda
- INAB-accredited lab, ISO 17025
- Kit posted within 2 working days
- Certificate of Analysis by email
How your test works
- 1
Order today
Fitz Scientific posts the kit to you within 2 working days, with gloves and clear instructions.
- 2
Take the sample
Most samples come from the cold kitchen tap. Take it on the day you send it back.
- 3
Send it the same day
Express Post or drop it to the lab in Drogheda. It has to arrive within 24 hours, so sample Monday to Wednesday.
- 4
Get your certificate
Emailed to you with a sheet explaining the results. Bacteria found? You hear sooner.
The test fee comes off your install
If the results show something that needs treating and we supply and fit it within 90 days of your order, we take the full price of this test off the job. Quote your test order number when you book.
Who analyses your water
Fitz Scientific, an independent laboratory in Drogheda, accredited by INAB (the Irish National Accreditation Board) to ISO 17025. We don't test water ourselves: you get an impartial result, and if it shows a problem, our plumbers fix it.
Accredited results are marked on the certificate.
Your certificate, and who sees it
- Fitz Scientific emails your Certificate of Analysis to you
- They send us a copy, so we can talk you through it and price any treatment
- Rather we didn't get a copy? Say so in the order note at checkout
