ChatterBank0 min ago
Sewage Pipe Issue
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My sewage pipe keeps blocking but not on my property seems to be some where in next door garden which seems to have the manhole cover as well .
I've only been in the property about 6 months but what I have found out seems to been a problem for many years which has effected property's either side of the manhole .
So my question is as the blockage is never on my land who would be responsible to have it fixed .
I don't my spending £30 to have it unblocked but when it's every couple of months when it's not me blocking it it's becoming a pain .
I've only been in the property about 6 months but what I have found out seems to been a problem for many years which has effected property's either side of the manhole .
So my question is as the blockage is never on my land who would be responsible to have it fixed .
I don't my spending £30 to have it unblocked but when it's every couple of months when it's not me blocking it it's becoming a pain .
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If your property uses a shared waste system with other houses it is the responsibility of the local authority or your water/sewerage company to clear blockages. Whose responsibility it is depends on the age of the house. Pre (I think) 1935 it is down to the water company. After that it is down to the local authority.
gingebee, my sewage pipe starts under my front doorstep and runs across the driveway under next doors doorstep and gets blocked halfway across, every 6 months it gets blocked and needs rodding to clear the blockage.
The water company told me that because the pipes are on our property it is down to us to pay for any problems.
Is that correct?, our houses were built in the mid 60's
The water company told me that because the pipes are on our property it is down to us to pay for any problems.
Is that correct?, our houses were built in the mid 60's
http:// www.uni tedutil ities.c om/sewe rs-and- drains- explain ed.aspx
United Utilities - “Sewers and Drains explained”
What United Utilities is responsible for – the big public sewers that take sewage and rainwater run-off to wastewater treatment works, the pipes from your property’s boundary that lead into the public sewer. Many of the shared drains where several property’s drains meet together before they join the public sewer – if you suspect that this is blocked, please contact us.
Severn Trent’s article on the same topic provides a useful diagram showing the extent of responsibilities:
http:// www.stw ater.co .uk/bus inesses /waste- water-s ervices /sewers -and-dr ains/
You will see that the common drain joining the terraced houses is the water company’s responsibility (after the drain leaves the first house) . I think this covers your situation. This also supports gingejbee’s remarks.
United Utilities - “Sewers and Drains explained”
What United Utilities is responsible for – the big public sewers that take sewage and rainwater run-off to wastewater treatment works, the pipes from your property’s boundary that lead into the public sewer. Many of the shared drains where several property’s drains meet together before they join the public sewer – if you suspect that this is blocked, please contact us.
Severn Trent’s article on the same topic provides a useful diagram showing the extent of responsibilities:
http://
You will see that the common drain joining the terraced houses is the water company’s responsibility (after the drain leaves the first house) . I think this covers your situation. This also supports gingejbee’s remarks.
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