Private sewer pipe blocking

taxman · 29 Apr 2010

Hi, first time on here.

I am at the end of a private sewer pipe covering 5 properties, including my own.

Despite various requests and polite letters, the pipe is constantly being blocked by my neighbours cotton buds, sanitary products and once a tea-towel.

Where would I would stand on fitting a grill of wide hole "chicken-wire" across the pipe where it joins mine, thereby stopping anything too big, coming through.

Alternatively do I have any legal recourse in billing my neighbours for unblocking.

lifesagasman · 29 Apr 2010

you've come to the right place to 'discuss sewage'

oompah · 29 Apr 2010

taxman · 29 Apr 2010

you made me

even though I should feel

lifesagasman · 29 Apr 2010

drop round on a Friday night if you want a cure for insomnia...

lifesagasman · 29 Apr 2010

taxman said:
you made me even though I should feel

the last advice i got on here was that you have to tiddle before you can wink. Sound!!

lifesagasman · 29 Apr 2010

taxman said:
Hi, first time on here.

I am at the end of a private sewer pipe covering 5 properties, including my own.

Despite various requests and polite letters, the pipe is constantly being blocked by my neighbours cotton buds, sanitary products and once a tea-towel.

Where would I would stand on fitting a grill of wide hole "chicken-wire" across the pipe where it joins mine, thereby stopping anything too big, coming through.
Alternatively do I have any legal recourse in billing my neighbours for unblocking.

I'd charge them three ha'pence a foot.

Lincsbodger · 29 Apr 2010

lifesagasman said:
taxman said:

Hi, first time on here.

I am at the end of a private sewer pipe covering 5 properties, including my own.

Despite various requests and polite letters, the pipe is constantly being blocked by my neighbours cotton buds, sanitary products and once a tea-towel.

Where would I would stand on fitting a grill of wide hole "chicken-wire" across the pipe where it joins mine, thereby stopping anything too big, coming through.
Alternatively do I have any legal recourse in billing my neighbours for unblocking.

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I'd charge them three ha'pence a foot.

Who owns the pipe ? Or is it jointly owned. Whats it say on the deeds about the ownership ?

Spark123 · 29 Apr 2010

Carry out any work like that and you'll end up in court!

Donkmeister · 29 Apr 2010

Cotton buds? Jeez, some people just don't think about what they're chucking and where!

I believe you'd be looking to install an inspection chamber with a strainer on the outlet. I've never seen strainers in 110/160mm sizes though.

It would make clearance of the blockage easier and remove doubt as to where the blockage eminates... not sure about the legalities of it though.

big-all · 29 Apr 2010

is the sewer older than 1935!!

HERTS P&D · 29 Apr 2010

When we are called to a property to unblock a man hole, we charge the customer who called us. It's then up to them to obtain an equal share of the bill from the neighbours that share that sewer line.

You would be surprized what people throw down their toilet, as well as the usual 'stuff', we also found loads of fish heads in one manhole.

One of the worse was a broken arm off a doll, it looked like a babies arm.

The only thing that should go down the toilet is......toilet paper and what comes out of us.

Andy

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Private sewer pipe blocking

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