I have a problem whereby my 1920’s built end terrace house has a single Down pipe from the gutters that empties via a gully into an inspection chamber (if that the right word, its the area covered by the manhole cover), then into the main under the road. This is actually our next door neighbours main drain i.e. both waste water, gutters and sewage.
My waste water and sewage goes into a separate main that starts at the rear of my property and leads off in a different direction, it is only my gutters that goes into the neighbours main.
The problem is that our neighbours underground pipes / inspection chamber is always blocking up (Frequently stinks!) this prevents our gutter water flowing freely and thus it backs up and overflows all over the our side alleyway. I was told by a previous house owner is was a problem with the main sewer line in the road but Thames water seem reluctant to do anything about!
my question then, is can I re-route the gutter water to our gully that carries the kitchen and bathroom water away - see photo. The down pipe is approx 12 feet from the kitchen & bathroom gully.
My waste water and sewage goes into a separate main that starts at the rear of my property and leads off in a different direction, it is only my gutters that goes into the neighbours main.
The problem is that our neighbours underground pipes / inspection chamber is always blocking up (Frequently stinks!) this prevents our gutter water flowing freely and thus it backs up and overflows all over the our side alleyway. I was told by a previous house owner is was a problem with the main sewer line in the road but Thames water seem reluctant to do anything about!
my question then, is can I re-route the gutter water to our gully that carries the kitchen and bathroom water away - see photo. The down pipe is approx 12 feet from the kitchen & bathroom gully.