Our rental neighbour has a row of Leylandii about 3m from both houses, just before they moved in the landlord was working there and I got his permission to cut through the trunks just below the 6ft fence. The tenant refuses to trim them despite being asked to a number of times and ingoring council letter. They are now easily 10m high and I trim my side twice a year yielding about 3 peugeot partner loads to the tip each time.
The difference with this is while pressure washing the patio I lifted the sewer inspection cover and see the roots are making their way through the top 4 courses of bricks mortar line and I now realise it opening up the mortar joints and raising the bricks, cover frame and surrounding slabs. It's the main sewer running along the back of the houses.
My question is who is responsible for repairing the damage to the pit?
I've also noticed our house is developing a crack which I suspect is due to the roots but at 5-6m from the nearest tree I'd have to dig to check.
The difference with this is while pressure washing the patio I lifted the sewer inspection cover and see the roots are making their way through the top 4 courses of bricks mortar line and I now realise it opening up the mortar joints and raising the bricks, cover frame and surrounding slabs. It's the main sewer running along the back of the houses.
My question is who is responsible for repairing the damage to the pit?
I've also noticed our house is developing a crack which I suspect is due to the roots but at 5-6m from the nearest tree I'd have to dig to check.
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