My neighbour's extension has gutters but no downpipe, hence the rain just sits in the gutter and then overflows onto my adjoining garage. This appears to be by deliberate design.
The neighbour's roof, gutters and fascias were renewed last spring. My neighbour says the contractor just copied what was already there, which I am inclined to believe, since a picture of the old gutter (from 2006) shows the same obvious low point at exactly the same place. Previously I had assumed this was just an old sagging gutter, but now I see it is by design. I have started paying attention to this as I am about to have my garage roof replaced.
The question is, what can I do? I know who the contractor is, and it seems to me that his work ought to have followed building regulations, which he doesn't seem to have done. I don't want to cause any undue problems for my neighbour, who may have inherited the original problem when he bought the property, but surely the contractor is at fault here?
The neighbour's roof, gutters and fascias were renewed last spring. My neighbour says the contractor just copied what was already there, which I am inclined to believe, since a picture of the old gutter (from 2006) shows the same obvious low point at exactly the same place. Previously I had assumed this was just an old sagging gutter, but now I see it is by design. I have started paying attention to this as I am about to have my garage roof replaced.
The question is, what can I do? I know who the contractor is, and it seems to me that his work ought to have followed building regulations, which he doesn't seem to have done. I don't want to cause any undue problems for my neighbour, who may have inherited the original problem when he bought the property, but surely the contractor is at fault here?
