Guttering on terraced house

kitt19804

Hi all,

I had my gutters changed due to it leaking in the middle of my property (mid terraced).

About 6-8mths after it has started to leak at the join to my neighbours. The join isn't great as their gutter is metal and is in a poor state. Their gutter is currently wedged into mine.

The builder told me that they could not join it up, and that the neighbour would need to get theirs replaced. I have told them this, but they are not accepting it. They are also refusing to get someone round themselves for an opinion

The neighbour is now threatening legal action to get this sorted, and to get his front door replaced as it has now warped.

How far would they get if it did get to this?

Thanks

paddy.maguire

Were the gutters you had taken out the original cast iron which matched in exactly with your neighbours?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

I take it the gutter was fitted correctly before?

I would blame whoever fitted your current gutter..

paddy.maguire

You have a bit of a problem in my opinion, your neighbour has every right to be aggrieved and chasing you to sort it out. The joint isnt leaking because their gutter is cast iron and in bad nick, its because your builder has failed to join up their new guttering correctly with their existing cast iron guttering. If your builders couldnt join it up correctly then they shouldnt have taken your existing guttering out. Was there guttering leaking before? If not why would they have needed to according to your builder have it replaced. If your builder has simply wedged their guttering into yours then they and thus you are entirely responsible for sorting it out. They are under no responsibility to get someone round to look at it unfortunately it is down to you. If I were next to you I would be expecting you to resolve it sooner rather than later and I would get it sorted quickly as it could get more expensive. If it goes to court they will win, sorry to be the bearer of bad news

CharlieBilly

I agree with paddy its your responsibility of there is now a leak

My guttering is cast iron, and neighbours in semi is plastic. Who ever fitted it put some lead in between the guttering so that it runs off into gutter we dont have any leaks.

If the leak is cause by your builder it can be costly if nothing is done for you as they may get problems like damp

kitt19804

Thanks for your replies,

I can't remember what the original gutters were, and the survey I had done has stated they were stone, which is obviously incorrect. The surveyor is ringing me on Monday, and hopefully his picture (which isn't clear in the survey) will show what was there orignally.

My gutter was leaking in the middle which is why it needed replacing. As stated the builder has said that the gutter is in a poor state of repair.

This leak didn't start straight away, probably approx 6-8 months after he work was done.

I will ring him and get him to take another look

roddydogs

How has a leaking Gutter caused a door to "warp"? Generally leaking gutters cause no problem, no more than when it rains, your house gets wet!

Canucklehead

Hi

If an adaptor hasn't been used to convert from plastic to cast then it's been lashed up.
Builder or whoever should come back and do it properly.



GSR.

paddy.maguire

The door may have warped due to it getting very wet if the leak is directly above it.

kitt19804

An adaptor couldn't be fitted for as his gutter is in a poor state, the leak would still be present.

The leak is near the front door.

The water is from his roof due to the falls, and he isn't happy about having a downpipe fitted, which is required to make the joint sound.

Canucklehead

kitt19804 wrote: »

An adaptor couldn't be fitted for as his gutter is in a poor state, the leak would still be present.

The leak is near the front door.

The water is from his roof due to the falls, and he isn't happy about having a downpipe fitted, which is required to make the joint sound.

Hi

In light of this information I would not have started this job. The builder should have walked away .Now he's left himself open to a massive row about who should be doing what. (Unless someone signed a letter or whatever with a disclaimer about the above problems from the builder)

GSR.