Neighbour refuses to fix leaky pipe

grey_lady

Hi,

Not sure if there's any course of action or if I just have to live with this but a flat above mine has had a leaking overflow pipe for months, not heavy but a constant trickle - I can't tell if it's from the boiler or the bathroom as both pipes are identical. It's pooling water on the ground and has caused noticable green staining to the wall - quite large marks.

I suspect it might be the boiler as the boilers that were fitted 12 years ago in these flats all had a design fault and had to be replaced or fixed after only a few years and were all expected to go eventually.

The service managment company have wrote to the owner a couple of times but he just flat out denies it's his pipe that's leaking - our maintainence man agrees its his pipe, its quite obvious that the pipe comes out from his flat - each flat has two pipes and they're spaced well apart from the next flats.

The lease say's owners should fix these problems and they are liable to pay for damage caused, this has been pointed out to said owner but he just deny's it's him.

Is there anything that can be done here?

st999

Block the pipe and you will soon find out whose it is
Stan

McKneff

You know, stan, that's exactly what I was thinking - wicked eh.:D

grey_lady

See I wondered about that, but if it is a boiler I'm worried it might be dangerous.

DVardysShadow

st999 wrote: »

Block the pipe and you will soon find out whose it is
Stan

McKneff wrote: »

You know, stan, that's exactly what I was thinking - wicked eh.:D

Me too. But the thing to do is knock on his door and say
"That isn't your pipe is it?"
"No"
"Then you won't mind if I block it up will you?"

andyhop

Contact the service management company again, These should be able to sort this on your behalf

If not contact the council and ask them to step in and issue a statuatory notice , If the owners refuses to repair then the council will repair and bill him direct

grey_lady

The service mangement company have wrote a couple of times telling him that he's responsible for the damage and has a duty to fix it, but he tells them it's not his pipe - they seem quite uncertain that there is anything further they can do.

Didnt realise the council could get involved?

mikey72

st999 wrote: »

Block the pipe and you will soon find out whose it is
Stan

McKneff wrote: »

You know, stan, that's exactly what I was thinking - wicked eh.:D

Now, can anyone else see the drawback in trying to cause a flood in the flat above you?

dacouch

Could be as simple as the toilet overflow which can often be fixed by adjusting the ball !!!!

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Me too. But the thing to do is knock on his door and say
"That isn't your pipe is it?"
"No"
"Then you won't mind if I block it up will you?"

That's exactly what I would have done.

Plasterer

st999 wrote: »

Block the pipe and you will soon find out whose it is
Stan

Hurrah!!!!!! Yep just spray expanding foam up it That'll do the trick