Blocked sewer in Mum's garden

Gothicfairy

Ok I am sorry but I do need you to prove it. (yep I am that pedantic cos aint seen one of those for 20 years)

As far as I know NO UK council tax included water / sewerage..your rent might include those as part of a bulk supply but that is not the same.
Where abouts are you and what is your water company ?

Even so if the property is this old it is down to the water company and not the householder and you will have a water company no matter how you pay.

meece

Passes computer to boyf who knows about this stuff........
It depends where the problem is found to be. Your mum's pipes are drains until the point where another drain meets it when it becomes a sewer. So if the problem is before this point, it's her responsibility. If the problem is after that point it's a shared responsibility of the people upstream. If the sewer is built before 1st Oct 1937 (and your Mum's was since the houses are 1900) then it is a Public Sewer and falls under section 24 of the Public Health Act 1936 and is the responsibility of the sewerage authority (usually the same as the Water authority) to sort. If it's built after 1st Oct 1937 it's a private sewer and the responsibility of everyone upstream to sort. The responsibility for all sewers regardless of when they were built is scheduled to transfer to water authorities on 1st Oct this year (but not confirmed yet).

GlynD

meece wrote: »

Passes computer to boyf who knows about this stuff........
It depends where the problem is found to be. Your mum's pipes are drains until the point where another drain meets it when it becomes a sewer. So if the problem is before this point, it's her responsibility. If the problem is after that point it's a shared responsibility of the people upstream. If the sewer is built before 1st Oct 1937 (and your Mum's was since the houses are 1900) then it is a Public Sewer and falls under section 24 of the Public Health Act 1936 and is the responsibility of the sewerage authority (usually the same as the Water authority) to sort. If it's built after 1st Oct 1937 it's a private sewer and the responsibility of everyone upstream to sort. The responsibility for all sewers regardless of when they were built is scheduled to transfer to water authorities on 1st Oct this year (but not confirmed yet).

Well done that man/woman

GlynD

Gothicfairy wrote: »

Ok I am sorry but I do need you to prove it. (yep I am that pedantic cos aint seen one of those for 20 years)

As far as I know NO UK council tax included water / sewerage..your rent might include those as part of a bulk supply but that is not the same.
Where abouts are you and what is your water company ?

Even so if the property is this old it is down to the water company and not the householder and you will have a water company no matter how you pay.

Lets just say it isn't an English council. That may be the reason why. UK regions under devolved local parliaments make their own rules.

You're right though. Regardless of how differently regions bill for their water and sewage charges, the answer will be the same and I've just thanked another poster for a most informative answer which I have no reason to believe is anything but a final solution to the OP's problem.

Gothicfairy

GlynD wrote: »

Lets just say it isn't an English council. That may be the reason why. UK regions under devolved local parliaments make their own rules.

You're right though. Regardless of how differently regions bill for their water and sewage charges, the answer will be the same and I've just thanked another poster for a most informative answer which I have no reason to believe is anything but a final solution to the OP's problem.

I did say UK right at the start.

Macman said the same thing right back as the first reply so to be honest the problem was sorted out then and it was you that made it confusing with the council tax/ already paid thing.

GlynD

Gothicfairy wrote: »

I did say UK right at the start.

Macman said the same thing right back as the first reply so to be honest the problem was sorted out then and it was you that made it confusing with the council tax/ already paid thing.

That wasn't my intention. I was going by my own council tax bills.

Gothicfairy

GlynD wrote: »

That wasn't my intention. I was going by my own council tax bills.

I do understand..I just think it kinda confused things but at least we are all on the same page now..

I would still love to see your bill though and how it is broken down if that would be ok ?

We know how we are charged in the UK so it would be good to see how it is charged in other places.

Torry_Quine

In Scotland which is in the UK, water charges are included on council tax bills.

GlynD

Gothicfairy wrote: »

I do understand..I just think it kinda confused things but at least we are all on the same page now..

I would still love to see your bill though and how it is broken down if that would be ok ?

We know how we are charged in the UK so it would be good to see how it is charged in other places.

My council tax bill is a UK one. It's just not from England. All it does is show Council Tax on one line and Water & Sewage charges on another. Please don't make me dig one out. :eek:

Cardew

Gothicfairy wrote: »

As far as I know NO UK council tax included water / sewerage

I did say UK right at the start.

Just a Point!

The United Kingdom(UK) consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

England and Wales do not have water charges included in their Council Tax.