Waterboard Responsible for drains within your propeties borders

Paul_The_Bear

I had a blocked drain and after several months have finally got it sorted. In the process however I found out that waterboards are responsible for the upkeep of any shared drains, even if they are within the boundries of your property providing they were built before 1936. This is to do with when they adopted the network.

This has allowed me to get the money back from them that I had to pay to have the drain unblocked and that if the pipe needs replacing in the future they have to do it all free.

Apparently this is not a well advertised fact but if you contact your local council they should be able to advise if your pipework is covered.

Hope this helps someone else!!

prudryden

Thanks for that! Maybe that explains why, when they send you bumf on drain insurance, they have a disclaimer that reads something like "We may fix your drains free once."