Water soaking brickwork from neighbour's leaking toilet

robgoingcrazy

Look like this thread has given up/got fed up of this, which is exactly how I feel about it just now lol...

mart.vader

Hi Rob,

I have been reading this thread for some time, but I haven't had anything constructive to add to the advice you have already been given.

You could try your Water Company, perhaps you already have done this.

If you tell them you have a leak and can't find the source, they should investigate, to eliminate any mains water leakage. This doesn't usually cost anything. The test to determine mains leakage just involves adding a tablet to some of the water, to see if there's a reaction to the chlorine in the water.

The Water co don't like going further than this, cos it costs them money, prob. in the region of £100 or so, but they can collect the water,(they need at least half a pint or so) send it to their labs and will get a result back of say, "Probably Mains Water, or Probably Ground water, or Possibly drainage water, or Probably river water, etc." It's not usually more definite than that.

All the above depends on you being assigned a leakage technician who gives a toss, though. Some don't !

If you can collect say, half a pint or so of the water you can send it to be analysed by a laboratory (at your own cost, though) to give an idea of the source of the water. ( maybe someone like these people ? http://www.water-drop.co.uk/services/sampling-analysis.aspx ) They might insist on taking the sample themselves, though to ensure a clean sample.

robgoingcrazy

Thanks Mart Vader, I will give this some thought.

The pressure of working for myself and actually trying to keep the roof over my head and not being able to afford to take time off to spend hours and days sorting this has got to me at time, have spent so much time on it already and got nowhere, just starting to get fed up with it.

I will try to find a time when I can get the water company to come out, at least they can have a look I suppose.

Today I've mainly been putting bubblewrap on my back garden wall to try to keep the elements off while I also deal with an estate agent that's being a total **** about responding to my efforts to get in touch with the current owner of the house on the other side, even if it's just an OK to go ahead with the recapping at my own cost.

If I ever do sell this place I will certainly not be using Your Move.

DaftyDuck

Still watching the thread, just no more ideas at the moment... I'm not sure if you have seen inside your neighbour's house? One look might explain all...

robgoingcrazy

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Still watching the thread, just no more ideas at the moment... I'm not sure if you have seen inside your neighbour's house? One look might explain all...

I have not looked, but he he said he can't see anything, he did rip out his bathroom after the last time I spoke to him, I could hear it all and he knocked on my door covered in dust to tell me what he'd found (or hadn't found). He spent the next day putting it all back (I could hear all the work going on). He said he'd done a plumbing course at college when younger. Am sure he wouldn't have gone to all that trouble if something more obvious was staring him in the face.

I will speak to him again, have not seen him to speak to since the bathroomgate! I will update soon!

DaftyDuck

robgoingcrazy wrote: »

He said he'd done a plumbing course at college when younger. .....
I will speak to him again, have not seen him to speak to since the bathroomgate! I will update soon!

Has he been round to see your side? Also to see what's happening to his / your brickwork?

Obviously, from both your points of view, something is wrong, and something needs to be done. If I were you, I'd "share" a builder... get someone round (easier said than done from earlier...) to look at both properties and find the source.

Frankly, any decent general builder should be able to track it down. mart.vader's point is a dood one as well, water co. could find the source.

Of course, if you've discovered a new wellspring, bottle the water and flog it as miracle cure/holy water/detox wonder, and recoup a fortune!

robgoingcrazy

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Has he been round to see your side? Also to see what's happening to his / your brickwork?

Obviously, from both your points of view, something is wrong, and something needs to be done. If I were you, I'd "share" a builder... get someone round (easier said than done from earlier...) to look at both properties and find the source.

Frankly, any decent general builder should be able to track it down. mart.vader's point is a dood one as well, water co. could find the source.

Of course, if you've discovered a new wellspring, bottle the water and flog it as miracle cure/holy water/detox wonder, and recoup a fortune!

Yeah he's been round and looked, seemed as puzzled as I was as he said there was nothing in that corner he could see. That was before he ripped the bathroom out so he must have applied some logic to the situation, if he could have seen something in that corner I doubt he would have spent so much time on the bathroom...

I am giving the miracle water idea some thought, should I make a cardboard sign with "UK Lourdes this way" on it, or go for a more professional look? :rotfl:

DaftyDuck

Ah, The Weeping Wall of Insanity. Just a drop of elixir from the wall contains enough Insanium© to ensure a week off work. Bathe in the magick energy-sapping essence, impotence is yours. For complete breakdown and incarceration in an institute of our choice, colonic irrigation is recommended.

The RgC® Insanium© offer is available to only a few [STRIKE]gullible [/STRIKE]select clients, and YOU have been chosen.... Please send bank details direct to RgC's® Agent, DaftyDuck.

robgoingcrazy

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Ah, The Weeping Wall of Insanity. Just a drop of elixir from the wall contains enough Insanium© to ensure a week off work. Bathe in the magick energy-sapping essence, impotence is yours. For complete breakdown and incarceration in an institute of our choice, colonic irrigation is recommended.

The RgC® Insanium© offer is available to only a few [STRIKE]gullible [/STRIKE]select clients, and YOU have been chosen.... Please send bank details direct to RgC's® Agent, DaftyDuck.

Ha ha, good one :rotfl: :T

That cheered me up a bit, I have done nothing but work this week, am trying to find time to get someone out but am sick of the thought of it all to be honest.

This morning I woke up to discover I now have a mouse infestation as well. With the coping stones, the leak, now the mice, there's part of me that just wants to set a match to the place