Blocked sewer - Whos responsible

oxfordmark

Hey

It seems that we have a blockage in the hole that our sewage goes into (down the sewer pipe then it goes into another hole)

I managed to get a stick and unblock it, it feels/sounds gritty.

Is this my responsiblity or the councils?

Gloomendoom

What have you been eating?

cattie

Sometimes drains & sewers are the responsibility of the local water company. If they do have responsibility for the part where the blockage is, then they carry out work free. Otherwise they bill you for the unblocking.

oxfordmark

Gloomendoom wrote: »

What have you been eating?

I could of written a list if i'd of known

It looks like we have an over flow. The water was just a little bit below this.

Mark

anotherbaldrick

Ask the Council, if is not their responsibility they will soon tell you.

Dan-Dan

The council ??

southcoastrgi

Overflows, holes, sticks, grit, I'm totally confused

macman

Nothing to do with the council, unless it's a council house. It's either your responsibility or the water utility's, depending on where the blockage is-which from the limited info given, I cannot tell.

DaftyDuck

We demand photos....

...........maybe a diagram would be better..............

malc_b

I though the rule of thumb was who was using it. If the pipe is used solely by your household then it is your responsibility. If the flow comes from your house and others then it is the water company's responsibility.

SailorSam

If where you think sounds 'gritty' is the grid outside, then that's probably normal. The bend in the drain in the grid is similar to the trap under your kitchen sink and you only go down about a foot when it would feel solid.
Can you see a manhole anywhere in your garden ? Lift that and then go and run some water or flush the loo to see can you see anything coming through.