neighbours' shed causing damp problems in our garage

Grimbal

Our neighbours own a little spur of land behind our garage. They have placed a shed there. Not unreasonably, it's a good place for a shed.

However, the shed roof is directly abutting our garage back wall, and routes all the run off rain water down onto the brick work. We've used a waterproof sealant on the outside of the brickwork where we can get to it, but there's still a problem where we're getting very wet brickwork behind the electrical sockets on that wall.

We're going to pop next door & offer to get our builders to put some guttering on that edge, but what is our position if they refuse our offer ? Can we do anything to stop the damage that is being caused ?

Plumber90

Wait for a dark night and pull the whole thing down.

But in a serious note If it is causing problems to your property there has to be something that can be done.

MoneyMate

You should find hopefully on your house details that you probably have the right to air & light to all outside perimeter walls, worth investigating ?
http://www.right-of-light.co.uk/calculation.php

Grimbal

MoneyMate wrote: »

You should find hopefully on your house details that you probably have the right to air & light to all outside perimeter walls, worth investigating ?
http://www.right-of-light.co.uk/calculation.php

It's just a shed though that is ducting water onto a garage (non-attached), so I'm not sure this applies ?

I was thinking along the lines of them causing material damage to our property - does anyone out there no of anything that exists in law please ?

Yorkie1

I suspect you'll find it's causing a "nuisance".

Norman_Castle

If they refuse you can fit a piece of wood,plastic or anything that re-directs the water back onto their shed. Why assume they will object to guttering. Ask them instead of assuming a negative response.

zaax

A cease and desist letter may be needed.

warmhands.coldheart

Call the police, have them done for damage to property, or get Environmental health involved as it's causing health risk as there are electrical sockets on that wall... then have them prosecuted....

OR

You could just go speak to your neighbour and don't make a mountain out of a molehill before you've even spoken to them !!

Grimbal

thanks to those with constructive replies.

These are neighbours that almost had a melt down when we asked for access to paint the water repellent coating on the brick work. The purpose of this post was to ask for advice on where I stand in order to have a constructive discussion with the neighbours when we do approach them

Hedgehog99

Does the shed have a pitched roof or a single sloping roof? If the latter, they should have tilted it the other way to direct water away from your garage wall.

Either way, guttering seems a very reasonable request and they should pay.

Grimbal

Hedgehog99 wrote: »

Does the shed have a pitched roof or a single sloping roof? If the latter, they should have tilted it the other way to direct water away from your garage wall.

Either way, guttering seems a very reasonable request and they should pay.

Thankyou, it's a pitched roof, with the apex over the doorway (shorter) wall. It's such a narrow strip of land, that only the shed can fit into the space unfortunately.