Soil Pipe Trespass

stator

We really need to see a photo

Dickyp

lush_walrus wrote: »

The SVP won't be on the planning drawings necessarily, it's location may not have even been known at planning stage. Also if it has been agreed to it won't be trespassing however what they should have done under the party wall act is more than just show your wife a bunch of drawings and ask her to agree on the door step so that is a bit sneaky or silly depending on their character.

With regards to the SVP leaking onto your baby, to settle your mind in the meantime it's highly unlikely, often in flats for example others Svps either join or pass through other flats so the pipes are able to cope with that without issue.



What level is their bathroom, is it in the loft conversion or lower. If at loft level then soil will be at that level and lower, if it's lower then the part you can see will be the vent so no liquid but gases.

What you need to establish is who carried out the building control checks for them, it's a small extension so it's likely to have been under building notice submitted by their builder to an assessor while building. It's often the council but there are also lots of private companies whom also carry it out. Once you see that you can see what is going on.

Fact is it sounds like your neighbours have been sneaky or nieve or misinformed about the process, served you with the correct notices. To give them the benefit of the doubt they may not even know that the builder has routed through your loft.

So two things you need to do, look into the party wall act and see whether they have followed procedure it doesn't sound as if they did but you may not have realised the importance of some things in the past. Then try to find out who signed off building control. Start with our local council, most small builders send plans to them rather than private companies.

If you have inadvertently agreed to the SVP coming into your loft it's not the end there is still court action but I wouldn't recommend that.

Thank you. Yes i did feel that they'd been a bit sneaky to say the least!
Ours is a terrace house and next door an end terrace that was converted into a maisonette. The work was to convert the loft space of the original building and the extension to the back - i.e. the whole footprint of the property giving them a new bathroom, living space & bedroom so not an insignificant development...the bathroom is effectively the 3rd floor. It's definitely a soil pipe exiting through the built up party wall for several metres over our roof space. Where the pipe turns (back onto next doors property) is where we've since discovered some damage and water entering our property...

Will give the council a call and see what they say...

Thanks again

Dickyp

stator wrote: »

We really need to see a photo

Ok, sure will see if I can upload...

Dickyp

Here's a link to a couple of pics
photobox.co.uk/album/4121263319

They show the pipe along the party wall and as it turns over the parapet wall back to the neighbours property....

Stevie_Palimo

https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo?album_id=4121263319&photo_id=9119687496#9119687710

DRP

Alter_ego wrote: »

Cut pipe, fit a blank cap - wait.

After giving them appropriate notice - do this ^^

stator

Drill small hole in top, small can of expanding foam. Wait. This is not legal advice

Dickyp

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

[album_id=4121263319&photo_id=9119687496#9119687710[/url]

Thanks - seems I can't post links as a newbie!

Dickyp

DRP wrote: »

After giving them appropriate notice - do this ^^

stator wrote: »

Drill small hole in top, small can of expanding foam. Wait. This is not legal advice

:rotfl: It may come to this!

pimento

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

If it's permission for the pipe what do you think?

If it was permission for the pipe, they'd have been happy to produce it, wouldn't they?