Rainwater falling into my garden from another property causing issues 26 February at 9:31AM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving 10 replies 758 views

Yas1981

Hi

I have an issue where all the dirt from the roof of several storage garages when it rains. There are multiple owner.

There is no guttering on those properties. Whose responsibility is it to install the guttering? Mine or there's and is there any legal stuff I can refer too?

Thank you in advance 

TELLIT01

Probably their responsibility, but trying to get it sorted will be a nightmare.  My inclination would be to put guttering up myself and run the outlet to the side of the garages or possibly dig a soakaway.

baser999

Shouldn’t be your responsibility to fix this. Is there a requirement for guttering on garages the same as there would be on residential property? 

Section62

Yas1981 said:

I have an issue where all the dirt from the roof of several storage garages when it rains. There are multiple owner.

There is no guttering on those properties. Whose responsibility is it to install the guttering? Mine or there's and is there any legal stuff I can refer too?

How old are the garages, were they built before your property?

Can you confirm they are on neighbouring land, and the wall of the garage forms the boundary between your property and theirs?  (e.g. if there is a small strip of land between the garage and your property they may be entitled to allow the roof runoff to fall onto their land)

Some pictures would really help work out the rights and wrongs.

plumb1_2

If they’ve been there for years etc, most probably have had permission to be built like that.
Cant see what dirt can run off the roofs
What are they built out of, brick,steel, asbestos, wood ?
2 choices really go ahead and fit gutters  and not cause any damage or contact each garage owner and ask permission. The problem I would have with giving you permission is that the maintenance of the gutter would be my responsibility (as owner),  so added future cost. 

Yas1981

Here is the garage. All the dirt builds up on the roof then when it rains. It all ends up in my garden.

Section62

Yas1981 said:

Here is the garage. All the dirt builds up on the roof then when it rains. It all ends up in my garden.

Is that some kind of wall between the garages and your garden?  If so who owns the wall?  Or are the garages built into the wall?

A sideways-on picture would be better - we need to understand what is between your land and the garage roof.

greenface2

I would fit a gutter both running to the gap between . stop end at the end of your garden and a running outlet through the middle clipped either side with a elbow and downspout back between the gap . If your neighbours have problems they can run into yours if they haven't got a gap between garages . I work with plastic products daily so its a 2 hour job max and less than £75 materials . Get someone that you know with a drill and a bit of diy and they'll do it in a morning  

twopenny

Isn't it a problem attaching something to someone elses building?
 And it wouldn't stop the dirt coming off. That's usually solid lumps of moss and soil. Guttering would need to be cleaned regularly by the op to ensure it was clear and not causing damp.

If something could be attached I'd go for a board that sent the water and debris down the roof to the road. They probably wouldn't notice the water etc or the board. If it was flush with the top of the ridges maybe not at all.

But it does beg, would you be making people angry?
They probably don't know there's a problem. 

outtatune

You can't just go attaching stuff to other people's property.

Unfortunately the OP has provided a photo of their window handle rather than of the garages, but my hunch is that the property boundary is 300 mils or so short of the garages and the runoff goes onto the garage owners land, which has been encroached upon by the OP - or whoever they bought the house from.

greenface2

twopenny said:

Isn't it a problem attaching something to someone elses building?
 And it wouldn't stop the dirt coming off. That's usually solid lumps of moss and soil. Guttering would need to be cleaned regularly by the op to ensure it was clear and not causing damp.

If something could be attached I'd go for a board that sent the water and debris down the roof to the road. They probably wouldn't notice the water etc or the board. If it was flush with the top of the ridges maybe not at all.

But it does beg, would you be making people angry?
They probably don't know there's a problem. 

ok I would ask the garage owners to reverse the roof to slope away from my garden onto the road .