Blocked down pipe with council house

ThisIsWeird

teaselMay said:

As above you can't expect the council to change it so that next door's roof drains into thin air.
Could I ask a side question, I learned on here recently that shared drains are covered by the water authority. Would a drain that accepts a downpipe on my property, draining mine and next door the other side's roof into a ground drain, that starts on my property and goes toward the road be considered a shared drain? The water in it is shared but I think the drain physically sits only on my property

Almost always (perhaps always), the part that carries only your water, is your private drain. Once an additional property feeds in to it, it becomes the responsibility of the W-B -  a 'public' sewer.

So, yours sounds shared = W-B, regardless of whose land it travels down or across.

(That would apply to 'foul', 'grey', or 'sewage'. If it's, say, a groundwater drain leading to a shared soakaway, then almost certainly it's a shared responsibility betwixt the two of you.)

pkmid

Not sure how to quote everyone but I got Wessex Water to unblock it, they confirmed it would be their responsibility should another problem arise. I will get the guttering reinstalled as it was previously with added leaf filters then hopefully the problem (if it happens again) will remain on either of our sides for us to remedy. Thanks all

teaselMay

ThisIsWeird said:

teaselMay said:

As above you can't expect the council to change it so that next door's roof drains into thin air.
Could I ask a side question, I learned on here recently that shared drains are covered by the water authority. Would a drain that accepts a downpipe on my property, draining mine and next door the other side's roof into a ground drain, that starts on my property and goes toward the road be considered a shared drain? The water in it is shared but I think the drain physically sits only on my property

Almost always (perhaps always), the part that carries only your water, is your private drain. Once an additional property feeds in to it, it becomes the responsibility of the W-B -  a 'public' sewer.

So, yours sounds shared = W-B, regardless of whose land it travels down or across.

(That would apply to 'foul', 'grey', or 'sewage'. If it's, say, a groundwater drain leading to a shared soakaway, then almost certainly it's a shared responsibility betwixt the two of you.)

Thanks, you, and pkmid getting it sorted through them, have confirmed what I was starting to think. There's no point at which the drain only has water from my roof in it. That's good news, I think I've unblocked it but if not it's not my responsibility

pkmid

teaselMay said:

As above you can't expect the council to change it so that next door's roof drains into thin air.


Could I ask a side question, I learned on here recently that shared drains are covered by the water authority. Would a drain that accepts a downpipe on my property, draining mine and next door the other side's roof into a ground drain, that starts on my property and goes toward the road be considered a shared drain? The water in it is shared but I think the drain physically sits only on my property

Hi teaselMay, sorry I missed your question. Yes it should be a shared drain, depending on your waterboard you can usually request maps which show this as well.