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Roger Mills wrote:
First question is whether it is a public or private sewer? If it just
serves 2 or 3 properties, chances are that it is a private sewer, in
which case the unblocking costs are the responsibility of the
householders whose properties are served by it - *unless* the
properties were built before 193x (I forget the exact date, but it's
thirty-something), in which case it's the water board's responsibility,
and you shouldn't be wasting money on private contractors such as
DynoRod.

That's interesting. My house is Victorian and shares the drain with next
door. All their drains go to a manhole in my back yard where mine join -
then exit *under* my house, to a manhole in the front then on to the
street sewer. Are you saying they are the responsibility of the water
company?

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Dave Plowman London SW
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