On 03/01/2014 02:47 PM, Bill wrote:


A very long story, but, shortened version :-

My parents own a property in a village and 5 houses have septic tanks,
the over flows of which combine and run through our property. A few
years ago there was a blockage of the common pipe on our land and I
organised a company to come in and clear it. It is amazing what passes
through the system, including a very large foam sponge. Any way after
it was cleared I spoke with the neighbours about sharing the cost and
apart from one they said, tough, it's on your land you have to pay the
bill, maybe legally correct, morally they were a bunch of self
righteous ******* .

I really felt like blocking their feeds into our pipework for a few
days, but didn't!!


PS, the effect of the blockage being removed is very impressive with
100' head of "liquid" out of a 4" pipe, you don't want to be anywhere
nearby.

18 of our semis are served by what was a private sewer along the rear of
the properties. When that blocked the same argument ensued, with those
up the road refusing to contribute. The Council took the problem over,
added 10% and split the bill across all the properties. Fortunately now
as I understand it, the Water companies have taken them over.