I'm not sure is that is always true.

I'm sure the one in my garden is private and it serves more than two
properties. I think mine becomes public when it joins the main one in
the street.

Set Square wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nick Finnigan wrote:


"Hugo Nebula" wrote in message
. ..

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:56:08 +0000, a particular chimpanzee named
Andrew randomly hit the keyboard and
produced:


Building over drains which run the entire length of the street
about 3-4 feet from the back door, so re re-routing the drains is
not an option.

If the houses were built before 1937, then the drain is deemed to be
a 'public' sewer.

Where does such a drain start to be a 'public' sewer -
is it the entire length, or downstream of the first junction?



AIUI, it has to serve two or more properties to be deemed a public sewer.
This suggests that it becomes "public" where the first 2 private spurs join.

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