"andrewpreece" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
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"andrewpreece" wrote in message
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The monkeys who did next-door's guttering and fascia weren't very good.
My
fascias are wooden
so when they fitted a UPVC fascia over nextdoor's rotting old fascia (
another no-no ) the gutters were
not aligned very well - they busted two of my gutter clips off without
asking me to get his guttering to join with mine. Even then when they
connected the gutters together they were under strain so the joints (
haha -
gobs of silicone ) leaked. Also, my house is a semi, and they did not
angle
their gutter down slightly away from my house, so the water that runs
into
my neighbour's gutters now all runs into mine! There should be a fall
of
at
least 1:100 and better than that really (1:60 ish ? ) towards the
downpipe.
Finally, they weren't able to get all their gutter clips aligned so
they
had
a dip in the guttering at one point where a pool of water formed, so
all
the
little birdies took baths in it. Beware! Get up there and look at their
handiwork and tell them to avoid the cock-ups I have warned you about!

Where was next door's BCO in all this ? - definitely covered in the regs.


I have to say that noone around here gets officialdom involved in DIY
except
under pain of death, and I understand that. Having said that I had no
conception
that a BCO was necessary to look at guttering. Whilst I can see a BCO
would
have been a good chap to have around for this episode, I don't want one
telling me
I'm incapable of wiring a socket in a kitchen or of fixing a soil pipe
into
the floor and
charging me wonga for it. Local government is full of people who want to
control our
lives that little bit more each time, they won't be happy until we need to
sign a chit
to get out of bed!
The problems are now entirely my neighbour's: I fixed dividers into
the guttering
where the boundary line of our houses occurred so no water from his gutter
can flow
into mine, I removed the bodged silicone sealant join and replaced with
new
gutter
couplers, and I replaced the broken gutter clips with new ones stood off
the
fascia a
little to easy the misalignment in depths of the two fascias. I used the
opportunity to
clean and paint my soffits and fascias, they were in dire need.
Complaining
to my
neighbour would have raised the possibility of a dispute ( you never know
how people
will react ). I am awaiting a cloudburst now to see how my neighbour's
guttering copes!.

Andy.


I hope you submitted a risk assessment before climbing the ladder.