Michael Mcneil wrote:
"pse" wrote in message


I own a (post 1937) house with a parking area nearby. There is a
drain (strictly a grid or gully) on a part of the parking area that
I own. My neighbours A and B also own sections of the parking area,
and it is sloped so that their surface rainwater runs off into my
gully. It looks like the sewer between my gully and an inspection
chamber on A's land has collapsed, so that water no longer flows
from the gully to the chamber. This results in period is flooding
around the gully.

This sounds more like one for uk.legal. I imagine if stuff from other
people's property is causing you a problem they are in part
responsible.
I doubt they will be very helpful though. Is it in your power to
awkward about things else? Blocking certain parts of the manhole for
instance,
so
that a more selective back up problem is widely shared.

You'd have to be clever about that. Or brazunly insist that stopping
their access to the rest of the sewer allows what is in there at the
moment to drain away thank you all very much for your concern sort of
thing.

(You might bear in mind that a youth in my locality is in intensive
care after squabbling with his friend. The father of the friend
intervened
with a machette and hit him on the bonce. That was over #7.50. I think
he will lose a bit more than that not being able to work due to being
in prison for the next 10 years.)

DAMNED BLOODY AMERICAN EFFING PROGRAMMING! Where is my pound
sign???!!!

All of the soil drains on my side of a cul-de-sac end up in a manhole on
next door's drive (7 houses including mine). The drain has blocked three or
four several times in the last fifteen years. I have always taken
responsiblity for clearing the blockage, which is between this manhole and
the main sewer (mainly because nobody else seemed to be interested even
though some of their manholes were also backed up). In one instance, I
called around all the neighbours on my side and asked for a contribution to
the cost of clearing the blockage, which I received. Last time I did it
myself with the aid of a pressure washer and a suitable attachment, but I
didn't ask for any contribution to the cost. The most annoying aspect is
that I have never received any thanks for sorting out the problems, but
unfortunately it's not in my interest to let them stew in their own sewage!

Your problem depends on the location of the blockage/damage. You could try
having a camera survey to establish the location of the blockage. It's
fortunate that your problem doesn't involve soil drains, which would be a
health hazard.

As for your # instead of the £ symbol - go to Start, Settings, Control
Panel, Keyboard. Select 'Language' and make sure it's set to English (UK).
You may neeed your Windows CD or to access your CAB files to do this.

Terry D.