Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road.
Massive lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust,
the contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this
no doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively chewed up,
and I saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?

On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:44:01 +0100, GB wrote:

Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road.
Massive lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust,
the contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this
no doubt added to the weight.

Not significantly. A big pile of bricks is going to weigh about the same
whether they're damp or dry.

The pavement is now massively chewed up, and I saw the lorries doing
this.

And Building Control will have noted it, too.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the
hole.

So it is currently temporarily made safe?

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?

Yes, they should. Or, rather, the council will fix it and send the
contractors the bill. Which is what is almost certainly going to happen
anyway, just... in council time.

On 21/10/2015 17:57, Adrian wrote:
On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:44:01 +0100, GB wrote:

Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road.
Massive lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust,
the contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this
no doubt added to the weight.

Not significantly. A big pile of bricks is going to weigh about the same
whether they're damp or dry.

The pavement is now massively chewed up, and I saw the lorries doing
this.

And Building Control will have noted it, too.


Hope so.


The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the
hole.

So it is currently temporarily made safe?

Not really. The door is panelled, and they've driven a truck over it, so
it's now bent in the middle.


I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?

Yes, they should. Or, rather, the council will fix it and send the
contractors the bill. Which is what is almost certainly going to happen
anyway, just... in council time.

Council time.

I'll stick it on FixMyStreet and hope the council bill the contractors.

"GB" wrote in message
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Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road. Massive
lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust, the
contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this no
doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively chewed up, and I
saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?

I would try asking your local council;-)



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"GB" wrote in message
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Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road. Massive
lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust, the
contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this no
doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively chewed up, and I
saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?



Who does the pavement belong to? - if it's the council, then it's up to them
to seek reimbursement from whoever damaged the pavement, but the chances are
they won't bother, they'll just replace/repair the damage and add it to the
CT bills next year.

On Wednesday, 21 October 2015 17:44:11 UTC+1, GB wrote:
Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road.
Massive lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust,
the contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this
no doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively chewed up,
and I saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?

Not only that, they break up drains etc below ground.

In article , harry
wrote:
On Wednesday, 21 October 2015 17:44:11 UTC+1, GB wrote:
Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road.
Massive lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid
dust, the contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!),
but this no doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively
chewed up, and I saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the
hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for
it, surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with
this?

Not only that, they break up drains etc below ground.

and telephone cables, etc.

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On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7:12:37 AM UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article , harry
wrote:
On Wednesday, 21 October 2015 17:44:11 UTC+1, GB wrote:
Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road.
Massive lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid
dust, the contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!),
but this no doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively
chewed up, and I saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the
hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for
it, surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with
this?

Not only that, they break up drains etc below ground.

and telephone cables, etc.

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Go out and trip on it. Sustain an imaginary back injury. Sue all round you. THey'll fix it p.d.q.

I think you need to talk to highways at the council and give them the name
and address of the contractor, if you have it. Normally they would have
needed permission to do the demolition from the planning dept, so they
should know ho to have a word with. They may ask the company to repair their
damage, but its been my experience that this can take years to actually
happen. EDF put in a new connection a site some three years ago, and the
temporary repair is now subsiding and nothing has been done.
The problem is as always, money and staffing levels for this chasing up of
companies.
Brian

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"GB" wrote in message
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Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road. Massive
lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust, the
contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this no
doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively chewed up, and I
saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?