Hi,

Slightly off-topic, but with all the trade stores shut I've no idea
where else to ask, so.......

At the end of a 2 house shared drive, we have a badly cracked manhole
cover. It lies off-centre and as such, cannot be avoided when driving
in and out of our properties.

Is it the responsibility of the property owner(s), or of the utility
which runs services within the hole?

I've no idea what services run through the hole it covers.
I don't want to lift it as it may well fall apart.

It's square, and has the following markings
"MC-I-60/60"
"BS-497-1976 GR-C"

The actual cover is 655mm x 655mm

I've tried several websites but can't find anything that would fit, if
it's my job to replace it anyway!

Also, I did wonder about getting half a sheet of that board they use
to cover broken windows, just as a temporary fix. Would this turn from
being a good deed, to accepting responsibility for the problem?

TIA.

Your deeds should spell out who is responsible. In may cases the drive is
owned by one of the properties that share it but all the users have to share
the cost.

Peter Crosland

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:16:46 +0000, Mr Lawes
wrote:

Hi,

Slightly off-topic, but with all the trade stores shut I've no idea
where else to ask, so.......

At the end of a 2 house shared drive, we have a badly cracked manhole
cover. It lies off-centre and as such, cannot be avoided when driving
in and out of our properties.

Is it the responsibility of the property owner(s), or of the utility
which runs services within the hole?

I've no idea what services run through the hole it covers.
I don't want to lift it as it may well fall apart.

It's square, and has the following markings
"MC-I-60/60"
"BS-497-1976 GR-C"

The actual cover is 655mm x 655mm

I've tried several websites but can't find anything that would fit, if
it's my job to replace it anyway!

Also, I did wonder about getting half a sheet of that board they use
to cover broken windows, just as a temporary fix. Would this turn from
being a good deed, to accepting responsibility for the problem?

TIA.

Some joker "cured" the one in my drive, with corregated tin & 6 inches
of concrete.

Rick

"Mr Lawes" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Slightly off-topic, but with all the trade stores shut I've no idea
where else to ask, so.......

At the end of a 2 house shared drive, we have a badly cracked manhole
cover. It lies off-centre and as such, cannot be avoided when driving
in and out of our properties.

Is it the responsibility of the property owner(s), or of the utility
which runs services within the hole?

Depends on what's in the hole. Often it's the utility company but if it's
drains you can assume that unless you have it written in triplicate they
will try to disown it.