Sat May 18, 2019 8:54 am
#1694419
I'm asking the collective wisdom of the forum for some advice.
I've got a bad water leak in my garden - coming up and forming puddles in the path. I've isolated my own water overnight and it appears to still get worse, so I'm pretty sure it's not my water.
A few years ago I trenched through the garden to install a ground source heat pump and found a bundle of black water pipes which I believe serve next door, and a farmers field next to that. Possibly even one other property beyond that. They run right through the middle of my garden.
I just reviewed a southern water search from when I bought the property and nothing is shown.
I'm wondering what the legality is here - should the pipes be there? Who's responsibility are they? If it's found my trenching work from 2015 that caused the leak does that change who's responsibility it is? I don't want to call in southern water until I know where I stand - I'd rather do the repair work myself and manage the costs than have them do it and then slap a bill on me if it's my 'fault'.
Thanks!
I've got a bad water leak in my garden - coming up and forming puddles in the path. I've isolated my own water overnight and it appears to still get worse, so I'm pretty sure it's not my water.
A few years ago I trenched through the garden to install a ground source heat pump and found a bundle of black water pipes which I believe serve next door, and a farmers field next to that. Possibly even one other property beyond that. They run right through the middle of my garden.
I just reviewed a southern water search from when I bought the property and nothing is shown.
I'm wondering what the legality is here - should the pipes be there? Who's responsibility are they? If it's found my trenching work from 2015 that caused the leak does that change who's responsibility it is? I don't want to call in southern water until I know where I stand - I'd rather do the repair work myself and manage the costs than have them do it and then slap a bill on me if it's my 'fault'.
Thanks!
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