Shared guttering problem

[K3RT]

To cut a long story short some bromford housing workmen have replaced my neighbours guttering in doing so they have removed part of my guttering (I live on a terraced row with shared cast iron guttering) they haven't removed loads but they have removed the cast iron T junction which joined the gettering and downpipe together which was entirely on my property and replaced it with a PVC one does anyone know where I stand with this?
They never asked for my permission and have drilled/cut into my brickwork at the front of my house.

 

[cj10jeeper]

Well if it's your home and owned, then real easy. Speak to your neighbour and have them get the contractor return to reinstate your property to exactly how it was at their cost. Any modifications to mate sections should be on your neighbour side and not yours.

 

[85genius]

If they were working on a housing association owned house next door and it is a terraced block it sounds like they incorrectly assumed that your house was also housing association owned, in which case it wouldn't really matter where they did the joins as they are contracted by the owner of both properties. I would suggest you contact the housing association as they were the ones who employed the builders and are the ones ultimately responsible

 

[MACK]

if you get no joy contact your local council's housing standards/environmental health/building control (depending on the council one fof them will have responsibility for this sort of thing) they will then get on the backs of the housing association.

 

[K3RT]

Cheers for your help guys
I do think it might be a case of they think all the houses on the row are housing association.
I've just tried phoning Bromford but they closed at 6 so I will email them in a minute and ring them tomorrow.
I've had a look out the back and they've also replaced my neighbours guttering on the back again they have replaced the junction on my side and to make matters worse they've used duct tape to connect it to the downpipe :headbang: also left a load of rubbish (broken old pipe cut new pipe etc) over on my side of the fence.

 

[Ducklakeview]

If you get no response from the HA, I'd be looking at a report to the plod of criminal damage, which is exactly what they've done if they have drilled into YOUR brickwork - Muppets!

Mike

 

[85genius]

That is some very shoddy work, I would not be happy if I were you

 

[PerryGunn]

Did they jump on their horses and ride off into the sunset...

 

[Confused®]

did thay have a caravan on the back of there transit?

 

[TitanTim]

Cheers for your help guys
I do think it might be a case of they think all the houses on the row are housing association.
I've just tried phoning Bromford but they closed at 6 so I will email them in a minute and ring them tomorrow.
I've had a look out the back and they've also replaced my neighbours guttering on the back again they have replaced the junction on my side and to make matters worse they've used duct tape to connect it to the downpipe :headbang: also left a load of rubbish (broken old pipe cut new pipe etc) over on my side of the fence.

From the photo is the black guttering yours? and who put that grey tape around it? I would be furious to be frank and if no joy with the cowboys would be seeking legal advice towards criminal damage.

Tim.

 

[ben g]

My dad's neighbour had his guttering replaced last year. They both had black pvc stuff, but the neighbour wanted white.

When they'd finished the job my dad noticed they'd replaced about 4ft worth of guttering on my dad's side with white, so it looked ridiculous and overlapped my dad's land. He called them and they came straight out and sorted it, so I imagine the same should happen in your case.

 

[john-e89]

Looks like they've used tar based flashing tape to make up a gap between the existing cast and the new plastic hopper, it won't last and will start leaking as soon as the flashing goes loose which it will as the muppets won't have used a primer or heat. It's a bodge at best, you've every right to be pissed off. As said get a council guy out and show them the codge up. These 'contractors' do my head in, they don't give a s**t and will do whatever to make life easy for themselves and screw the residents. They give us honest builders a bad name.

 

[TitanTim]

I can't believe they put flashing tape around the guttering to seal it :rofl: unbelievable and quite shocking.

Tim.

 

[mr wilks]

Heehee a touch of class there the original running outlet would have been cast so most likely had to break the connection with a lump hammer hence the tape to cover .
They should have replaced the old swan neck with 2 new offset bends & a short piece of pipe which would have seen it into the existing downpipe in under 5mins for approx £5