Hello,
I hired a contractor to dig percolation test holes in my front garden as i am preparing a planning application for an extension. My gardens seem dry and never had a reason to suspect that there may be land drains even though my next door neighbour has a problem with a spring in his garden. The contractor managed to hit two land drains (old stone one) and newer plastic one.
He got some new plastic drains and bridged the damage.
I have a couple of questions.
1) I was not aware of any land drain on my site and was not in the plans when we bought. Where would i find details of such land drains?
2) These land drains are originating most likely from higher up the hill from me and not from my back garden. Who is responsible for those drains?
3) Finally, there is subsidence on one side of the house which was evident when i bought it. I would think that there may be a connection if my neighbour up the hill is routing his surface water through my property. Is there some-thing i can do here?
Thanks,
RD
I hired a contractor to dig percolation test holes in my front garden as i am preparing a planning application for an extension. My gardens seem dry and never had a reason to suspect that there may be land drains even though my next door neighbour has a problem with a spring in his garden. The contractor managed to hit two land drains (old stone one) and newer plastic one.
He got some new plastic drains and bridged the damage.
I have a couple of questions.
1) I was not aware of any land drain on my site and was not in the plans when we bought. Where would i find details of such land drains?
2) These land drains are originating most likely from higher up the hill from me and not from my back garden. Who is responsible for those drains?
3) Finally, there is subsidence on one side of the house which was evident when i bought it. I would think that there may be a connection if my neighbour up the hill is routing his surface water through my property. Is there some-thing i can do here?
Thanks,
RD