Mandy J
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Hello,
I am new to the forum and need some advice.
I bought a Victorian terraced house with a cellar.
When it rains heavy the cellar floods.
I thought is was surface water, but that has been ruled out.
I have found a pipe leading into the cellar from the road outside the house.
It is a wide ceramic pipe.
This is bringing rain water into the cellar.
The water company say it is not their responsibility.
Should I contact the council, as the water company seem to think the pipe would have carried rain water.
I can't understand why it is bring water into the cellar, not away from the house.
I live half way down a hill.
It only floods when the rain is very heavy and it has flooded twice today.
Today it flooded 6 inches the first time and is now filling up again.
Any advice.
The pipe looks like it was previously blocked off.
I am new to the forum and need some advice.
I bought a Victorian terraced house with a cellar.
When it rains heavy the cellar floods.
I thought is was surface water, but that has been ruled out.
I have found a pipe leading into the cellar from the road outside the house.
It is a wide ceramic pipe.
This is bringing rain water into the cellar.
The water company say it is not their responsibility.
Should I contact the council, as the water company seem to think the pipe would have carried rain water.
I can't understand why it is bring water into the cellar, not away from the house.
I live half way down a hill.
It only floods when the rain is very heavy and it has flooded twice today.
Today it flooded 6 inches the first time and is now filling up again.
Any advice.
The pipe looks like it was previously blocked off.