Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jan 27, 2013 7:26 am Hi, we have had a torrential downpour here last night and the block next door is currently being built on. The roof is up but the drains go to no where so all of the rain from that block ended up in our garage damaging the stuff in there. They do not have any silt fencing or anything to stop the water or muck from leaving their block. Our front driveway is covered in brickies sand from the building site. I have tried to contact the builder and have had no joy there other than being made to feel like a 'hysterical crazy woman'. Does anyone with any building law knowledge know if they are required to have taken any precautions or allow for the drainage from their block? It is Sunday so nothing is open but we will be into council first thing on TUesday morning. HELP please with advice. TIA Tammy Re: help with drainage flooding issues! Any builders help! 2Jan 27, 2013 8:23 am Take pictures of the damage and the site showing the obvious lack of protection that has caused it. Call the builder on Monday (or Tuesday if it's a public holiday where you are) and just make a point of the damage/mess and ask for it to be cleaned up. Follow that up with an email (for paper trail) Contact your insurance company and name the offending builder (include photos with your claim) Don't hold your breath with the builder. If they are a good one, they'll do all in their power to keep you sweet. If they are a bad one, let the insurance company deal with them. They have a lot more clout than you and you are paying them to deal with this situation. From the builders point of view, there is only so much you can account for with weather. If there is fault on their part, it's in their interests to sort it out as there are so many ways to shut a builder down these day (worksafe) that if no action is taken, neighbours have and will take action. Be nice and give them opportunity to right the situation. If that fails, get on the phone. Until you find the cause of the flooding you need to take action to mitigate potential damage to your home. Get automatic float pump and dig a pit then connect to power… 2 4898 The bottom of the downpipe has been taped (see the black tape) to seal the necessary gap between the downpipe and the adaptor that would normally prevent the downpipe… 3 9617 Need more photos from around the house including your gutters. We have had 3 of the wettest years in a row for some time so that wouldn't be helping 3 7036 |