Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Jun 30, 2013 2:12 pm Our charming neighbour came over complaining that all the water that is coming off our property is undermining his pathway down to his pool. He mentioned about a year ago that the original owner who build the original house never did the stormwater drain correctly and it just went to no where (ie didn't connect to stormwater). We checked with our builder and he said it did, our private certifier said it did so our build was all signed off from council as approved. Our property is higher then his but it slopes down. It's the natural lay of the land. We are on a hill and he is lower then us, his neighbours are lower etc etc. He now says well he will have to go through council and put a complaint in. What else can we do? I should also mention that I am in Sydney and we have had 2 weeks of flooding rain! Re: Storm water drain and run off to neighbours 2Jun 30, 2013 2:54 pm I have had a similar problem, on the receiving end of the owner of a run-down rental property whose downpipes discharge onto the ground (no drain) and the water ran through my property until I piled dolomite against the fence to form a barrier. Contact your local Council and see where you stand, but if its anything like our insipid Onkaparinga Council south of Adelaide they will do nothing, being content with raising rates and contemplating their navel fluff. Arfur Re: Storm water drain and run off to neighbours 3Jun 30, 2013 4:15 pm If you've got certification of correct stormwater connection and council sign off then tell your neighbour to go for it and complain to anyone he likes that your stormwater isn't connected. I know who will win that one - the person with the valid piece of paper, not the person mouthing off on unfounded supposition. And if he doesn't like run off from living down slope from other land then I'd be suggesting he go build on the top of a hill somewhere. You aren't in control of the rain or of gravity. Completed a knock down and rebuild in northern Melbourne. Handover completed 27/09/2013 and now moved in. Re: Storm water drain and run off to neighbours 4Jun 30, 2013 4:47 pm Not enough information provided about the drain, for example, is it the drain overflowing that is the source of the run off and where does the collected water come from? Different councils and States have different regulations but a general rule is that a stormwater drain must drain to a legal point of discharge. Have you checked the connection to the stormwater to see if it is blocked? It is also not unknown for drains to be undersized. Stormwater drainage being wrongly passed as compliant is not uncommon. For the sake of neighbourly relations, I suggest that you try to address the situation in an amicable manner. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Storm water drain and run off to neighbours 5Jun 30, 2013 6:37 pm As per SaveH20 above. Most councils require that roof water is discharged to the councils gutter on the street via your standard downpipes connected to stormwater pipes. Water that falls on the natural ground or paths can pretty much do as it pleases. Stewie Re: Storm water drain and run off to neighbours 6Jun 30, 2013 6:44 pm The builder came out during a big rain and saw the amount of water that was being collected by the gutter. There was no evidence what-so-ever of any pipes not being connected to the stormwater drain/pit. He said if it wasn't connected you would see a river of water down in our and the neighbours backyard - not the trickle he saw that day. The trickle was caused by natural water run off by the lay of the land. Re: Storm water drain and run off to neighbours 7Jul 13, 2013 11:09 pm A few years ago I had a similar problem with my neighbour. Down in Melbourne, we'd only just come out of 10 years of drought and the ground was rock hard and didn't really absorb water through it. Being I'm 3/4 up a hill with the house over the back fence higher up and pretty much on top of the hill, I was copping a fair amount of surface runoff when it finally started to run. The lady next door came over after a big rain and accused me of flooding out the underside of her house. To keep the peace, I got a plumber to probe the approximate location and run of the stormwater and inspect it's integrity with a drain camera. He confirmed that my pipes were still intact and not seeping rainwater into the ground. I told the lady next door that it wasn't my problem and I couldn't help what surface runoff water did. She then went to the council and that's the last of it I've heard from her. The funny thing was that the plumber also commented to me that her property was just slightly higher than mine and he wasn't sure how she expected water to flow uphill. Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 6343 Hello I am developing 2 side by side units. Wish someone can help me on the following questions 1) Which stage should be the storm water pipe installed during the new… 0 6656 If you need to be able to access these then you may need to dig them out and cut them so you can add a socket and a riser to the required height. We normally add a… 1 6001 |