06-05-2020, 01:23 PM
Right folks, here's another no-football conundrum to ask about.
We've a silver birch tree that is about 10 yards from the back door and my neighbour on one side reckons it is at a point where the roots could interfere with the sewer pipe that runs under the house and would affect a row of houses.
He said this as he had to have a drain inspection for some proposed work and the engineer said no imminent issue, but it might be an idea to lift our patio and cut a few of the roots and that it should be done by Severn Trent according to the engineer.
Incidentally, my neighbour loves the tree and it impacts on him as much as us. Meanwhile the neighbour on the other side reckons it is fine. He had a drain inspection about 18 months ago as he had an extension.
Now my brother, who works in planning inspection reckons the best thing to do is to get rid of the tree and that'll stop the roots, but don't really want to do this.
My concern is my insurance won't cover it if it buggers up the pipe. I'm reticent about checking with my insurer as it'll flag up that I'm aware. However, I don't want the garden fecked up unnecessarily- we have a nice intricate cobble stone patio.
Just wondering do any of you know of a history of such issues as I feel I'm really unaware how to approach this in the best and most cost-effective way and really would rather a stitch in time resolution.
From what I have read it's Severn Trent's issue, but if any of you have had similar I'd be interested in your views.
We've a silver birch tree that is about 10 yards from the back door and my neighbour on one side reckons it is at a point where the roots could interfere with the sewer pipe that runs under the house and would affect a row of houses.
He said this as he had to have a drain inspection for some proposed work and the engineer said no imminent issue, but it might be an idea to lift our patio and cut a few of the roots and that it should be done by Severn Trent according to the engineer.
Incidentally, my neighbour loves the tree and it impacts on him as much as us. Meanwhile the neighbour on the other side reckons it is fine. He had a drain inspection about 18 months ago as he had an extension.
Now my brother, who works in planning inspection reckons the best thing to do is to get rid of the tree and that'll stop the roots, but don't really want to do this.
My concern is my insurance won't cover it if it buggers up the pipe. I'm reticent about checking with my insurer as it'll flag up that I'm aware. However, I don't want the garden fecked up unnecessarily- we have a nice intricate cobble stone patio.
Just wondering do any of you know of a history of such issues as I feel I'm really unaware how to approach this in the best and most cost-effective way and really would rather a stitch in time resolution.
From what I have read it's Severn Trent's issue, but if any of you have had similar I'd be interested in your views.