All Forum Posts by: Steve Woods

@Chris Seveney 

They were using contractors who first of all broke a Gas Pipe when doing some Bulldozing/Digging on their property needing a call to the Gas company and Fire Station.

The Contractors pulled up an old Wall that was made out of Railway Ties. Those Railway Ties being secured with Rebar Spikes that had been driven deep into the ground. That MAY have been one possible cause of the Leak i.e. they may have already have been spiked through the pipe (but not leaking as they would have self sealed) and when the wall was removed any rebar holes became open holes and the leak was very obvious or the pipe was damaged as the old Wall was removed.

Waiting for a Leak detector that is coming on Wednesday 19th. I shall keep this thread updated.

Yes - Thanks Kevin. That makes a lot of sense and we hope it doesn't come to lawyers.

We don't know the cause yet and we have a leak finding service coming to find it We are on good terms with our neighbors so we hope there will be an amicable solution reached.

This episode does highlight a possible future concern for our service pipe. We are thinking of having them put some sort of markers on the ground (eg flags) to indicate where the pipe is below the ground on their property. We hope this will serve the same purpose as the "811" call so that they or future owners of the property will know not to dig.

My Lateral Service sewer line has a leak somewhere between my house and the Main Sewer. The Lateral Service goes under my property and then continues under my neighbors property. They have been having some work done on their property and could have damaged the pipe and caused the leak. I am having to hire a company to find the leak. I have been told that even if the service was found to be damaged on their property, by them or their contractor, then it is still my responsibility to find and repair any damage to the service. What can I do?