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RainbowSix · 30-08-2016, 15:33

The land above is very likely still saturated so not absorbing rainwater as it would normally do.
Who owns the land above? they are the people who should be able to help as they should not be passing their water onto you.

Try and find the land owner and let them know that their water run off is coming onto your property.

BTW How much are we talking about here? will sandbags keep it back and feed it away from your land? can it be fed away from your land and to...???? (where else can it go?).

I had a problem with a land drain being blocked where it went under a road, when it rained bad it filled up and flooded through its walls and into the surrounding houses cellars. No one would take responsibility for it until I proved to the Highways that it was this and as it was blocked at the point going under a highway - the job got sorted.

30-08-2016, 15:33	#2
RainbowSix Full Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 427 Liked: 115 times Rep Power: 7025	Re: Land/Garden drainage The land above is very likely still saturated so not absorbing rainwater as it would normally do. Who owns the land above? they are the people who should be able to help as they should not be passing their water onto you. Try and find the land owner and let them know that their water run off is coming onto your property. BTW How much are we talking about here? will sandbags keep it back and feed it away from your land? can it be fed away from your land and to...???? (where else can it go?). I had a problem with a land drain being blocked where it went under a road, when it rained bad it filled up and flooded through its walls and into the surrounding houses cellars. No one would take responsibility for it until I proved to the Highways that it was this and as it was blocked at the point going under a highway - the job got sorted.