[shillelagh]

I thought you already needed to have planning permission if it went over a sewer pipe or manhole in your garden. When i talked to one of the united utilities people who came out to check the drains etc a neighbour has built a conservatory over the sewer pipe and he said if we'd known about that then it wouldnt have been built - mind you its their own fault if anything happens with the pipe underneath - then they'd have to dig it up - and it wouldnt be united utilites fault all they'd do would level it out and if it had to be knocked down then they wouldnt be rebuilding it. It was their fault in the first place for building it over the sewer pipe they knew that was under there.