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My neighbour approached me to say that water from my garden is causing a stream in his garage left from standing water after rain.
He and another neighbour hosed water into the area of my garden for 45 mins and then said it caused a stream in his garage. The area in my garden is a concrete slab placed there 30+ years ago before I moved in for a shed. THe slab goes up to his garage but does not go above the garage render - it's mms below. My garden is higher than the neighbour's garage floor. there is no dpc in the walls, just a floor membrane.
The neighbour said my garden has been made higher as when the houses were built they were all on the same level. He said over the last 30 years silt has been washing form my garden and filling up the natural penetration areas where the water once would have drained away, and this is now causing the problem in his garage.
The neighbour wants me to cut a 16cm channel and fill it with chippings from the shed to his garage wall. HE has also suggested I put sandbags to divert the water from his garage when it rains.
I have had a building surveyor come to look at the problem and he suggested the rise in the water table has led to new problems in the area following heavy rains. He suggested the neighbour tanks the lower part of the garage as there is no seepage and no damp patches, it just leaks a little when it rains heavily and there is standing water.
Any suggestions or ideas to a solution very welcome, please. Many thanks
He and another neighbour hosed water into the area of my garden for 45 mins and then said it caused a stream in his garage. The area in my garden is a concrete slab placed there 30+ years ago before I moved in for a shed. THe slab goes up to his garage but does not go above the garage render - it's mms below. My garden is higher than the neighbour's garage floor. there is no dpc in the walls, just a floor membrane.
The neighbour said my garden has been made higher as when the houses were built they were all on the same level. He said over the last 30 years silt has been washing form my garden and filling up the natural penetration areas where the water once would have drained away, and this is now causing the problem in his garage.
The neighbour wants me to cut a 16cm channel and fill it with chippings from the shed to his garage wall. HE has also suggested I put sandbags to divert the water from his garage when it rains.
I have had a building surveyor come to look at the problem and he suggested the rise in the water table has led to new problems in the area following heavy rains. He suggested the neighbour tanks the lower part of the garage as there is no seepage and no damp patches, it just leaks a little when it rains heavily and there is standing water.
Any suggestions or ideas to a solution very welcome, please. Many thanks
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