Sewage main

[Jo28]

if you caught a sewage main while digging would you be covered for repair costs under insurance and if so which part of the policy would it be under? cheers

 

[Davey]

A lot of factors really

If you carried out your due diligence and it wasn't supposed to be there then you should be able to avoid a bill

Possibly on your own land and its at the wrong depth

Otherwise up to you to know what is in the ground you are digging and you shouldn't be building within a couple of meters or over a main drain anyway

 

[Still Farming]

Big bill?
And if not on your land, the regs open up,plus decontamination procedures, costs etc?
Have fun?

 

[Daveh]

Can't you just repair it yourself and fill it back in?

 

[robs1]

If it's a pressure main stand well back ??

 

[Bald Rick]

if you caught a sewage main while digging would you be covered for repair costs under insurance and if so which part of the policy would it be under? cheers

‘Fess up ...

 

[Scholsey]

‘Fess up ...

Bit of silage sheet tied on it and back fill it'll be fine!

 

[Barleymow]

Local builders doing a house extension holed a sewer ,several metres of concrete for foundations blocked it .Took months of work road closures and tankers to clear it,was in a housing estate

 

[steveR]

Local builders doing a house extension holed a sewer ,several metres of concrete for foundations blocked it .Took months of work road closures and tankers to clear it,was in a housing estate

Sounds like a builder I know....!

 

[steveR]

if you caught a sewage main while digging would you be covered for repair costs under insurance and if so which part of the policy would it be under? cheers

A neighbour caught one a few years back on some land that they had purchased that was originally on my wife's parent's farm. There was not record anywhere of the sewerage main, other than some 1960's plans, compensation and construction paperwork, in the family archives that have come down to us!

I was chatting last year with a guy from STW and he confirmed that there are hundreds, probably thousands of miles of services they have no records for. Some done in the 60s and 70s! Not just Victorian stuff... Not even easements etc...

Speak with your Insurer first I would.... Check any maps available too.

 

[Chasingmytail]

could be tractor or PI. We've done it a few times.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Sounds like a builder I know....!

Snap
Well, I can think of a couple.