Neighbours boiler leaking onto my property

[Wendy Swallow]

my neighbour has an extension right up to my boundary and they have a pipe coming out of the wall behind my shed in my property and it keeps leaking, I’m worried my shed floor is going to be ruined and the fence post to my gate
Told them a few times and he says he adjusts the boiler but it still keeps leaking
What rights do I have

 

[Last Plumber]

The photo is not much to go on.
From what I can see, it looks like a 15mm Pressure relief?

Is it over your property?

 

[townfanjon]

Warn him you are going to cap it off if he doesn’t sort it , whatever the fault is he should get it repaired , end of !!!

 

[Aire]

Your best option would be to take as many photos as you can and go to citizens advice. I don't think you would be unreasonable to tell your neighbour that you will be seaking further advice/legal help unless he fixes the issue quickly or reroutes the pipe so no further damage is caused to your property

 

[Riley]

Where’s the flue of their boiler??

 

[Scott_D]

Unvented discharge?

 

[Riley]

Be a bit undersized if it were. Only begs the question what the state of the install is like if it is

 

[SimonG]

Tell him you intend to cut it flush and bung it.
Shouldn't discharge on your property.

 

[Burger]

Good evening,
I don’t know what your rights are, but this is what I am suggesting:

Edit: ask neighbour to sort properly, and if no joy try the following.

Contact CAB as suggested by @Craig Watson. They should be able to clarify the legal side of things. If your not comfortable with that you could always involve the local water undertaker - water regulations are there to prevent the waste and misuse of water and let them enforce the regulations. I think they have 30 days to sort it out from the first report if it, I would advise your neighbour of this if you get on well with them.

The pipe if it’s part of a safety discharge then unless stated it should be terminated back to the wall - which doesn’t help you. As a temporary measure it might be worth routing the pipe at a small expense to you rather then it ruin your shed and gate post.

Edit: are they private homeowner or rented?

Good luck.

 

[Rob Foster]

Aww, its probably a discharging
prv. All I would do is go round
make friends and explain there
boiler is stuffed, you may find they are tennants whom are not bothered. Then mutually
get it sorted ..chking
My wife is a barrister ..i hear really bad tales about going to
any court...sort it out between you...best option
chking

 

[Murdoch]

Could you attach some pipe to it and route it back to his side of the boundary?

 

[Last Plumber]

If it

Aww, its probably a discharging
prv. All I would do is go round
make friends and explain there
boiler is stuffed, you may find they are tennants whom are not bothered. Then mutually
get it sorted ..chking
My wife is a barrister ..i hear really bad tales about going to
any court...sort it out between you...best option
chking

Very reasonable!

 

[Wendy Swallow]

The photo is not much to go on.
From what I can see, it looks like a 15mm Pressure relief?

Is it over your property?

It is behind the shed on my sisters property, they built an extension up to about 10” of my shed and the pipe is from their extension and is leaking onto my side

 

[Wendy Swallow]

If it

Very reasonable!

Been round he’s turned a knob on his boiler and it seems to have stopped for now

 

[Aire]

Been round he’s turned a knob on his boiler and it seems to have stopped for now

There isn't really a user controlled knob that would stop a prv passing. It's probably stopped due to the warm weather and your neighbours heating not been used.

 

[Scott_D]

There isn't really a user controlled knob that would stop a prv passing. It's probably stopped due to the warm weather and your neighbours heating not been used.

Closed the filling loop maybe

 

[Aire]

Closed the filling loop maybe

True, it may have been open/partially open keeping the system pressure above 3 bar.

 

[rpm]

Fill the pipe end with expanding foam whilst it is currently not leaking.

 

[oz-plumber]

Be sensible Fellas,

Don't instruct the anyone to block a PRV.
Seen the remnants of a boiler that had a 800 kPa prv installed by a homeowner instead of the usual 300 kPa prv.
Expansion vessel 'popped'. The boiler fixings were carp and the only things holding the boiler up was the pipework, even the flue had become separated.
I was told there was 'one hell of a bang'
The expansion tank explosion almost blew the boiler off the wall.

OP: Just get the pipe relocated by you neighbours.
Don't do anything malicious because you will be held accountable

 

[Last Plumber]

There isn't really a user controlled knob that would stop a prv passing. It's probably stopped due to the warm weather and your neighbours heating not been used.

Edit:
Just read Scott_d's post.