http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: advice? Stench and foulness! en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:06:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274380 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 22:09:59 +0000 unhurt 274380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks @morningsider, I will do that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274379 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:55:54 +0000 Morningsider 274379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scottish Water are only responsible for pipework up to a property boundary, after that it is the responsibility of the owner. </p> <p>Some useful information available at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/you-and-your-home/your-home/flooding-information/flooding-information-documents/sewer-drains-guide" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/you-and-your-home/your-home/flooding-information/flooding-information-documents/sewer-drains-guide</a></p> <p>If the neighbour won't engage then go to the Council's environmental health department, as they have the powers to help sort this out:</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20137/health_and_safety/488/report_a_public_health_nuisance" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20137/health_and_safety/488/report_a_public_health_nuisance</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274377 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:48:40 +0000 gembo 274377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Environmental Health still exist? For neighbour's blocked drains? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274370 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:11:07 +0000 unhurt 274370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It wasn't listed as a feature, no. I am fretting! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274368 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:50:52 +0000 I were right about that saddle 274368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt</p> <p>Scottish water and then council? Sounds awful. Bet that wasn't in the estate agent's blurb. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274361 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:02:19 +0000 unhurt 274361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hadn't thought of that! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274359 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:56:06 +0000 chdot 274359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If really sewage, try Scottish Water. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18563#post-274358 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:49:35 +0000 unhurt 274358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Question: if your near shut in next door neighbour in the flat with the filthy tattered never-open curtains who you've tried to say hello to but they won't acknowledge you has what appears to be and smells like a pool of mud mixed with raw sewage overflow in their garden (and I suspect flowing under the decking into my bit)... Where would you begin to make enquiries to have it not do that? I think it's been there all along but today is the first time I've been outside for any length of time when ground wasn't frozen. It's pretty bowfin. God knows what it will smell like in warmer weather. Obviously will start by chapping the door but since he won't acknowledge greetings in the hall I'm not sure where that will get me (or that he will have any means to tackle it. He doesn't look like things are great for him). Possible he doesn't know about it as he seems to only use the inside a corridor door. If he's a council tenant would it be the council that would be responsible for fixing whatever is that's leaking or backed up? </p>