- September 4th, 2017, 4:11 pm
#3411
Dear all,
I'll try and keep this very brief.
Recently me and my partner have moved into a new property. There was a sewage blockage in a manhole outside the property. One eventful evening, we discovered our living room and bathroom completely soaking wet. And discovered under our carpet and bathroom lino, were two manhole covers. The sewage blockage from out side the property backed up in the two manhole's (of i think the right term is inspection units) in our property.
Our landlord had the blockage sorted, however just put mastic around the two manhole covers in both living room and bathroom.
Our question is: Is this mastic enough? Our landlord insists this is fine and adequate. However various plumbers have suggested we need double sealed manhole covers. And of course our landlord insists they are double sealed.
Do we need double sealed man hole covers? Are there laws in regards to this?
Please find attached image of one of our manhole covers that has been recently mastic'ed. This is in our living room, and spewed sewage out for a number of days.
Kind regards.
Fraser
I'll try and keep this very brief.
Recently me and my partner have moved into a new property. There was a sewage blockage in a manhole outside the property. One eventful evening, we discovered our living room and bathroom completely soaking wet. And discovered under our carpet and bathroom lino, were two manhole covers. The sewage blockage from out side the property backed up in the two manhole's (of i think the right term is inspection units) in our property.
Our landlord had the blockage sorted, however just put mastic around the two manhole covers in both living room and bathroom.
Our question is: Is this mastic enough? Our landlord insists this is fine and adequate. However various plumbers have suggested we need double sealed manhole covers. And of course our landlord insists they are double sealed.
Do we need double sealed man hole covers? Are there laws in regards to this?
Please find attached image of one of our manhole covers that has been recently mastic'ed. This is in our living room, and spewed sewage out for a number of days.
Kind regards.
Fraser