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The waste water just keeps collecting on my side. Other than running a long hose to his backyard, or digging a big hole on his property to absorb the water, which I doubt he is going to do, there is not much to fix the problem other than complying with code.
you could install a gravel pit about the size of a 55 gallon drum, run the pipe to the bottom of the gravel, it would handle it
It's bizarre that the neighbor would think that is OK to do with a commonly used sink drain!
its not illegall around here, grey water is legal to be dump on ground, so people here will dump, sink, washing machinne, tubs and showers on the ground, only toilets go to sewer. grey water can be filters and use for watering gardens. but yes it rude to get close to neighbors.
its not illegall around here, grey water is legal to be dump on ground, so people here will dump, sink, washing machinne, tubs and showers on the ground, only toilets go to sewer. grey water can be filters and use for watering gardens. but yes it rude to get close to neighbors.
I actually 'get it' if it was being used to water the lawn. More power to him if he wants to do that, and it's absorbed on his own property. But this guy is dumping the water practically on the property line with a close neighbor, where there is only a foot or so of unpaved ground. Who thinks that's OK to do to the neighbor?
I don't know about Sacramento, but when I went to report a health issue in San Jose, I found out there were only two inspectors in the entire area and it would be weeks before they could come out to see anything.
I would at least call the city now and see if that is the situation where you are. If it is, you might want to get a head start on a visit.
The other thing you might want to consider is anyone coming over to your house not knowing the situation might easily think you're doing something to cause the smell in your yard. If the neighbor doesn't comply in the time you've given him, you can tell him this and then after you make the call, tell him someone came over and saw the mess and they called the city inspector. Unless a public complaint is on record with the name of the complainer, he doesn't ever have to know it was you.
OP you can send the pics in as proof.
I do not think this neighbor is going to do the right thing.....He is more than likely simply going to hide it better, to appease you. He has an illegal apartment....That is obvious because of the illegal plumbing.
you could always pour some concrete on your site, even though grey water is legal in my town, you still cannot do anything within ten feet of property line
you could install a gravel pit about the size of a 55 gallon drum, run the pipe to the bottom of the gravel, it would handle it
Why on earth should the OP go to that effort and expense? Not to mention that it's not his pipe and the pipe itself is not actually on his property, just the runoff from it.
For anyone that missed it the OP posted this. I know posts get "lost" in multiple page threads so I figure an extra heads up on the current situation might help.
You're assuming that everyone actually reads the comments and cares about anything other than posting their own opinion from the information contained in the original post!
Next door house was recently sold and the new owner put a kitchen sink in the garage and the waste water is drained out to his side of the fence. But my side is lower and the waste water from his sink collects on my side. Is this even legal? Isn't waste water from kitchen sink supposed to go to the sewer?
I already showed him the waste water on my side and asked him to move the drain pipe to an area where there is more dirt/ground so it could be absorbed better. What do I do? I don't want to look at and smell his kitchen sink water everyday.
I am in Sacramento, CA.
Call your building department asap, that sounds totally illegal and gross.
fences dont work...you need to build a wall, prefereably concrete, so the water cant get into your yard.
A uuuuge wall. And Mexico will pay for it.
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