re: Water damage caused by neighbor....

OP, to slightly improve on the previous ideas, in order to fully seal a potentially highish pressure drain pipe, you might want to consider first sealing it with expanding waterproof foam, then a layer of epoxy grout, then capping it and sealing it with a sealed cap fitting, then burying it in concrete. Water shouldnt be getting through after that. In fact it will probably either break his pump or start eroding soil on his side of the fence.

Either way its not your problem, especially if you do this on your side of the property line.

Any updates?

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That's too much work. Just add a few fittings and route it to his yard.

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adding more fittings is more work than just plugging and capping it.


OP, for your driveway situation its not a lost cause.

Firstly, you need to resolve the water issue b/c any sort of legitimate fix will require the ground to be dry (Personally I think you should plug/cap the piping by your driveway, frick his pump and his piping),

Secondly, in order to adequately fix it youre going to have to dig our of of the dirt around it so that you can back fill with Quickrete or something similar. Leave the mix a little on the dry side (not soupy), get some latex gloves, a 2x4 (or maybe a 2x6 depending how deep that hole is) and some stakes. Pack the hole with your hand, and pack it well, then stake down your wood to keep it in place. You have to pack that concrete in the hole, the tighter the better. Obviously don't drive on that section to avoid cracking it.

I haven't been updating this because I literally waited a month to get the survey map. I just wrote up a demand letter and will mail it certified tomorrow along with a copy of the survey and see if the neighbor decides to fix the problem. I'm not waiting weeks though for a response. If its not fixed immediately, I am going see a lawyer, going the "who permitted this" route with the parish, and trying the police juror route simultaneously. I can't believe I'm having to do all of this though.

Add to your list adding a pipe cap with a thread for a garden hose and just point it back at his yard.

^^^^ I mean I get what you're saying but what am I supposed to do? I'm trying to go through the proper channels and no one is being helpful.

1. Contacted the neighbor about the problem, they ignored it.

2. Contacted parish and they were like "not my problem".

3. Surveyor came out immediately, the same folks who did my initial survey during building. I explained the whole ordeal to them. They said man that sucks, I'll get get the survey done in the next few days. Spent the last 3 weeks calling and visiting to get them to complete the darn thing.

I have to live next to this dude for who knows how long. I'm not about to cut the pipe and throw it across the fence in his pool. I'm trying to handle this in a civil manner but it appears the area I'm living in doesn't operate this way.

You may need to ask who his pool builder was and contact them to correct it. If they refuse, you can file a claim that they performed an illegal act and they stand to lose their license. The builder shuold have never done that. That is a big no-no on any project. It should have been run to the street drainage or an inlet.

Even if your property lot was to set empty and never build. Unless it was replatted to another property, they are not suppose to drain or allow any water to flow onto your property unless it was natural before development, which a 2.5" PVC pipe isn't.

If that doesn't get their attention. all you need is a a pipe saw, PVC pipe cap and PVC primer & glue. Cut the pipe off at the fence and cap. Having that cavity and wet soil will eventually cause the drive to crack.

To repair the area, you can get a few bags of topsoil at lowes and level the area and lay a few pieces of sod down. Actually, that is the easy fix for both.

Makes a little more sense now, but that really should be irrelevant.

Good luck, but if they don't respond just cap it.

Also if you go the route of contacting the pool contractor - ask for his insurance it will scream a huge red flag right away and he may come address it quickly.

Any updates on this???

Geez man that does suck.

Honestly what I would have done is re routed it back into his yard via a tall pipe like 6 feet high and constricted it so it shot out faster due to pressure. That way every time he runs it the water will create a ridiculously obvious stream back into his yard.

Good luck though. I know the worst part is the fix is a 2 hour job and $25 for your neighbor, so having to live next to a Dbag sucks.