re: French drain / property law question

I don't know the actual definition of zero lot line. Mine might not be considered one technically. They're just really fricking close.

Well if it's "on the property line" then that means he crossed the line and encroached onto your property.

It's a line with zero thickness in theory. Anything is either on your side or his, period.

I wouldn't want my neighbor tying into my drain either (would double the volume), but if he crossed over the property line then that's his screw up and should be remedied. The two really are separate issues

1. Him encroaching
2. You tying into "his" drain that he placed on your property possibly.

Zero lot line means your house can be all the way to the property line basically.

It's 4". He has 2 catch basins in his backyard and the pipe runs across the backyard and then 90's down our property line.

Laying pipe at the neighbors house is usually not a good idea. Pics of neighbors wife

Replace his 4" line that straddles both of your property lines with a 6"(or 8" inch line), tie both in and every wins. You have one pipe down the property line and he has a larger pipe to drain his yard. Cost should be relatively the same from your contractor just the increase in cost of the 4" to 6" upgrade.

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French drain / property law question
Replace his 4" line that straddles both of your property lines with a 6"(or 8" inch line), tie both in and every wins. You have one pipe down the property line and he has a larger pipe to drain his yard. Cost should be relatively the same from your contractor just the increase in cost of the 4" to 6" upgrade.

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Ding ding ding

If you continue in the snag negotiations offer to upgrade the pipe from the point where you plan on tieing in downstream to allow for more flow from both parties drainage areas. What this will do is reduce blockages and add capacity with minimum charge.

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The low spot is the property line. (12" or so wide is the low spot before the slope up to each house respectively begins)

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This leads me to believe you have no idea where the property line is exactly. The property line is an imperceptibly thin line, certianly not 12 inches wide.

Yes
Two 4" pipes carries less water than one 6" pipe.

Personally I'd never use anything smaller than a six inch drain pipe UG. The cost for the materials are sbout the same and there's hardly any labor difference and it carries over twice the volume and is less likely to clog.