[gwrightson]

drove onto a drive today , all of a sudden a big loud crack    I wondered what was wrong

I got out of van to see i had just droven over a manhole cover , it had broke collapsed and fallen into hole, how the hell my van never went down i dont know!!!
But if i had damaged my van who fault would it be .

[Mike Halliday]

I did this last year,

there are different wight categories of manhole covers, some are designed for lightweight use, others are more heavy duty which are designed for driveways and can withstand vehicles driving across them.

I would guess the incorrect cover was fitted, so the homeowner is liable

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Years ago I did 2 at the same house both in different locations on a decent sized drive both covered by stones, customer replaced them still has things cleaned by me obviously he puts a cone over them when I call now.

Shaun

[stu_thomson]

Happened to me last week, I was worried about van, 1st thing customer said was am I insured
Trouble is a lot of them are years old and made of cast iron making them brittle and very hard to find a replacement unless you replace the frame as well which means building works!
I got a builder mate of mine to sort it, he found one at the 3rd scrappy he went to and fitted it for me, paid for by me as a gesture of good will

Did have a word with a skip hire business who it happens to all the time, they have a waiver in their paperwork...but they say if it went to court you would win as the customer has invited you to their property and it must be fit for purpose
 Keep an eye on your tyre pressures as it may of fractured your wheel rim

Stu

[gwrightson]

Have spoken to custy,

she called yorkshire water the local water board , they were their to replace withn 2 hours as it was a hazard and she has a small child. no charge.

Geoff

[Andrew Briscoe]

We moved into our present house 2 yr ago, I was digging a border over in garden
with a fork and put it through the gas pipe.
Phoned B Gas and they came to fix it, however they said I would have to pay for it as it was my fault and my land, the pipe was 4" down only with no yellow plastic warning sheet over it.
I said I wouldnt pay and he said well he couldnt fix it then, I said fine, its before my meter anyway, so I wouldnt have to pay for their lost gas.

After further arguing I said I would pay only if they supplied me with the risk assesment and method statement for when it had been fitted, he spoke to his manager on mobile and then said they would fix it free of charge 

numptys the lot of these energy companies

[derek west]

i was digging some footings using a mini digger in my old house and snapped the electric cable, they said i would have to pay £600 to get it repaired, i told them the cable  was not buried deep enough by law and therefore was there fault and they could be sued, they fixed it for free. 

[tony harrison]

Seems this is a common occurrence.

Happened to me only the back wheel did go down into the manhole ( cast iron ). Phoned the AA and said they would be about 1 hr.

I managed to get it out with a hydraulic jack and heavy timbers to support wheel before they arrived.

Customer said they should have told me as they had noticed a crack in it and accepted full responsibility and damage to the van.