This – Northwold Road, Clapton – is the one to beat:

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World class. Won awards, that has. Puts the usual two-a-penny run-of-the-mill overflow stains to shame:

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Why do they do that? You don't see blocks of flats in Mayfair or Chelsea with unsightly stains down the side. Is there some bye-law that makes them a requirement for council flats? Or is it just tradition? – everyone knows you have to put in a leaky overflow pipe or two when you're building for the riff-raff. It's like a cultural signifier, innit?

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5 responses to “Overflowing”

  1. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    As a General Contractor, I’m completely baffled by the need to have any “overflow” accommodation in the first place.
    The Can. Bldg. Code directs that ALL effluent, whatever the source, be directed into the drain, waste, and venting system. In the top pic, to the right of the tree, that’s a plumbing stack, with toilet arms exiting the wall…leaking. Yewww.
    Secondly, who in hell is responsible for the maintenance of the building?

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Who’s responsible? That’ll be Hackney Council.

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  3. tolkein Avatar
    tolkein

    Responsible? That’s a strange noun to use in connection with Hackney.

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  4. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    Hackney Council: There for you. 🙂
    I may be a bit naive here, but isn’t property management their purpose in life?

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