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A family was left living next door to a "swimming pool" of their own waste after a sewerage pipe was damaged.

Richard Wills said his home was "dragged back to the Middle Ages" and he "might as well hang his backside over the fence" after human excrement was left to fester in the garden next door.

It comes amid ongoing renovation work being carried out by building firm NWPS Construction on a property in Ffordd Talargoch, Meliden near Prestatyn .

A spokesman from NWPS said the damage to the pipe was not caused by them, but by subcontractors.

Mr Wills claims the pipe was damaged last week causing human waste to submerge the garden.

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Repairs are now having to be carried out by Welsh Water, who own the pipe, and have already been out and "rectified part of the problem."

The organisation has been called to the site several times over the summer to clear blockages caused by "sewer abuse" - where people deposit of wet wipes and non-disposable items down the toilet.

Richard, who lives with his wife and 13-year-old son, said: "The builders have been working on the property next door for around two years. When they started work on the foundations last week, a shared sewerage pipe was damaged.

"This caused a swimming pool of raw sewage to collect in the garden next door to us.

"This garden is surrounded by other houses and the waste, as you would imagine, is very smelly.

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"It's just very embarrassing and means family coming over with their children can't play outside.

"But I've been passed from pillar to post trying to get something done about it and it's only now that I've kicked up a stink (excuse the pun) that things are happening."

The 50-year-old said Welsh Water had been out around six times over the summer to unblock the pipes and returned to the site this week to start repairs.

He added: "I just find it hard to believe in this day and age that this type of environmental contamination and risk to the public isn't a priority.

"We feel like our home was knocked back to the Middle Ages and we might as well hang our backsides over the fence.

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"I bet if we started throwing our waste into the street from a bucket , there would suddenly be an official of some sort to fine and imprison us."

A Welsh Water spokesman said workers attended the site and rectified part of the problem with a view to repairing the pipe later this week after confirming that damage was caused to their pipe by a third party.