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Need Extractor Fan to Get Rid of Downstairs's Smoke

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  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Extractor fan in the hallway could draw more smoke into the hallway. What about draughtproofing his front door.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi OP did you contact the Council, Environmental Health and Fire Brigade ?
  • Gratis
    Gratis Posts: 478 Forumite

    The legal obligation is for your neighbour to contain and then dispose of his fumes at no inconvenience, harm or cost to others. It is not upon you to insulate yourself from them. That is enforceable by a court.
    Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance
    and conscientious stupidity.
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jnr.
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