Smell from neighbour’s stove

Davesnave

Apintplease said:

Out here in the country, near enough everyone has a fire or stove for heat and hot water and on still days the smell can be very pungent outside, esp when you aren't used to it

But then they spread slurry so the smell of smoke pales into insignificance

OP is interested in health consequences where property is in close proximity. So far as I'm aware slurry spreading won't affect health and the smell, being constant, tends not to be very noticeable after a few days, at least to those living close to it..

welshmoneylover

These stoves can stink depending on what your neighbour is burning.
one of mine got reported for burning bits of industrial waste to save a few bob on proper fuel!

kdotdotdotdot

If it's working properly, your chimney shouldn't be sucking in outside air.  Are you sure you can only smell it outside?  And are you sure it's from your neighbour's stove?  This time of year, there's lots of people burning bonfires too.  

melb

our neighbour seems to burn anything she can pick up on her early morning skip-dipping adventures, but mainly seems to burn pallets.  Is this even allowed? 

Davesnave

melb said:

our neighbour seems to burn anything she can pick up on her early morning skip-dipping adventures, but mainly seems to burn pallets.  Is this even allowed? 

Depends. Most pallets are just wood and nails, but some have blocks made from wood fibre glued together with 'something.'

However, I doubt if you'll be able to interest forensics this side of the Revolution.

FreeBear

Davesnave said: Most pallets are just wood and nails, but some have blocks made from wood fibre glued together with 'something.'

Some pallets, particularly foreign ones destined for overseas trade, have been treated with nasty chemicals (pesticides & stuff).

Homer_home

Davesnave said:

bargainhunter121 said:

Ok, so long as there’s no health issues,  that’s fine. 

 That's an unknown. If the neighbour is using a DEFRA-approved appliance and burning approved fuel then there is no law you can invoke. The only action you could take would be to install a positive input ventilator in your house to stop fumes being drawn in from outside.

We have a neighbour who burns the very smelly type of house coal that is due to be banned in February 2021 so supply is ceasing. His chimney is a good 15m from the nearest edge of our property. He is bemoaning the fact that logs or other types of legal fuel will cost twice as much. We are secretly celebrating!

Its a good job then you didn't live in the days where the only way you could get heat into a house was to light a fire using this "smelly" coal then!

Personally I love the smell of coal it brings back lots of good memories 

Davesnave

Homer_home said:

Davesnave said:

bargainhunter121 said:

Ok, so long as there’s no health issues,  that’s fine. 

 That's an unknown. If the neighbour is using a DEFRA-approved appliance and burning approved fuel then there is no law you can invoke. The only action you could take would be to install a positive input ventilator in your house to stop fumes being drawn in from outside.

We have a neighbour who burns the very smelly type of house coal that is due to be banned in February 2021 so supply is ceasing. His chimney is a good 15m from the nearest edge of our property. He is bemoaning the fact that logs or other types of legal fuel will cost twice as much. We are secretly celebrating!

Its a good job then you didn't live in the days where the only way you could get heat into a house was to light a fire using this "smelly" coal then!

Personally I love the smell of coal it brings back lots of good memories 

A bold and entirely wrong presumption, but it's good to know I sound younger than I am. 

I can just remember the London smogs of the early 1950s and failing to reach the shops, because it was too dangerous to cross the road. The big smogs killed thousands of people and covered everything in grime, so maybe your memory of 'the good old days' needs a little revision in this area.

Phil4432

I can smell the neighbors cooking, the laundry washing and the BBQ's in summer make me have to close the windows.  Its all temporary, and not a big deal.

Homer_home

Davesnave said:

Homer_home said:

Davesnave said:

bargainhunter121 said:

Ok, so long as there’s no health issues,  that’s fine. 

 That's an unknown. If the neighbour is using a DEFRA-approved appliance and burning approved fuel then there is no law you can invoke. The only action you could take would be to install a positive input ventilator in your house to stop fumes being drawn in from outside.

We have a neighbour who burns the very smelly type of house coal that is due to be banned in February 2021 so supply is ceasing. His chimney is a good 15m from the nearest edge of our property. He is bemoaning the fact that logs or other types of legal fuel will cost twice as much. We are secretly celebrating!

Its a good job then you didn't live in the days where the only way you could get heat into a house was to light a fire using this "smelly" coal then!

Personally I love the smell of coal it brings back lots of good memories 

A bold and entirely wrong presumption, but it's good to know I sound younger than I am. 

I can just remember the London smogs of the early 1950s and failing to reach the shops, because it was too dangerous to cross the road. The big smogs killed thousands of people and covered everything in grime, so maybe your memory of 'the good old days' needs a little revision in this area.

Huh?

Nice lecture but you completely misread my post so how's about you get off your high horse and reread it again

Tell you what as you clearly cannot read I will spell it out for you.......

I wasn't talking about the "good ole days" as you put it (which is not what I put) . I was talking talking about how the smell of a real fire bought back personal memories for me in my case memories of how my grandparents house smelt when we used to visit them for Xmas before my granddad's death when I was 10 

Next time refrain from commenting on my posts and attempting to put words in my mouth ,you will only end up with egg on your face