Problem with smoke from next doors burner.

diystarter7

plumb1_2 said:

All outdoor barbecue’s should be banned, I find there smoke and smells highly offensive.

I dont mind as long as its a few hundred years from our home but at times i love the distant smell

ThisIsWeird

diystarter7 said:

plumb1_2 said:

All outdoor barbecue’s should be banned, I find there smoke and smells highly offensive.

I dont mind as long as its a few hundred years from our home but at times i love the distant smell

Lightyears, I presume?

[Deleted User]

I love the smell of coal fires, it's a homely, welcoming, smell.
Everything is subjective.
The OP's opening line is relevant though, and once the facts are established, with the neighbours, they'll be able to move forward.

Doozergirl

We're still waiting for photos of the positioning of this flue, if the OP wants to work out if it's compliant or not... 

Soconfused14

Just got back from school run. 
Pic of flue. It seems far away from me but smoke still comes in through vents or if open a window.

Chickereeeee

jonnydeppiwish! said:

Chickereeeee said:

Anybody that installs a wood burning stove doesn't care about their neighbours. Apart from, maybe, right out in the country, they should be banned.

Really? That’s just like saying anyone who doesn’t repaint the outside of their house every year doesn’t care about their neighbours…..

Why should they be banned? Because you don’t have one? Because it’s significant cheaper to heat a house with?

A bad paint choice  doesn't harm my health:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/08/eco-wood-burners-produce-450-times-more-pollution-than-gas-heating-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/15/wood-burners-emit-more-particle-pollution-than-traffic-uk-data-shows?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/22/pollutionwatch-the-solvable-problem-of-home-wood-burners?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Plus, I don't really want the smell of your fire in my house and garden, thanks.

Bigphil1474

As ThisisWeird said, you can contact your local council. Usually the Environmental Protection team. There shouldn't be any black smoke, that's why most scallywags do their cable burning at night so you can't see it's black. That's an easy spot for your local EHO. Usually with nuisance complaints, they want to know details of how often, what happens, how it affects you etc. so no harm in keeping a record of those things before you contact them. 

There has just been some new rules on the use of log burners. Can't exactly remember the detail, but they have reduced the limit on how much can be burnt, and what can be burnt. I think the fine for producing too much soot is now £300, and there's a fine of £1k for burning illegal stuff.

diystarter7

ThisIsWeird said:

diystarter7 said:

plumb1_2 said:

All outdoor barbecue’s should be banned, I find there smoke and smells highly offensive.

I dont mind as long as its a few hundred years from our home but at times i love the distant smell

Lightyears, I presume?

ROFL....

diystarter7

Soconfused14 said:

Just got back from school run. 
Pic of flue. It seems far away from me but smoke still comes in through vents or if open a window.

Hi

I feel for you. If that was next door to us, I would have thought it was a rocket launcher to the moon.

I hope its all sorted

Thnaks

ThisIsWeird

Soconfused14 said:

Just got back from school run. 
Pic of flue. It seems far away from me but smoke still comes in through vents or if open a window.

That marking will surely mean something to someone au fait with this - that's occurred in only 2 months?

I suspect either unpleasant stuff being burned, or it simply being done at too low a temp - looks like tary deposits rather than 'just' soot, tho' both are obviously bad.

To reduce the output from a log burner, the best answer is to put in less fuel and keep burning it hot. Most folk - quite understandably - just shut down the air flow, so it burns cooler and more slowly, but more noxiously.

That actual physical installation looks pro enough from its outward appearance.