Another neighbor vent!!!

[sunnyday123]

Thanks everyone for letting me vent. There is really nothing we can do. He's putting new siding on his house, so all of the old siding he's burning plus all of the trees and bushes he cut down. Hopefully they are trying to fix it up and going to sale it. It's raining tonight so at least he can't be out there burning anything.

what kind of siding is he burning? That could possibly be an environmental issue, couldn't it?

 

[OceanAnnie]

Thanks everyone for letting me vent. There is really nothing we can do. He's putting new siding on his house, so all of the old siding he's burning plus all of the trees and bushes he cut down. Hopefully they are trying to fix it up and going to sale it. It's raining tonight so at least he can't be out there burning anything.

Is it legal to burn the old siding? That sounds like it could be toxic! I would check into that.

I saw a clip about some celebrity that had port-a-pottys on his property. The smell really got to his neighbors. They got some big industrial looking fans and blew it all back for his pleasure. It got the job done.

 

[bumbershoot]

We have neighbors that do the same thing. Their bonfire pit is about 15 feet from my daughter's bedroom window. She hates it because she has to keep her window closed, even in the stifling heat.

The thing is, it wouldn't be so bad if it were just wood and yard materials, but they are burning garbage, including plastic milk jugs. Those fumes set my asthma off in a terrible way. So we have no choice but to close up the house. I bought this house eight years ago and am seriously consider selling it because I find it too difficult to stay shut up all summer. When it hits 90 degrees outside, you gotta be able to open the windows at night to cool it off. But their chemical fires tend to run until about 2am. It's terrible.

In WA that can't possibly be legal, can it?????

 

[kilee]

(((Hugs to you))) there is nothing worse than neighbors who don't care about anyone around them.

 

[The Orchid]

In WA that can't possibly be legal, can it?????

Of course it's not legal. It's not even legal to burn yard trimmings anymore in our area. It doesn't stop people from doing it though. I guess they assume since they live in a rural area, the rules don't apply to them.

 

[The Orchid]

The guy who moved in across the street about 10 years ago always burned his garbage. Trash pickup is not municipal here; you have to arrange for it yourself and it costs about $15/month, so he was "saving money" by burning garbage in a barrel. In the summer we were prisoners in our house because we couldn't open any windows! He, on the other hand, lit it and left for a few hours. We complained to everyone we could: zoning enforcement, local police, etc. They all wrote him letters telling him to stop and then left it at that. So we suffered for years. DH finally contacted the State Department of Environmental Conservation and actually got someone who cared! He came out, saw the burnt debris, and fined him $500! Told him "you can go ahead and burn garbage again after I leave, but I'll just come back and fine you again!"
This summer has been HEAVENLY!
Good luck with your obnoxious neighbors!

Wow! Good for your husband for calling! I'm glad to hear that worked for you guys. Enjoy your clean air. I love that the jerk got a nice fat fine!

 

[resol37]

You can call the fire department even if you don't "think" that the home is on fire. In Charlotte, NC bonfires are illegal in city limits unless you have a permit that must be purchase beforehand. Obviously, this may not be the case where you are, but you never know until you call. If you're aware of a non-emergency number for your area, call them first. If not, call 911 but be prepared to give them an exact address. And, as somebody else said, if they're loud you can always get them on a noise complaint.