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Neighbours tumble dryer on 10+hrs/day

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SenseCheckMe · 10/12/2017 17:45

Hi all, new to forum and looking for some advice.

My neighbours tumble dryer is on 10 hrs everyday. We can hear it in all rooms of our home and its next to the party wall. It on beteween 7am and 10.30pm. Everyday as best we can tell (we work full time) and every weekend. Its been like this for months. Quite honesty its making me very ill. We've been round several times and invited her to listen to noise which she agrees she can hear. She's making no effort to improve it though. We've made many suggestions such as pads, etc. Quite frankly i think she is inconsiderate. What do you guys think?

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SenseCheckMe · 10/12/2017 18:21

Thanks all. Massive help. Starting to put a few things together now. I reckon leccy bill is at least £200 per quarter for what they are using. Also when we offered to take a look and measure for a pad they certainly didnt want us in there, instead came round to ours. Is there any way to work.out if its a tumble dryer or a weed farm? Either way i want some quiet time.

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notapizzaeater · 10/12/2017 18:18

I can’t imagine any sane person using a tumble dryer for that entity of t8me unless there was another reason. Does cannabis need dry heat to grow, dry the leaves ?

IAmAShitHotLawyer · 10/12/2017 18:16

Definitely dodgy

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 10/12/2017 18:16

Exactly what HappyPooBum said.

January87 · 10/12/2017 18:15

Yup, call 101.

TheFirstMrsDV · 10/12/2017 18:14

I use my tumble dryer a lot. At one point I had a baby, a toddler, a child with SN plus a teen and two adults plus pets. DC with SN also has dust allergies.
I washed A LOT.
Even I never had the TD on all day.

That ain't a tumble dryer bruv

happypoobum · 10/12/2017 18:11

Call police. Don't mention bloody tumble dryers.

Just tell them there is a strong smell of weed coming from next door and there is a rumbling mechanical noise going on all day.

Sparklesocks · 10/12/2017 18:10

It seems odd that it would be a tumble dryer, it would cost an absolute bomb to have on going all day. Definitely not a different appliance?

emmcan · 10/12/2017 18:09

Police. That is a weed farm.

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SenseCheckMe · 10/12/2017 18:08

Called crimestoppers, they have nevered heard of tumble dryers and weed (could be an extract though i guess) she said it was a tumble dryer and it sounds like one to us. But who knows. Going to talk to environmental health / council tomorrow. We can't live with it, there's barely an hours peace. Soundproofing could help but we can hear it through the whole party wall (its in their kitchen) and it seems to travel along the wall some how.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 10/12/2017 18:07

My first and only thought was weed farm too.

Chattymummyhere · 10/12/2017 18:04

Chardonay

Our dryer takes roughly 2 hours to dry a full load but anti crease program which means if we don’t open the door after 10 minutes it cycles again for 20 and repeat untill we take the washing out. If the load finishes just as I’ve left to do the school run it will be stuck in its repeat cycle for 2 hours on top of its drying time. Repeat again for School pick up and that could easily be 8hours for two loads of washing. We tend to do 3 loads a day I try to time it not to finish at school run times but it’s got its own sensors and crap which alter how long each load with take and weigh it blah blah blah.

And yes my electric bill is huge.

Scarydinosaurs · 10/12/2017 18:04

Call police. Weed farm.

CorbynsBumFlannel · 10/12/2017 18:03

Hmm stench of cannabis. Probably not drying clothes then.

XiCi · 10/12/2017 18:03

Yep, weed farm. No one has a tumble dryer on for that long

Heratnumber7 · 10/12/2017 18:02

Lekky bill must be sky high. Just like them if it's a weed farm
Agree with calling the rozzers

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 10/12/2017 18:00

No one has the tumble dryer on for so long.
Her electricity bill must be sky high if she did.

There must be more to that.

cakeymccakington · 10/12/2017 17:57

I would report to EH then

Rotorevolution · 10/12/2017 17:57

Very odd to be having a tumble drier on for that long. Sounds like something else is going on.

Minster2012 · 10/12/2017 17:57

You can complain to the council for a noise complaint & state how you have tried to resolve it, that it’s making you ill (best go to the doctor) doesn’t matter if yours or their house is privately owned we had to do this for noisy neighbours and eventually they got letters saying they were being monitored for a period of time. If they are running a business too it would scare them.

Or as a first measure investigate this route then write them a letter saying you will make a complaint as you have personally monitored the situation & believe it to be disruptive & they have made no reasonable attempt to address this. You could also mention that you believe they may be running a business from the property. Could scare them into doing something?

MsMims · 10/12/2017 17:57

Do you hear other household noise? Must be terrible sound proofing if you can hear it all through the house. Can usually only hear a tumble dryer as a faint hum in the next room, let alone the next house. I think some companies can install sound proofing to help.

LaurieFairyCake · 10/12/2017 17:57

That's defo a weed farm

Call the rozzers

TenancyTroublesAgain · 10/12/2017 17:56

10 hours a day? That is beyond ridiculous, no matter how big their family is. They really need to fix it. That would drive me nuts.

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SenseCheckMe · 10/12/2017 17:56

We do have a stench of cannabis from next door. We leave no eindoes open, yet it permeates through somehow.

Whilst we work full time i ocassionally WFH and DH pops make sometimes during day and its always on.

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DownTheChimney · 10/12/2017 17:55

Weed farm with associated electricals and extractors probably

Yes, I wondered that