Neighbours tumble dryer on 10+hrs/day

Presumably if it is a weed farm you will be able to smell cannabis most of the day, not just periodically. Did the smell start around the same time as the noise? Because if so that's decidedly dodgy. I would definitely log something with the police if you think something is cracking off.

Ring the police now. Tell them its a cannabis farm. They can get a warrant and take action.

We rented a shithole with a useless combination washer/dryer and it really did take forever to "dry" clothes - 3 hours and it would still need to air for a bit, we also rented a place with a laundry room full of decrepit old dryers, one of which left things damp after 2+hours, so x2/3 loads due to a sick child...I can see how it would be possible for someone to make so much noise with a poor dryer.

But the weed smell as well does sound like it could be a weed farm, which would need checking out because they can cause fires with all the dodgy electric stuff going 24/7.

In that case ring back and say you don't know what it is. It's machinery causing a nuisance

bull shitit's a tumble dryer she is doing something dodgy

OkPedro if you'd read the OPs posts you'd see that she's answered this. Sometimes she works from home, sometimes her husband pops back, they hear it at weekends etc. etc.

OP it must be something else no one in their right mind would have a tumble dryer on for that length of time! Bills would cost a fortune!!

How do you know it's on my 19 hours a day if you and your oh work full time?

growing a couple/few plants for personal use is very different to running a farm.
i'd report if i suspected a farm simply because of the fire risk

Is there any way to work.out if its a tumble dryer or a weed farm?

yes-via the police!

Just because it looks/sounds like a tumble dryer doesn't mean it is a tumble dryer......
could be a homemade/pimped up contraption that churns the weed to turn it into cannabis oil or butter.

either way they're taking the piss - especially considering they have a chronically ill child in the house.
constant noise/vibrations over a period of time can definitely make you ill so god knows what effect that's having on their own ill child

I don't think it's nice to go grassing people up for growing a bit of weed personally

Quite often with these grow ops the 'staff' are immigrants who have been tricked to come here with the promise of a legitimate job; once they get here their documents are confiscated and they are forced to work as slaves.
So that's not very nice either.

I had the same problem a number of years ago. She had it on every hour she was in the house. It was often on until 11pm at night and went on again at 6am. It resonated through every room of our terrace. At the time I didn't have kids and she had three so I wasn't sure but now I have three of my own I use a dryer myself but probably only a max of 5 hours per week. It was awful, it destroyed our enjoyment of our home. We tried to raise it with them too, no success, they were told that she was entitled to use a domestic appliance in reasonable hours. I wondered if she was running a business but never saw anything come in or leave. Her electric bills must have been massive!

Op is there any way you can go over there and ask them what the noise is and say you can smell cannabis? Then they can either stop it without involving the police or find ways to stop it bothering you.

I don't think it's nice to go grassing people up for growing a bit of weed personally

OP why are you dithering about and not calling 101 right now?

I'd've called the police as soon as the cannabis smell started, you don't want that in your house.

OP it’s the fans.

100%. The noise you can hear (stop start) is them rotating from left to right.

Snow on the roof is old school. Sounds like they’re growing in a room. Which they will have insulated and heat won’t be escaping.

It’s the fans. Crime stoppers online. Report commercial weed growing. Make yourself some quick cash and shut the noise up at the same time.

I use my tumble dryer to heat my room when my boiler breaks! My tumble dryer is huge and creates a lot of humidity! Which coincidentally is just the right type of humidity for plant growing! The type that steams up your windows!!!!

Just seen this online - "Growers need to ventilate the plants with large extractor fans, which generally emit a low hum. If every morning, at exactly the same time, it sounds as if someone next door is starting up their hovercraft, then it's probably a cannabis farm warming up for the day."

Surely there are cheaper ways to heat a room.

Tumble dryers warm the room up! Cannabis needs heat to grow!!!!!

I thought she has tried crimestoppers and has no joy.

I’d be worried about the fire risk if the dryer is on constantly.

My old dryer took 4 hours to dry a load. I’ve now got a new dryer and it takes less than half the time.

My old dryer used to get very very warm and used loads of energy

Maybe OCD? Washing towels, tea towels, bed covers, clothes and pyjamas etc each day? With a washer dryer these loads would take up a fair few hours of each day.

Maybe loads of washing to catch up on?

Air vent for bathroom or kitchen very loud? Fridge/freezer?

Sometimes things are louder to people when it's not in your own house. Sometimes I watch the tele of a evening wake up the next morning and have to turn it down!

Could be a simple case of they are used to the noise.

Also if you are not in all day every day how you be so sure they never leave the house? My front blinds are always shut, backones always open as bar the drive way I hate being open to the street.

Sorry OP! I'm only trying to offer solutions. Can understand what a PITA it could be for you. :(

That was a funny type but I’m too lazy. Even my washer is controlled by my phone

Somebody in there who shouldn't be, or tenants have fallen on hard times.

Look it up on right move to see if there was a letting agent, contact them. If not, try land registry for £3 to see if landlord name there.