Page 4 | To think that using a chainsaw at 10am on a Sunday is a bit early/inconsiderate?

brocollilover · 03/04/2024 10:06

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 10:03

I'm not saying they're not. I would start earlier so as to avoid the early afternoon and give people some quiet then if possible.

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on a sunday i’m totally accepting of any noise after sunday trading hours start. before 10…. would be inconsiderate in my opinion but not enough to say anything

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 10:03

brocollilover · 03/04/2024 10:00

oh don’t be daft. the vast majority are up and about at 11. shops open at 10 or 10.30 on a sunday

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I'm not saying they're not. I would start earlier so as to avoid the early afternoon and give people some quiet then if possible.

brocollilover · 03/04/2024 10:00

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 09:52

Why are you waiting until 11am if you don't care about people's sleep?

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oh don’t be daft. the vast majority are up and about at 11. shops open at 10 or 10.30 on a sunday

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 09:59

I don't understand waiting until late morning only to make noise through afternoon nap time. Not just for young children, my grandmother naps in the afternoon. If I had the choice I'd pick 9am to 12pm as the best time for noise personally.

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 09:52

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 03/04/2024 09:43

Nope. After 11am all bets are off.

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Why are you waiting until 11am if you don't care about people's sleep?

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 03/04/2024 09:43

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 08:37

Would you stop after lunch for children's nap time?

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Nope. After 11am all bets are off.

NameChangedAgainn · 03/04/2024 09:17

I would invest in some decent ear plugs, and check the seals on your triple glazed windows. Our bin alley goes past the back of our house and I can't hear the bins going in or out from inside the house, and it's quite a racket if the windows are open or I'm outside.
Our neighbours sometimes put them out at 6am and bring them back in at 11pm or around 6am the following day and it's never disturbed us.
If you're this sensitive to normal neighbour noise then is moving an option? Or maybe buy yourself a white noise machine?

iLovee · 03/04/2024 09:09

Could you move your bedroom so it's not as close to their driveway?

You have my sympathy OP, not getting enough sleep is torture. It makes me emotional too!

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 09:03

They used to either leave the bin out til the weekend or bring it up in the evening both of which were preferable. They were bringing it in today not putting it out. I don't hear the bin men come because our houses are a long way back from the road.

In the evening as in straight after work? Noise after 7 could annoy people settling small children. There are very few times outside of regular working hours that don't affect someone.

Zonder · 03/04/2024 09:03

I'm the same without enough sleep @namechangeaaargh so I feel your pain.

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namechangeaaargh · 03/04/2024 09:01

@Zonder thanks that seems sensible. I can't think straight and get very emotional when I haven't had enough sleep. I know that isn't normal but it is what it is.

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Zonder · 03/04/2024 08:58

The two incidents are quite different. If they do the 7am pulling of the bin again I would very calmly just mention that it wakes you up and would they mind putting the bin back later.

10am on a Sunday is perfectly acceptable, even if it's annoying for people who work late / nights on a Saturday.

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namechangeaaargh · 03/04/2024 08:55

Triple glazed. And internal wall insulation. Detached, But their driveway (which is where they used the saw) is right next to the edge of our house. Previous neighbours were fine, this lot were for a while but have changed habits or got noisier or something, these 2 things I mentioned are not isolated but I am not going to elaborate further.

They used to either leave the bin out til the weekend or bring it up in the evening both of which were preferable. They were bringing it in today not putting it out. I don't hear the bin men come because our houses are a long way back from the road.

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Lotsofclocks · 03/04/2024 08:53

namechangeaaargh · 02/04/2024 14:21

As I work late most saturday nights I prefer to sleep late on sunday morning. Controversial I know. Earplugs are ineffective againt a petrol chainsaw that's just a few metres away. Well mine are anyway. If anyone knows of a good brand please let me know.

I haven't been stewing, it's just that another neighbour asked me about it this morning as they thought it was us making the noise. My partner was also cross and he is normally incredibly laid back. So I was wondering whether to have a friendly word, but given the consensus I won't.

Recommend these ear plugs: BioEars Soft Silicone Earplugs

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 08:52

Mrssheepskin · 03/04/2024 08:23

No - 10am is mid morning!

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And 9am mid morning on GMT, so the clocks changing made no difference.

Ohhelpicantthinkofaname · 03/04/2024 08:51

It’s as annoying as other people making loud noises is always annoying. But it’s not something to get upset about. They weren’t really doing anything wrong.

daisychain01 · 03/04/2024 08:50

namechangeaaargh · 02/04/2024 10:01

Just that really. We were woken up by it and thought it was 9am as we hadn't yet changed the clocks.

Love the fact you were extra-frothing because you thought it was 9 o'clock.

well, it wasn't it was 10 o'clock on Sunday.

suki1964 · 03/04/2024 08:50

Our bin men are here dead on 7.10 am so yep, bins go out at 7 - if not before

Get the drive paved or tarmac

I think you are being overly sensitive to normal noise from this neighbour. Has something else happened thats making you focus on them?

Topseyt123 · 03/04/2024 08:47

10am is a perfectly good and normal time for this sort of thing. If you didn't adjust your clocks the night before and thought it was 9am then that's on you. By mid morning you should be expecting people to be getting on with their day.

As for moving bins at 7am - 7.30am, again no problem. Our bin men have been known to begin their rounds at about that time. Should I really be complaining about that? I'd rather see the rubbish collected to be honest.

Stop being ridiculous and grumpy!

BeansOnToast32 · 03/04/2024 08:45

10am is a luxury here! Everyone around me usually starts using lawn mowers and stuff before 8am. Drives me insane.

Even when the council start cutting the grass/hedges they get here anywhere between 7:30-8:30.

I live near to a recycling area that's in a car park and on this bank holiday morning at 7:15 the council emptied the bloody glass bottles. Must be 10-15 bottle bins so you heard every bit of glass smash when they emptied each bin.

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 08:40

namechangeaaargh · 03/04/2024 08:22

Ok how about dragging a very noisy wheelie bin back up to the house just before 7am.? It's a long driveway so it takes about a minute. Again woke me up. Again didn't get back to sleep.

I'd have waited until 7 but easy to forget when you are up at 6.

GanninHyem · 03/04/2024 08:38

I think you need to move to a remote house. You're getting very irate by people doing perfectly acceptable things. Bins need to go out, you can't except people to not put them out because you're having a lie in. If the chainsaw was going on every single weekend you might have a appointment but even then 10am isn't particularly early, you just like waking up later. Which is fine but again the world keeps turning without you being awake

OhmygodDont · 03/04/2024 08:38

Pretty sure our council ask for bins to be out before 6:45am. They also ask that bins are not out on non collection days..

CharlotteBog · 03/04/2024 08:38

Do you have double glazed windows? I have never once heard my neighbours moving their wheelie bins if my windows are closed, let alone had it loud enough to wake me.

I have dbl glazed windows and most definitely hear wheelie bins being dragged past my house.

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 08:37

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 02/04/2024 10:34

Personally I wouldn't make that much noise until at least 11am on a Sunday

Would you stop after lunch for children's nap time?