Page 5 | To think that using a chainsaw at 10am on a Sunday is a bit early/inconsiderate?

NameChangedAgainn · 03/04/2024 08:36

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 think that's absolutely fine. Lots of councils encourage people to put wheelie bins out the morning of rubbish collection so they're not blocking the paths for long, and of course in an ideal world they would be brought back in as soon as they've been emptied.
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.

iLovee · 03/04/2024 08:35

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.

Just before 7am isn't early to me on a weekday. Sorry 🤷‍♀️

mondaytosunday · 03/04/2024 08:33

It was Easter Sunday and I didn't mow my lawn as I thought people would like a peaceful day.
What was the chainsaw used for? Noisy building work is usually not permitted on Sundays or Bank holidays.

CeeceeBloomingdale · 03/04/2024 08:29

I think it's totally fine. Moving a wheely bin early is also fine if it stops it blowing down the street etc. The local council strongly recommends putting bins out on the day but to ready for 6:30am collection here. Most people would bring them straight back in after they are emptied to avoid them blowing over in the wind. It's a you problem, you need to find something that stops noise bothering you.

LuciferRising · 03/04/2024 08:27

This is what happens in life, when you live near other people.

10am is perfectly fine. People need to get on with their lives.

MichaelAndEagle · 03/04/2024 08:27

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.

On a weekday? They're probably about to head off to work and otherwise it would be out all day.

These are just normal neighbourhood noises.

PuttingDownRoots · 03/04/2024 08:27

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.

Bin collections can start before then!

Mrssheepskin · 03/04/2024 08:23

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.

No - 10am is mid morning!

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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.

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YouwouldthinkIhavemoresense · 02/04/2024 16:55

I’d think they were taking the piss especially with it being Easter Sunday.

Our next door neighbour is constantly drilling/ sawing /hammering/ banging . Inside and outside the house.
High noons and holidays. He’s there.

It’s like living next to a construction workshop 🙄

brocollilover · 02/04/2024 16:54

it's just that another neighbour asked me about it this morning as they thought it was us making the noise.

was the neighbour complaining?

Boomer55 · 02/04/2024 16:48

10am is fine.

clairelouwho · 02/04/2024 16:46

Perfectly reasonable.

Most people will be up by 10AM and you can't expect people to tailor their days around your desire to have a lie-in.

itsgettingweird · 02/04/2024 16:37

8am weekday, 9am Saturday and 10am Sunday all fine.

Yes - it's annoying if you are asleep and probably they should have considered the clock change but it's 10am so perfectly reasonable time x

Nothingandnobody · 02/04/2024 16:37

10am is absolutely fine. I'd been up with the dog for 3.5 hours by that time 😂

Mercurial123 · 02/04/2024 16:35

Dontbringthenoise · 02/04/2024 16:32

I absolutely agree it's unreasonable. Germany have laws banning the use of power tools and mowing lawns etc on a Sunday as they recognise the need for people to have a day of quiet. However this is Mumsnet where a door bell being rung or your family visiting is absolutely unreasonable but spending hours making noise in your garden is absolutely fine.

It's an issue for you. It certainly isn't for me.

Dontbringthenoise · 02/04/2024 16:32

I absolutely agree it's unreasonable. Germany have laws banning the use of power tools and mowing lawns etc on a Sunday as they recognise the need for people to have a day of quiet. However this is Mumsnet where a door bell being rung or your family visiting is absolutely unreasonable but spending hours making noise in your garden is absolutely fine.

Moveoverdarlin · 02/04/2024 16:29

Completely acceptable. 10am is mid morning.

walkerscrispsarethenuts · 02/04/2024 16:28

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.

It's far too early for me, but obviously not for others!

Churchview · 02/04/2024 15:04

I live next door to a church and my bedroom looks out directly over the grave yard to the church tower. I'm absolutely not complaining as I love the church bells, but on Sunday morning they started ringing at 7.30am.

10am sounds a perfectly reasonable time for people to start going about their business. I've lived somewhere very remote in the past and until I did that I didn't realise how lovely it is to have life going on around you. When it's not there you can feel very alone and isolated.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 02/04/2024 14:56

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.

Flippin' 'eck, @namechangeaaargh - you can't go round asking if you are being unreasonable, and then accepting when people say yes you are! The whole of AIBU would die out if everyone did this. 😉🙂

PietariKontio · 02/04/2024 14:53

I work on the 8 - 9 - 10 plan. 8 on weekdays, 9 on Saturdays, 10 on Sundays. I think that's fair and would effect the fewest amount of people. Locally, most other people seem to have a similar plan. Very rarely one of us will break this, but it's usually a more urgent situation/job. No-one complains. QUite lucky around here I guess.

fightingthedogforadonut · 02/04/2024 14:49

10am would be fine for me.

NeedthatFridayfeeling · 02/04/2024 14:49

Sorry but 10am is fine. We wait until 9am on a Saturday and 10am on a Sunday, can't waste all morning waiting to get jobs done just because someone else might still be asleep.

Bagwyllydiart · 02/04/2024 14:44

Completely fine