Page 7 | To think that using a chainsaw at 10am on a Sunday is a bit early/inconsiderate?

namechangeaaargh · 2024-04-02T09:01:06+00:00

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

PotatoPudding · 02/04/2024 12:51

100% OK.

NameChangedAgainn · 02/04/2024 12:49

OhmygodDont · 02/04/2024 12:40

By 10am the allotment was half full, lawn mowers going, last of burning the old dead wood etc

Its Sunday not a funeral 😂

This is exactly what I was thinking, by 9.30/10am here on Sunday, half the street was mowing/strimming their lawns (it was the first time in ages that the grass has been dry enough to mow). Several using leaf blowers to get the cut grass off their paths too. To be honest, I much prefer it on a Sunday morning rather than in the week when we're wfh.

OhmygodDont · 02/04/2024 12:40

By 10am the allotment was half full, lawn mowers going, last of burning the old dead wood etc

Its Sunday not a funeral 😂

HelpMebeok · 02/04/2024 12:36

Sorry I agree. Assume most people would be awake by 9am. When you've got kids 10am sometimes feels like the middle of the day

CaptainMyCaptain · 02/04/2024 12:34

10am is fine.

DrJoanAllenby · 02/04/2024 12:31

That's a perfectly acceptable time.

Ponoka7 · 02/04/2024 11:24

sandberry · 02/04/2024 11:15

Anytime after 7 is fine. Sunday isn’t a special day. Many shift workers are off on say Wednesdays but don’t expect the rest of the planet to cater to them. Nobody is entitled to a noise free lie in and if they are should we ban noise before 11 any day?

If Sunday isn't a special day then why do we have restricted retail etc hours?

Considering the clocks went forward, a decent neighbour would try to wait until 11, so 10 am start. Mowing the kawn before that us ok because of the volume. A chainsaw is akin to builders noise. Just because we are being forced to work more and more unreasonable shifts, doesn't mean that everything has to desend into a free for all. I'm up at 7 everyday, unfortunately I can't lie in, only nap later on.

NameChangedAgainn · 02/04/2024 11:18

8am onwards is fine to use power tools in a Sunday, it's very considerate of them to wait till 10 to be honest.

Ginkypig · 02/04/2024 11:17

they did nothing wrong.

i would be a bit annoyed too though if I was having a lie in and got woken up.

not their fault but natural to be annoyed at getting woken up but not at them.

sandberry · 02/04/2024 11:15

Anytime after 7 is fine. Sunday isn’t a special day. Many shift workers are off on say Wednesdays but don’t expect the rest of the planet to cater to them. Nobody is entitled to a noise free lie in and if they are should we ban noise before 11 any day?

Universalsnail · 02/04/2024 10:55

I think 10 am is fine.

MolkosTeenageAngst · 02/04/2024 10:55

I think it’s fine on a normal Sunday, on Easter Sunday and when the clocks have just changed I’d probably be a bit annoyed too though as my body clock would still be at 9am.

Nkoku · 02/04/2024 10:54

Completely acceptable. For me, 9am is the threshold - after that, anything goes, within reason.

Seeline · 02/04/2024 10:40

I am a late riser, and even I wouldn't complain about something at 10am on a Sunday!

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 02/04/2024 10:34

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

Amelie2024 · 02/04/2024 10:30

I do think it's inconsiderate & especially so on Easter Sunday.

this is Mumsnet though, a high percentage of parents who will have been up much earlier with children, so a biased response.

im usually awake between 4&5 (after barely sleeping anyway) so it certainly wouldn't wake me, but it does ruin a lovely peaceful Sunday.

my neighbour is obsessed with his jet wash & plays with it for hours on any day he's not doing DIY. He's a nice bloke, but I think he compensates for 'small things' with power tools!! (The though keeps me from burying him in their new patio!!)

I think though, a lot of people don't have a lot of other time to do these jobs so just have to get on with it when they can, so can't really blame them and 10 is fairly reasonable if they have lots to do.

WhatWhereWho · 02/04/2024 10:14

If they came into your house and turned it on then yes, if in their own garden no.

MeinKraft · 02/04/2024 10:13

Presumably you don't have young children if you think 10am is early so you can have a nap later?

EarringsandLipstick · 02/04/2024 10:13

Anything after 9 is fine.

Willmafrockfit · 02/04/2024 10:13

my neighbours were making a right racket yesterday, bank holiday monday.
after 10 is perfectly reasonable

iLovee · 02/04/2024 10:12

Another voice saying it's fine! Its 10 am not 7am!

Desecratedcoconut · 02/04/2024 10:11

It was 10am, that's perfectly fine. People don't build a diy schedule that's reasonable for neighbours based on what time their neighbours think it is. 😁

Francisflute · 02/04/2024 10:10

1000 is fine. I think after 0900 on a weekend if neighbours nearby.

There isn't a perfect answer re night shift workers but possibly id say more considerate to do it early as people don't tend to get home and go straight to bed. Worse to wake them up early afternoon

Muddywalks34 · 02/04/2024 10:10

Perfectly reasonable, we are often up at 6am and always wait til 9 on. Saturday 10 on a Sunday before doing any noisy jobs, I think we are more than considerate to the people who like lie ins, but then to us by 9am half the morning has gone

Anonymouseposter · 02/04/2024 10:10

I think after 8am on a weekday and after about 9.30 on a Sunday is a considerate time to start.