Fire Pits. Horrible anti social stink.

We have one. Use it maybe once or twice a year with dry wood to toast marshmallows. Not sure why people feel the need to have it on all night - ours is on for a couple of hours maximum. Are they sitting out there all night? I would probably be annoyed more by the talking than the smell if that's the case.

YABU

I don't have one but do like them. I like the smell - even though I do have to take my inhaler if around one

Iove my firepit. Use dry wood and make sure it is out before I go to bed.

Neighbours on one side have a yappy dog. Neighbours on other side have loud parties late into the night. Neighbour over the back played godawful rock music yesterday afternoon while I was trying to read in the sunshine.

I dont think my occasional fire is the problem here.

I love mine, it's nice and toasty. Nothing better than having it blazing, smoking a few joints and listening to some drum and bass

I agree with this. We use seasoned, properly stored and dry wood which is so much nicer for everyone.

You've not dealt with local councils have you?

It's not the smell I'd be bothered by so much as the fine particulates that can't be filtered by the nose or upper respiratory defenses so they get deep in your lungs.

Especially when any of the 1000 carcinogens produced by a fire pit/bonfire attach to these fine particles

Particularly damaging for children as their lungs are still developing and they breathe more air per pound of body weight than adults. They also aggravate existing chronic heart & lung conditions and are linked with premature deaths in people suffering from congestive heart failure, angina, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or asthma.

They'll probably be restricted eventually, as will wood burning stoves, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that heart and lung disease, stroke, and cancers are among the top five causes of global mortality, and one-quarter to one-third of deaths from these diseases are associated with increased exposure to combustion-related air pollution.

i am not keen, in a row of terraces it's really hard not to be affected and as pp have said the smell fills the house. I think it would be better if people actually tried to use better fuel like seasoned wood - that does usually smell better and produces less stinky smoke. Our neighbours seem to burn any old crap every evening on their fire pit and barbecue and it's grim and polluting.

All burning should be banned in urban/residential areas, include bonfires and indoor fires. So awful for air quality.

I like to light one next to my hot tub.

This thread makes me very happy I left a city and moved to the middle of nowhere where people are further away from it and less bothered!

I think it’s unhelpful to ban something that gets people outside and socialising. Obviously there are limits, if someone burns plastic, it’s a no (yes, I’ve seen this done), but in general a fire with friends, teaching children how to build it, cooking over it, watching the flames late into the evening - it’s a lovely experience!

Solo stoves always look like someone's lit a fire in a washing machine drum to me..

I don't have a fire pit, but I do have a couple of fireplaces I use 2/3rd of the year, and heat my house on oil (as does pretty much everyone else around me - albeit rural, so not very many). I'm astonished someone's managing to keep a firepit going all night - they're up around it chatting and feeding it I presume? By the end of the evening it's just glowing coals, pretty much no smoke surely (like a BBQ with no food on it)

I don't mind the smell. Beats muckspreading.

And as to particulates, these people aren't heating their houses with them, they're doing it occasionally in the open air. We all pick and choose which polluting activities we do, they clearly feel that a firepit is worth it.

But I'll add it to the list of things Mumsnet says are terrible (along with trampolines, hot-tubs, balloons, large TVs)

Mary and Waiting, that looks great - but why is it smokeless? I had a look at the website, but it doesn’t say. Is it just because you use dry wood (which all fire pits could use) or is there some clever airflow design?

Vile things. Same goes for barbeques.

YANBU.

I like the smell of woodsmoke.

Get a solo stove. Game changer. Completely smokeless and has a great heat.
Spread the word!

They're so bad for people with asthma. YANBU. Note down when the fires happen, complain to your council, they'll get fined. That should nip it in the bud.

You can add OTT garden lights to that. I've had terrible trouble sleeping lately. neighbours.on both sides go to bed very late and let their dogs out and potter around in the garden when it's warm until at least midnight. The lights flickering on and off from their security lights are horrendous and disturb me

Then there's the decorative bright LED lights from another neighbour which are just pointless but it's all I see if I look into my garden at night and they have them on. They also like burning stuff and shouting at their kids..

People seem so thoughtless these days.

They deny the problems - the stench and pollution- because they want one

Normal human behaviour it seems

My neighbour has a coal fire. I think it heats his hot water too. I hate it. It reminds me of being a kid, when loads of people still had them. I thought it'd stop in summer, but no.

Awful things in built up areas. I know someone who installed aircon as some of their neighbours got them and they couldn’t open their windows.
So now we have the double whammy of burning wood and extra electricity for aircon units. Hardly ideal.

Hate them with a passion too, OP. We live next door (detached houses) to someone who burns their fire pit and bbqs all day long, every single sodding nice day. I'm sensitive to the smell, it brings on migraines. But we also can't open windows, hang washing etc. They basically drive us out of our home in the summer.

I honestly find it incredible that anyone can defend them! What are they actually for in gardens? It makes you feel like you're camping, or what?

The population is finally beginning to wake up to the danger of woodburning stoves - why are so many on this thread fingers in ears and la la la about this?

When people have gardens the size of a handkerchief it's very unfair on their neighbours (along with trampolines/hot tubs/ BBQs etc etc).

If people were considerate enough to keep the noise down/limit the smell etc it would help. Given some of the posts on here pigs are more likely to fly.