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Twisterlollies · 2026-05-25T15:20:33+00:00

It feels like every time the stars align and we all get the day off and the weather is good, the morons appear with their power tools/bonfires. AIBU to expect them to knock it off for the day so for once we can all just bloody relax? This racket has been going on for 3 hours now and shows no sign of stopping (neighbour with his work bench and drills out)

Ilovemyshed · 25/05/2026 21:13

My twat neighbour’s kid had loud reggae playing. I was planning a quiet day so I decided to jetwash instead 😉

Niftywigglesheep · 25/05/2026 21:07

I mean how entitled of you?! So you don’t have any jobs to do but others do. We both work full time, have got back from a camping weekend, we’re abroad the week before and have guests tomorrow. Damn right we were mowing the lawn! And doing all our jobs today

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 21:07

SparklyGlitterballs · 25/05/2026 21:00

Whose to say the majority want quiet? Round my way there was loads going on. I could hear DIY, lawnmowers, hedge cutters, kids laughing and shrieking in their paddling pools. If I need something doing, it gets done. I’m not putting my life on hold for others. If you want quiet, don’t have neighbours.

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SparklyGlitterballs · 25/05/2026 21:00

Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 17:17

I think it does.

It’s like doing it at 3am because the person works night shifts. It’s still rude and antisocial. You should be considerate of the needs of the majority.

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Whose to say the majority want quiet? Round my way there was loads going on. I could hear DIY, lawnmowers, hedge cutters, kids laughing and shrieking in their paddling pools. If I need something doing, it gets done. I’m not putting my life on hold for others. If you want quiet, don’t have neighbours.

Brantastic · 25/05/2026 20:38

Bupster · 25/05/2026 18:56

Some absolute arsehole has been using an angle grinder or cutting stone or something similar now for three straight days over the bank holiday weekend. Selfish tossers. One day, fine. All three days so nobody can be in their gardens or open their windows on the hottest weekend of the year?

Are you also my neighbour?! My post upthread details this exact delightful experience 😆 absolutely hideous noise isn't it

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 20:13

2children3dogs · 25/05/2026 20:09

As above- I work 6 days a week and have 2 very young children. Some of us aren't blessed with time or houses that are 'finished'. We've got a do-er upper, theres basically a never ending list of jobs that inevitably only get done on Sundays (day off) or bank holidays. And that's if the kids play ball.

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Honestly this thread, you would think May Bank Holiday Monday was the DIY equivalent of the Purge 😂😂

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2children3dogs · 25/05/2026 20:09

Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 20:07

How much bloody DIY is normal?! I think we use a saw or drill about once every 2 years. Do any of you finish these renovations and improvements or do you just continue indefinitely forever?!

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As above- I work 6 days a week and have 2 very young children. Some of us aren't blessed with time or houses that are 'finished'. We've got a do-er upper, theres basically a never ending list of jobs that inevitably only get done on Sundays (day off) or bank holidays. And that's if the kids play ball.

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 20:07

2children3dogs · 25/05/2026 20:06

This 😅
Work 6 days a week and have two kids under 4. Respectfully, I'll be doing my DIY whenever I actually get the time 🫠

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How much bloody DIY is normal?! I think we use a saw or drill about once every 2 years. Do any of you finish these renovations and improvements or do you just continue indefinitely forever?!

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2children3dogs · 25/05/2026 20:06

FernandoSor · 25/05/2026 16:46

If you work fulltime you only have weekends to do jobs around the house. Today is a long weekend so might as well take advantage.

This 😅
Work 6 days a week and have two kids under 4. Respectfully, I'll be doing my DIY whenever I actually get the time 🫠

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 20:06

LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 20:04

Not that many. If you want quiet, go to a park.

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The park backs onto our road 😂

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LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 20:04

Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 20:03

There are many weekend days when it doesn’t rain. It’s very selfish.

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Not that many. If you want quiet, go to a park.

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 20:03

LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 20:02

I was replying to your opinion that this work can be done in the rain. Much of it cannot be done in the rain. Bank holidays are a day off work. Days off work with no rain are opportunities to get home maintenance done, especially bigger jobs that take 2-3 days.

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There are many weekend days when it doesn’t rain. It’s very selfish.

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LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 20:02

Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:57

I wasn’t aware bank holidays are the only days it doesn’t rain. Thanks for that

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I was replying to your opinion that this work can be done in the rain. Much of it cannot be done in the rain. Bank holidays are a day off work. Days off work with no rain are opportunities to get home maintenance done, especially bigger jobs that take 2-3 days.

LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 20:02

Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:57

For them maybe! But it’s their noise!

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No, for the neighbourhood, that’s what a bull horn does, it projects the sound louder and further than it would have been if done outside instead of in a garage with the door open.

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:57

LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 19:56

Most people are doing them in the garage.

A garage creates a bull horn effect, the noise of the tools is amplified.

For them maybe! But it’s their noise!

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:57

LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 19:55

Many jobs can’t be done in the rain.
We were out there using our saws and sanders this morning.
We worked from 9am to 1pm then knocked off for the day.

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I wasn’t aware bank holidays are the only days it doesn’t rain. Thanks for that

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LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 19:56

Most people are doing them in the garage.

A garage creates a bull horn effect, the noise of the tools is amplified.

LoremIpsumCici · 25/05/2026 19:55

Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 16:47

They should do it across normal weekends, or when it rains (which is 80% of the time). Today is clearly a day for sunshine and relaxation for people.

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Many jobs can’t be done in the rain.
We were out there using our saws and sanders this morning.
We worked from 9am to 1pm then knocked off for the day.

grumpygrape · 25/05/2026 19:50

LadyTable · 25/05/2026 16:48

Or maybe it's because too many women expect men to do the DIY?

'Playing with toys' is a strange way to describe home maintenance.

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Exactly - it could be said that behind every man with a power tool there is a woman saying 'get that DIY finished'.

HoraceCope · 25/05/2026 19:50

cravingicedwater · 25/05/2026 18:04

You’d hate us OP, it’s 6pm and we’re just lighting the BBQ, and we have music going 😁

6 pm is totally civilised

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:44

Ihatelittlefriendsusan · 25/05/2026 19:37

The people doing DIY/mowing lawns etc arent the boring @Twisterlollies HTH

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:44

jumpingjohnny · 25/05/2026 19:40

Get some loop earbuds and get over it. People do DIY on bank holiday weekends, it's normal and it's expected.

N.B. I am female and can use an angle grinder.

No I won’t be able to hear anything then

So no difference!

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jumpingjohnny · 25/05/2026 19:40

Get some loop earbuds and get over it. People do DIY on bank holiday weekends, it's normal and it's expected.

N.B. I am female and can use an angle grinder.

Ihatelittlefriendsusan · 25/05/2026 19:37

The people doing DIY/mowing lawns etc arent the boring @Twisterlollies HTH

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Twisterlollies · 25/05/2026 19:22

SylvanMoon · 25/05/2026 19:21

Lucky you, but most people don't have a garage to do these tasks in.

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My neighbour does

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