It's 9.08 is it to early to start gardening/diy

[Ddflat56]

I Need to lay weed membrane and add some gravel. Is it OK to start now or is it a bit to early?

Depends if it's noisy work or not.

It’s perfectly fine-presumably you’re not using a pneumatic drill

Someone's been using a chainsaw behind us since 8.30 so knock yourself out, yours sounds quieter!

Totally fine

If you were my neighbour I'd be more than happy for you to crack on :)

A totally normal time to garden I would say

It’s a bank holiday though. Plenty of people trying to have a lie-in. I’d probably give it till ten, which is what people tend to do round my neighbourhood.

I feel 9am is acceptable but not everyone will be up and about necessarily on a BH. I often garden early AM as that is sometimes the only time I have available to weed and water. I personally wouldn't cut the grass so early though because of the noise. I would say go for it. It looks like a beautiful morning.

It's fine, crack on!

Its fine but as it’s a bank holiday I’d try and avoid anything noisy for another hour but absolutely make a start on things.

You are going to get replies (mostly) from those of us who are awake. Not those who are asleep & wont thank you for waking them up on a bank holiday.

You know your neighbours, we don't.

personally I wouldn't unless I knew my neighbours were already up & about. Even though I've been awake since 5.30.

If it's quiet, crack on, but I'd leave anything noisy until 10ish on a bank holiday.

Some kids have been screaming at the top of their voices in a garden near here since before 9 ( like just constant screeching) I think you’re fine.

It we really depend on your neighbourhood. Its a sunny Bank Holiday here, which means the tourists ate starting to arrive for the 9.30 opening time. Its a normal working day for many people!

I think i will. I don't think it would be overly noisy. Time I have the bits i need its probably going to be 9.30 anyway.

Our neighbours love their garden and are early risers. Last Saturday, there were clattering around in the garden, talking at full volume at 6.08am!!!

FFS...

9 isn't early so that seems perfectly fine.

It depends on what exactly you're going to do and who your neighbours are.

Weeding? Chainsawing trees? Surrounded by night shift workers or families with toddlers to whom a bank holiday makes no difference?

Lots of factors to take into account

I wouldn't until at least 10. I've been up a few hours but wouldn't want to dictate when others wake up

It's fine, if workmen can start then on you go

Well my neighbour is drilling into the party wall 🙄. I'd say you're fine to lay weed membrane. Maybe start moving the gravel after 10.

DH was doing that in our garden last week during the evenings. He stopped around 8.30pm because we have children who live nearby so he was worried about their bedtimes. Tbf, I couldn’t hear him in the house.

I have finished now . Thought it would take longer 😅

Builders start at 8am! Most people are up. Nobody likes noise but it's nicer to have the afternoon/evening without it. (Grr...summer...evening strimmers and hedge-trimmers and mowers...grrrrr)