Neighbours and the fire pit!

[Fresta]

Returned home from an evening out, got out of the car on the front drive to the smell of burning wood like a bonfire. Looked around and no sign of anyone having a bonfire, go round to the back of house and the neighbour has a fire pit burning on the patio- she's gone to bed and left it smoking- the washing on the line stinks, the house stinks, had to close all the windows! It's been 25 degrees all day here and it was warm enough to sit out until well after dark tonight so what is the point of a stupid fire pit? And why would you light one on the first night in weeks that it's been nice enough to sit out! It must have made everyone else's gardens unpleasant to sit in! Luckily I was out sitting in my brothers garden tonight so that bit din't affect us- but if we had been in I'd've been even more livid! I know people like BBqs when it's warm but they only smoke whilst they are being used which is just the time it takes to cook the food- the fire pit thing is still smoking now and it's 11.30pm! Neighbour has form for being a pyromaniac!

Why don't you go round and speak to your neighbour. Ask them to let you know when they will be using their fire pit so you can bring your washing in and close your windows.
Problem solved.

I think lighting a fire in the evening is absolutely fine. People have had ample chance to hang their washing out and do whatever else in their garden.

I personally don't find it chilly at all but other people would. We have a caravan and my mother in law always has a fire going when we sit out on the terrace in the evening because she's always cold.

Why do you enjoy what you do? She's entitled to be different and enjoy her garden as she likes. Strike up conversation, share a glass of plonk, be more neighbourly.

Firstly, why go out and leave your windows open!
secondly, it does tend to get fairly cold on summer evenings and us grown ups have a perfectly reasonable right to have a controlled fire in our garden.
Thirdly, don't leave your washing out till that late then complain that a neighbour has done a perfectly normal thing. Take a reality check and grown up a little bit.
Thank you

Firstly, why go out and leave your windows open

Why not? It was a warm day. Who wants to come back to a hot box for a house?

Nice fire pit on the pop up adverts for me...😂

What the heck does "it would have been darked on" mean ?

So it is up to me to some degree what the neighbours do in their garden

Did anyone else see that shark jump?
Right over the fire pit.

Speak to her maybe she was pissed and forgot about her burning fire. Tell her next time you'll be hosing it.

@Lowlandlucky

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/chat/3401016-i-accidentally-let-my-washing-get-darked-onn_

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amm_ibeingg_unreasonable/2936735-Dark-concerns

Better than coming home to an empty house!
Your house also remains cooler with windows and curtains closed 😊

While reading this thread one of the pop up ads on the right hand side is for Wayfair with a big piccie of a firepit 😆😆😆😆

It's not a crime to sit out and enjoy a camp fire . I am a scout leader so fire are in my DNA guys might say. Are you going over the top by having a go at your neighbour. If only has a fire once in a while. He may find so of your activities are anti social to him. So what if your washing got a bit Smokey. He might not know if you had your washing hanging on a line. Why punish them for enjoying nice evening Sat out .

Camp fire? On a patio right outside the back door? I'm all for a camp fire on a beach, in a field etc. but this isn't a camp!

Gel burner great alternative to fire pits

YANBU or precious. Surely as OP says if they've gone in and aren't using it then put the bloody thing out! It's lazy and selfish. Bonfires are worse admittedly but still why should everyone else suffer. It's also not acceptable to either suffer in the heat having to have the windows closed or breathe in all the smoke. For anyone who has asthma this is esp awful. It's no different from having someone smoking in your bedroom.

I would speak to this neighbour but she won't communicate with anyone- she's fallen out with all the neighbours around her for various other entitled and inconsiderate actions.

And annoying that you're now going to have to redo your washing OP.

You went out for the whole day and left your windows open?

I do this every single day during the summer and always have, as do my neighbours, and would never think twice about it. Some even leave back doors open.

Incredibly dull village life has its upsides I guess.

I want a fire pit. When the sun goes down on a summer evening, glass of rosé and a blanket. I think I’ll get a gel one though.

Anyone know if they’re any good?

OP is lucky she knows who/where it is.

Someone near to us has some sort of fire pit or chiminea or whatever. No idea where, but the smell drifts and lingers and we had to put up with it in the bedroom last night (windows open, of course).

If it was just woodsmoke, it wouldn't be so bad. But I guess once you set of being anti-social, you have to really buy into the lifestyle and burn plastic and MDF too, since the smell was distinctly industrial.

We've had whole weeks when the police chopper seems to live above us, but mysteriously when it's actually **ing needed there's a lost teddy bear other side of the city. Or so a neighbour down the road who did report it (we didn't) said .

Personally I’m more concerned about it being lit all night...for my own safety I would throw water over it from my window lol

I feel for you op this is one of my biggest bug bears. I'd love a fire pit but I wouldn't use one where I live because it's inconsiderate. We have many small dc and I know it would mean my neighbours having to close windows in heat, some dc have respitory issues. It's so selfish for my enjoyment. I couldn't do it

Glad she's not my neighbour.
If you have neighbours you've got to consider them and not just yourself. She clearly doesn't give a shit and is either selfish or plain thick - it's usually both.
I would have put it out.

I would have given my neighbours a courtesy knock to get tge washing in and check it was OK K. TBH I wouldn't have a fire pit as I don't really get the point of them and think things like that can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Just a bit of courtesy from your neighbour would be nice thing to do.