To think it's my bloody house and garden so I'll have a bbq or bonfire if i want too?

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Just as the title suggests really.

We're already confined to our homes for the most part, why are people now trying to control what we can and cannot do in our own gardens?

Need to find as much joy as possible or I'll join all the other near alcoholics that have evolved at this point.

Our neighbours have had bonfires for the last three days. The smoke goes everywhere. It’s lucky we are on lockdown as, having not been able to get any washing dry, I am wearing an ancient pair of trousers from the “shell suit” era. YABU.

Got a hose Vivid? Ever lose control of it so it goes everywhere - even into neighbours gardens?

I cant stop you but if you were my neighbour i'd probably just spray you with water from my garden hose. If the waters coming from my garden after all and it would definitely give me joy to soak you

And yet another selfish poster who expects strangers to tell them it's ok to be inconsiderate and selfish. They seem to be populating!

YABVU. A neighbour has had 8 BBQs in the last two weeks and I'm sick of having to bring my washing in and shut windows.

The reason local authorities have asked people not to have bonfires is because the smoke can exacerbate breathing problems.

They can't legally enforce it, but they are asking rooks not to be selfish arseholes

eastdevon.gov.uk/environmental-health-and-wellbeing/land-air-and-water-pollution/bonfires-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/

Rooks? People!

Please please do not have a bonfire
think about people's respiratory systems
think about Covid 19

think about the fire service having possibly to come out to your out of control bonfire
but mostly think of people's breathing issues

Having a bonfire just translates to I’m rough in my opinion.

Very rough actually.

BBQ at home with your household - fine. As long as it doesn't include loud music next to your neighbours gardens/houses. In fact - a good idea.

Bonfires - not a good idea. We are suffering a worldwide pandemic of a respiratory based illness. Don't compound the misery by creating smoke which will only make things worse.

It's at times like these that we all need to show consideration for others.

@PyongyangKipperbang - you sound nice. Bonfires are definitely anti-social currently & I thought they'd be banned. But hey - try & make it as hard as possible for everyone why don't you?

thought they'd been banned

Well, it depends how big/overlooked your garden is but in general BBQs are fine but bonfires are not (ever) fine imo unless you live in a very isolated position.

I'd never have a bonfire in my garden, the garden itself is relatively long but quite narrow and there are people living around me. We will have a BBQ or small firepit though as the flames/smoke on those die down quickly. We have them at the bottom of the long garden rather than near the house so that any smoke doesn't go directly into neighbour's windows/house and don't have one if neighbours have washing out. If I have garden waste to get rid of, it goes in the garden bin or to the tip. I know some garden waste bins are not currently being collected but then you just have to make a pile in the garden and get rid of it when you can.

Our fire brigade was called out to 15 bonfires that had gone out of control last weekend. People are stupid.

We have been asked not to have bonfires. Fair enough. They are a bit antisocial.

If you have garden waste, leave it out to be collected by the council

Pmsl! You have to pay to join the garden waste collection scheme here. We considered it, but you only get one (smallish) wheelie bin, only emptied every 4 weeks, and it won't take anything bigger than hedge clippings, grass cuttings and weeds, so we'd still have to go to the tip with the big stuff anyway.

We decided it wasn't worth it and were pleased that we didn't bother when it turned out that the company running it were useless, the bins often weren't emptied on the right day, then they'd rock up on the wrong day and drive round the streets collecting nothing at all.

We compost small stuff and take big stuff to the tip, where it gets collected and composted. Then we end up buying the compost back for £3 a bag.

BBQ is fine but I hate my neighbours lighting bonfires. I like to have my windows open for fresh air in the house but bonfires makes my house stink. And if you’ve got washing on the line that all ends up stinking too.
Just think it’s a little unnecessary

It’s also people like the op that blast their music into their gardens all day because they can,which means we have to put up with their shit music or sit inside .

I understand why councils are asking people not to light them in their gardens. My neighbours lit a wood fire around 8pm last night. I didn't mind and I like the smell. Had the windows open because it's so warm. However this morning I've woken up with a sore throat and swollen glands, as if I was the one sitting around the fire for hours. It's slowly going away now but I can imagine people who have asthma or breathing issues it could be a more serious problem.

I would say that under normal circumstances we can all do what we want (within reason) in our own gardens but these are very different times and uf everyone just had a little consideration for their neighbours this whole saga would be a lot easier for everyone.
In normal times your neighbours would have the option to go out to get away from whatever annoyance their neighbour is causing but at the moment we are not afforded that luxury. Nearly everyone is at home all of the time - that is very unusual in itself.

One of my neighbours have 2 small very shouty, very squeely/screamy children. The mother shouts at them constantly -that seems to be her normal talking voice! The father is a 'performance parent' by MN standards. The Mother likes to play loud music. In normal times in the Summer i might be subjected to this once a week or for a couple of hours in a day. This week it has been every day! And yesterday they added in a very noisy pressure washer for most of the day - at the same time as the loud music and of course the children screaming louder to make themselves heard above the other 2 noises.

So whilst they were not doing anything that they shouldn't be doing within the confines of their own garden, the impact of that on ALL of the neighbours is much greater as they are all at home at once and all want to use their gardens in the nice weather.

So whilst you are entitled to do what you want in your garden - be that a BBQ, a bonfire, jump and squeal on your trampoline from dawn to dusk etc a little bit of consideration of how this will impact on others in these very trying times wouldn't go amiss.

Lighting a bonfire in your garden is massively antisocial. They stink the place out, your neighbours won’t be able to hang out washing or even open their windows.

Don’t be a knob - it’s hard enough being stuck at home now without bloody bonfires.

BBQ yes but bonfires no. Why do people need to have a bonfire in their garden anyway? Different if you lived on a farm miles away from others but in the middle of a built up housing estate? 🤦‍♀️

Asa pp mentioned, it may be in your garden but the affects will be felt in many households. The smell of smoke and fire is overpowering. Your washing smells and you have to close all of your windows, although despite this you can still smell it a bit.

Also under these circumstances where were all trying hard to protect ourselves from a respiratory illness that has killed thousands, it’s not great to be inhailing smoke from a bonfire that has god knows what chemicals in it- depending on what us bring burnt.

So the attitude of its my garden I’ll do what I want is pretty selfish as it’s not only you it affects. Same could be said for those playing loud music etc... it’s a nuisance.

We need to be respectful of others

I have been able to smell BBQs and not been bothered by it. Lots of gardens all around mine. BBQs aren’t so strong and they smell tasty. Kind of make me jealous.

I have complained about a neighbour regularly setting bonfires though. They’re about three doors away and decided to light fires sporadically throughout the day every single sunny day during the first week of lockdown. I got really angry about it eventually. Thick smoke was billowing over our gardens, the children had to come inside, all windows shut and laundry rewashed. I thought it might have been a one off but it wasn’t. The council have sent a letter but obviously can’t visit and they haven’t done it since. They are completely renovating a house and seem to have decided to burn whatever they are stripping out of their house since the tip is closed. It smelt toxic.

I’ve since spoken to neighbours on both sides over the garden fence and they were very annoyed about it too but were indoors at the time and didn’t know where it was coming from. Neighbour on one side has lung cancer and the other had twin babies suffering with the kind of breathing issues some babies get. They were told they would normally have been admitted to hospital but were safer at home right now.

I really couldn’t get over the selfishness of somebody deciding to constantly light huge fires in their garden when we’re all stuck in our houses on warm days. Idiots.

I think woodsmoke smells much better than the stench of sweaty burgers from a bbq

I do, too. But the wood has to be dry, which reduces the smoke and the smell.

Some barbecues smell really rank, like burning lard, and if they use that fluid to get them alight, the smell can trigger migraines for me. I've lost count of the number of times I've gone to barbecues and had to leave before anything's cooked.

“My house and garden”, but not just your air.

We are having a bbq today 🤷‍♀️

I have no issues upsetting my neighbors mainly because I don’t have any.

Bonfires are really normal around here live rurally! We’ve are lucky that one of the farmers picks up our bits for burning.

If we lived in a built up area I’d still have a bbq a bonfire probably not.