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AIBU?

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AIBU hanging pictures

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SAYAAL · 30/08/2021 15:06

I moved into my new place a few weeks ago. Since then I have been hanging pictures etc with nails. I only do it during the day, pretty much just weekends and try to keep it under an hour - I have lots to hang. I haven’t hung anything in over a week. Today was hanging a new feature wall in my bedroom. I put in 11 nails and the neighbours started banging on wall yelling shut up. AIBU to hang my pictures. I appreciate I hung a lot but try to be considerate at the times/days I’m hanging. I have stopped for now but have more to do and will do it on Saturday. I’m within probation so don’t want to get a noise complaint but don’t know how to hang pictures otherwise.

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TheLovelinessOfDemons · 30/08/2021 17:49

@Carboncheque

I had visions of this

No one likes noise from their neighbours but it has to be done and you’re picking sensible times to do it.

DM's living room had more pictures than that, the same size as the small ones.

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SAYAAL · 30/08/2021 18:02

Good point. Hopefully 2 nails on Saturday and the wall decorating part of moving in will be done. When I’m in I will drop cards into my neighbours thanking them for putting up with my moving in period.

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Bbub · 30/08/2021 18:05

"Look for a clock that doesn't need to hang on the wall."

Oh my god as if 😂 hang what you've got OP, of course. And use what method you like. Sometimes a simple nail or picture hook is fine and sometimes a more sturdy fixing is needed...but you know this.

MN is indeed mad. The place where you're not allowed to do DIY on a bank holiday or where you must mute your hammer by wrapping it up, or use a book or DRILL(?!) instead.

What you've done is fine. It's sad your neighbours are making you feel unwelcome for doing some simple DIY.

If someone's making too much noise the normal reaction is to knock on their door and have a reasonable conversation about it. Not shout and bang on the wall?!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 30/08/2021 18:06

@pinkyredrose

Don't use nails, use proper picture hooks. Easier to use and kinder to the wall.

You still have to use a hammer to tap in the pins though.

Dreamstate · 30/08/2021 18:14

As long as the day is within your local councils diy noise hours then its not a problem.

Touch luck to neighbour those hours are there for a reason.

It sucks but at least the evening times are some morning time is off limits otherwise when would you get diy done.

MurielSpriggs · 30/08/2021 18:17

YANBU, they're bonkers (as are the posters on here with authoritarian dictats about how many pictures you're allowed, and having to apply for permission, are they from pre-1990 East Germany, or has covid brought this out?)

Anyway good on you! It my neighbours banged on my wall in a complainy way, even if they were unreasonable, I'd probably go and politely ring their bell to try to arrive at a workable compromise.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 30/08/2021 18:21

Could you not speak to the neighbour, tell them what you are doing and how many more pictures you have to hang and agree a time and then just bash away as a 'one off exercise'?

Blitzes · 30/08/2021 18:28

This is one of those threads where you read the replies and think you must have fallen through the looking glass …

OP YANBU! But you have reminded me I need to out up all the pictures and other bits like mirrors we took down to redecorate the
House. Another job for the list!

Also command strips are the worst!! So many friends have complained about them I’m glad I didn’t waste £££ on them and stuck with nice normal picture hooks

TwooThirty · 30/08/2021 18:39

Some of these replies are absolute madness!

OP, an hour’s worth of DIY in the daytime is absolutely fine.

Maybe your neighbours were banging because it’s a bank holiday. Try it on a Saturday next time and see what happens.

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SAYAAL · 30/08/2021 19:07

@Blitzes

This is one of those threads where you read the replies and think you must have fallen through the looking glass …

OP YANBU! But you have reminded me I need to out up all the pictures and other bits like mirrors we took down to redecorate the
House. Another job for the list!

Also command strips are the worst!! So many friends have complained about them I’m glad I didn’t waste £££ on them and stuck with nice normal picture hooks

Oh God, another set of neighbours to despise me for the noise 😝

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MurielSpriggs · 30/08/2021 19:13

Oh God, another set of neighbours to despise me for the noise 😝

If by "command strips" these posters are talking about those glorified post-it notes then there'll be a lot more noise when picture frames and mirrors crash to the ground and shatter in the middle of the night

Annoyedanddissapointed · 30/08/2021 19:14

They are probably thinking this will be every weekend if you dragged it out and that's why the banging.
It would be much better to do them all in one day in this case

SusieBob · 30/08/2021 19:36

@WorraLiberty

And using screws and rawlplugs doesn't? Ok then.

No, not really if done properly. It's much better than banging nails into plaster.

Nah, it's not. A screw and plug leave a much bigger hole that would need to be filled and then painted over. A proper picture hook with thin nails will leave a hole that is barely noticable and will easily carry the weight of your standard family picture.

You would only need to use screws for heavier things, and then you'll be looking to screw into a stud.

(Snigger.)

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 30/08/2021 19:42

I hate holes in the walls, that's why the command strips for smaller bits, otherwise I use the picture rail.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 31/08/2021 11:40

Honestly, you reach a certain age and you think that you’re starting to make sense of the world and all its little quirks. Then you learn that some people use screws and rawl plugs to hang a 7”x5” picture of their granny and nothing makes sense any more.

Milkandhoney888 · 31/08/2021 11:51

I would just ignore them, you're putting picture's up in the middle of the day, most normal people would maybe grumble to themselves and get on with it.
My new neighbour's will despise me then as there will be diggers out in the garden to level it, flooring being put and so on. Maybe I'll see a post on here about me.

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SAYAAL · 10/09/2021 19:00

In case anyone is wondering put last ones up on Sat when heard them hoovering and no shouting to be heard.

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Doingtheboxerbeat · 10/09/2021 19:12

I did about 20 minutes of hammering the other day out in my balcony 😣. I was so aware of how loud it was and how many households I was disturbing, but it was during the day (lunchtime) and I was ready for any complainers. No one complained because your night-shift, afternoon nap or sleeping baby is something you will have to live with and there will never be a time when I'm not disturbing someone.
It's temporary, quicker I finish the quicker it will be over.

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