Neighbour bbq smoke

[Heathershimmerwinner]

Hi. My neighbour round the back has a raised bbq area. He has bbqs twice a day, not kidding. It’s getting a bit too much. The smell of the smoke is making me feel sick. We don’t get on with him as it is. So speaking to him is out the question. My washing constantly smells of smoke. I wouldn’t bother if he barbecued now and again. But it’s twice a day.

that's not very classy

Nothing you can do about it . You will drive yourself crazy getting annoyed over things that are out of your control. I have never had washing or anything outside be affected by BBQ smoke smell. You need to let it go and try to not let it bother you too much.

Strength for what?

It is not as if we have nice weather all the time is it?

Sure @faerietales.Line drying is more environmental than either running the tumble dryer or having damp clothing in the house. Laundry is a basic essential, BBQing isn’t - food can be cooked perfectly well inside. Plus the smoke from a BBQ doesn’t just get into washing, it gets into people’s houses and into their gardens. Basically, a BBQ isn’t just inside your own garden, so yes, your neighbours get to have an opinion as you’re imposing yourself on them.

However, I have rather more
time for those who site their BBQ at the back of their garden, well away from the house and therefore their neighbours houses, which is what friends of ours do when they BBQ.

But BBQing twice a day is just anti-social.

I meant your reading doesn't impact on others whilst you're doing it; not what you should do if your neighbours are playing loud music. You shouldn't HAVE to ask them to turn it down, of course.

Contact Environmental Health. If he is using a wood fire the smoke is considerable. The odd occasion is deemed reasonable but twice a day constitutes a nuisance.

It is classed anti social behaviour.

Also check your local council as mine is a smoke free borough.

I like the smell of a BBQ, I don't like billowing smoke that permeates into my house even with the windows shut. In built up area it should be banned.

I think the thing that you’re missing @Heathershimmerwinner is that no one is right or wrong here. You want to hang your washing out on your private property. He wants to have a BBQ x2 a day. Both are legal activities (you’re not running a commercial laundrette, he’s not running a pop up hog roast). Neither activity is a human right. You have to find a way to live with each other or one of you needs to concede.

Obviously you can try environmental health but it’s highly unlikely that they will be interested unless you’re in a special zone.

So either you have to find a way to live with it (put washing out at 11pm/ 6am, use a cover, put washing in front garden, dry indoors) or move house to somewhere with absolutely no neighbours because if you live in a built up area, someone somewhere will annoy you!

The only thing that would bother me about a bbq is if they didn't use natural lumpwood and used that awful quick light charcoal. Stinks of paraffin.

@Ddakji laundry may be an essential, but line drying outside is absolutely not. Otherwise we'd all be walking around in damp clothes for the majority of the year.

I do agree neighbours can have an opinion, but the BBQ-er is under no obligation to pay it any attention whatsoever.

Slacker 😅 you need a rain proof up.

What local policies are you referencing? What meets threshold Of nuisance
How would it be demonstrated as nuisance?

I have really lovely neighbours either side that use their small BBQ most evenings, they just cook meat for their evening meal, not a lot of smoke (but they shut their own doors and windows).

They don't tell me but I hear them getting ready and just take in any washing.

They use it in winter sometimes.

I don't think you can do anything really (unless your brave and have a hose pipe that your using the same time he's doing BBQ) but if you won't at least try and speak / letter to him I doubt you will hose it .

I beg to differ. HRH the queen loved a BBQ and Prince Philip was known as “master of the BBQ”. Plus surely it slightly depends what you’re cooking- I imagine grilled lobster, oysters or wagu beef would be classy any time of the year...

www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1939028/prince-philip-bbq-meal/amp

It's a necessity if it saves money putting on the heating to dry washing. Dries quickly outdoors.

Which is why being able to line dry is so great - days when you don’t have damp washing drapes all over the house for days on end. I can get 3 loads a day dried outside in good weather.

But my laundry doesn’t impact my neighbours. Their BBQs impact their neighbours. BBQ smoke doesn’t remain within their gardens, you know.

Of course they can ignore others’ opinions, if they’re inconsiderate twats.

What area means you can’t have a BBQ?

Because you think it should be banned, it doesn’t mean it is or will be.

Plus all this nonsense about what’s essential or not. Unless you have a Catherine Cookson-esque yard with a dolly tub, washing line, veg garden and a pit pony, most of what happens in our gardens isn’t essential (including grass, flowers, furniture, bird tables, sheds, kids toys, football goals, and (clutch pearls now) hot tubs). Gardens are for fun/ relaxation.

Erm, every city/town is built up so you think they shouldn’t have a bbq because the smoke gets into your home, even with windows and doors shut. I don’t believe that happens. Nor will they, or should they, ban bbqs in built up areas.
Enviro health won’t be interested.

Would be happy if someone played loud techno music in their garden all day and late into the night?

Being a decent person is about being considerate of others. It’s give and take. Not your way or the highway way, or vice versa.

Also, drying laundry inside is a risk to health. It’s not ideal to do all the time.

I'm not saying it's not great - we've had washing out every day this week - but it's not a necessity and you choosing to hang your washing out doesn't mean your neighbour can't also fire up their BBQ.

Well my neighbours day long wood BBQ are now a thing of the past as the EH stopped them burning wood all day long.

Get a gas BBQ, think of your neighbours.

But you hanging your washing out and then name calling me because I choose to BBQ, is impacting me!

BBQ smoke travels, it impacts others in a way hanging the washing out doesn’t. That makes it very anti-social.

Obviously there are ways around it if you’re a decent human being. Keep your BBQ at the back of the garden, well away from the house, and let your neighbours know in good time so they can shut windows and bring washing in.

I've never once said OP has to be happy about it.

I said it was a normal part of living with neighbours.