I thought we agreed BBQs were a bad idea.

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DD4 is going through a bit of a deep sleeping wetting the bed phase, we were busy today so I put 2 sets of her sheets on a long eco wash and stuck them on the line when we got back.

Half an hour later the whole garden is white, crazy amounts of smoke from next door and the worst smell of ligher fluid I've ever encountered.

I'm not sure how I'm going to get the waterproof sheets dry and I'm worried the whole street is about to go up in flames!

We must live in the same area as neighbours here are just starting to fire up their BBQ's.

In answer to your question though I very much doubt 'Joe Public would be in agreement not to light their BBQ's, most will just do as they please, because you know its their right to use one if they so wish.

I thought it was the disposable bbq's?

It's been raining all afternoon here, so yes, very bad idea - everyone will get wet and the burger buns will get soggy.

Same here! We planned a bbq but it’s pissing it down 😁

Who's 'we'?

The alert (if that's what you're talking about) mentioned disposable BBQs.

😁

We’re having one later. The alert was about disposable bbqs

Lucky you, we've had none since before the kids broke up.

5 o’clock on a mild Sunday in August is a perfectly normal time to BBQ.

No one agreed BBQs were bad or banned. You’re being weird.

We debated this yesterday evening. Dh is South African, we bbq all year round, including Christmas Day! We were meant to BBQ yesterday but he looked it up and the Government advice is not to light any fires in the garden and he thinks that does include his Weber kettle bbq. I’ve no idea but we decided the neighbours would probably get all anxious so best not to do it anyway.
Im sorry about your washing though, that’s annoying! Dh uses something called “heat beads” which are virtually smoke free.

Op I really feel for you .
People are just so intrinsically selfish it's untrue.

All they have to do is wait a little for some rain and then BBQ to their heats content .

I live in an area that experiences wild fires every year and fire bans and restrictions are normal for this time of year. I'm pretty.sure backyard BBQ's don't generally start wild fires

The offical.gudidance is not to put anyone at risk of fires.

Its dry and dusty, every lawn is dead, houses are vlose together, wild fires are a very real risk.

People a few doors down had one all I could do was try and keep an eye and fill up some water cans and buckets to douse my property and have my hose at the ready. It's so stressful .

Oh and the phone of course to dial 999

I wonder if we're neighbours. The people at the back of us have lit a BBQ and me and DH have been idly pondering for the past 30 minutes if it sets anything on fire would they be liable to pay.

Bloody ridiculous behaviour and completely unnecessary given the alert and how dry everything is.

Can't help with the BBQ or the current wet sheets. But when one of mine went through a bedwetting stage for several years I bought some rubber-backed washable pads from Boots, they were aimed at adults. If you can still get them, they're brilliant. Much better than puppy pads, better than waterproof sheets. Held a whole wee (even for 7 year old) and I could just swap one out for a dry one in seconds. And because they're relatively small, you can buy half a dozen and still fit them in your cupboard, so even if three or four are in the wash you still have a couple to get you through the night. Even went in the tumble dryer. And easy to dry over a radiator/clothes horse indoors if necessary unlike sheets. I highly recommend them, if you can find some. They were definitely worth the money.

Bbqs are safe if you arent stupid.
Lighter fuel on a bbq is stupid at any time.

Is your issue the lack of available bedding for you dd, or that you’re in fear of fire?

It seems like the former, so YABU buy more!

Non disposable bbqs are still ok though obviously use with caution.

Trouble is there are a lot of stupid people out there!

I’m pretty sure it’s disposal bbqs have been banned, not all bbqs? Having said that, I wouldn’t light one in our garden at all right now as it’s tiny and we back onto a very dry, parched field and trees to match. A scary amount of the country around by us is either currently on fire or has been on fire in recent days.

FWIW OP, I dried stuff inside on Friday due to there being smoke in the air from a fire 10 miles away and it dried within about 5 hours.

Pretty sure they can still cause a fire. The fire doesn't know whether the BBQ is going to be thrown away after use, does it?

Then "BARBECUES ARE BANNED" are the same people who were squawking that you were only allowed out for 30 minutes during lockdown....

They just make up rules and shout