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Very low chimney in back garden, legal or not?

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KievLoverTwo · 08/09/2024 04:46

More curiosity than anything because I don’t think this rental is suitable for us anyway.

House in a cul de sac, really quite small gardens. Neighbour has built a small, single storey extension in the back, on top of which is a stone or brick chimney. So the chimney height is probably 14ft off the ground to the top of the cowl, it’s lower than the soffit and fascia heights of both houses anyway. Just low enough to blow straight into the house we viewed’s back bedroom windows. 1970s houses, no idea of extension or chimney age.

I know it gets controversial but is still legal when houses are on hills meaning smoke blows into people’s windows due to height differences, but can you really just chuck up a wood burning chimney that’s going to fill both bedrooms of someone’s house which isn’t even on a regular roof?

Minimal space between detached dwellings, maybe ten foot.

Like I said, curiousity. I won’t be doing anything about it.

(didn’t take pics)

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NoShirtNoShoesNoSheldon · 08/09/2024 07:24

Next door has a log burner in their ground floor extension, the smoke blows into our windows but, according to local policy/installation guidelines, it’s perfectly legal.

KievLoverTwo · 08/09/2024 09:04

NoShirtNoShoesNoSheldon · 08/09/2024 07:24

Next door has a log burner in their ground floor extension, the smoke blows into our windows but, according to local policy/installation guidelines, it’s perfectly legal.

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Diyextension · 08/09/2024 13:03

Yes you can as long as it follows the regs then it’s perfectly legal.

think it’s something like 2.3 m away from any obstruction, for air flow. All the regs are online.

KievLoverTwo · 08/09/2024 13:07

Diyextension · 08/09/2024 13:03

Yes you can as long as it follows the regs then it’s perfectly legal.

think it’s something like 2.3 m away from any obstruction, for air flow. All the regs are online.

Pretty poor regulations imo. Of course people should have the right to heat their homes, but not if it means smoke pouring into bedroom windows of others nearby.

Thanks for replying.

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Diyextension · 08/09/2024 13:37

Yeah , a slight change of the design/ installation/ position of the stove and it could be made to run above the eaves of the property. This would benefit the owners too . Sometimes a bit of thought goes a long way.

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