Are you a noisey neighbour?

[transatlantic]

Thanks for the replies guys. I was surprised to see all the 'No work after 6pm' and 'and no work on a Sunday'

For me, as I leave early for work and come back late, would only leave me with Saturday.

 

[Benchwayze]

I work after 6pm, but there's nothing nicer or more relaxing than a bit of quiet, stress-free hand-work at those times. Just me maybe?

 

[wallace]

I'm pretty lucky because I only have one direct neighbour and there the inlaws. This has its own downside . My noisiest machines are really noisy bandsaw and planer. I would say over 100db. I recently built an extension to my shop and made it as noise friendly as possible. I got some free double glazing units so have two units per window, so quad glazing. My planer sits on a brick plinth so it does not come into contact with the wooden floor and resonate.

 

[user22161]

All our neighbours are coffin dodgers so tend to be early to bed. The nearest one is brilliant, never a problem despite my garage forming the boundary, around 15ft from his house. I never use circular saw, PT or router after 8pm but bench and band saws are fairly quiet. A lot of noise is through the roof and door so insulating roof with rockwool would help and tin up and over doors can have polystyrene sheets glued on.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Go to "edit" - there's a little box on the top left.

 

[user22161]

Go to "edit" - there's a little box on the top left.

Just had a look, no button. Checking FAQs, it says - Please note that normal users cannot delete a post once someone has replied. Thanks anyway, Graham.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Ah - I've always deleted mine quickly when something has occurred to me after posting (usually that it it might be wise to be polite :lol: ).

 

[BearTricks]

We're on an end terrace, and my neighbours insist on watching (or falling asleep to) the TV on full blast until 5am. That, coupled with their junkyard of a garden and the rat and weed problem that spills over means that I've given up caring how much I bother them during the daytime.

That said, we also live next to a public path and we get our fair share of old biddies walking past and complaining loudly about the hedge growing out too far. The council were supposed to cut it, however they decided they didn't have the budget and gave the honour to us without informing us. They also don't have the budget, when I asked, to replace the damaged and unusable public bin that goes some way to curbing the amount of rubbish that ends up in our garden, or to just do something to deal with the rubbish as a whole. I do cut the hedge now, but maybe not as often as I should. It does seem to form a reasonably effective barrier for empty Fosters cans, sweet rappers and the odd issue of Good Housekeeping (I'm not kidding).

As for noise, it's odd but the complaining and gossiping sessions that seem to happen down the side of the house always coincide with the use of my loudest tools. I'm not sure why that happens.

(In all honestly I do comply with the relevant laws, and loud tools do my head in when I have to use them.)

 

[sunnybob]

Thanks for the replies guys. I was surprised to see all the 'No work after 6pm' and 'and no work on a Sunday'

For me, as I leave early for work and come back late, would only leave me with Saturday.

There actually are laws regarding noise on a sunday, just try to get a copper to enforce them.
But the whole point is to have a look at the clock before starting an hours worth of power planing. Plan your work so any hand cutting and assembling and gluing is done on sundays.
My greatest noise was the dust collectors piercing shriek, overpowering whatever machine it was connected to. So i built a box and now its a background whine.

Some noise between mid morning and the early afternoon on a sunday wouldnt offend me too much. 10 pm would be a whole different ball game.

Old blankets hung loosely across doors and windows have a big sound deadening effect.

 

[woodpig]

As for noise, it's odd but the complaining and gossiping sessions that seem to happen down the side of the house always coincide with the use of my loudest tools. I'm not sure why that happens.

That's a coincidence, I always seem to need to use noisy tools when neighbours have screaming children in their gardens. :wink:

 

[Benchwayze]

Graham:

You can't delete a post if you don't get in before someone posts after you.

HTH

John (A coffin-dodger!) If that's a bad thing then one has to die young I guess! :mrgreen:

 

[skipdiver]

My workshop is down the garden about 15 mts from me and obviously my neighbours back door. The only rule i stick to if using anything noisy is to shut the shop door if next doors back door is open, usually during the day when the weather is fine. Unfortunately, that is when i would like my shop door open but the lady next door is home all day, same as me. Don't stick to set times but i like to work about 10 'til 4, possibly 5 or 6 if i want to get something finished for the next day. Never had any complaints; well not about the workshop. My stereo when i have had a few is another story.

 

[thetyreman]

my neighbour is very noisy, he is constantly having jobs done by builders, if it's not a new roof, it's a new front door, the work is literally endless, I work from home so it really does annoy me, still it keeps irish gypsies in business when they aren't destroying my business with noise, and it keeps the coffee trade going, cheers.

 

[morfa]

I'd love to see some kind of source for the noise on Sunday law. I'm fairly sure it doesn't exist any more. Anyway talking to the Police about it isn't really much help, you need to talk to the council's noise abatement officer. Generally, you're not allowed to do a whole bunch of things in 'night hours' which is 11pm to 7am. This is all covered in the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Lots of detail at this link - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisa ... complaints

However personally, I have a good relationship with my neighbours and rarely use power tools anyway. If you are noisy a lot, then certainly I wouldn't do any power tools work after 8pm. I'll happily start at 8am if I've got a lot of work on. Also if you do turning and the like, why not make them a little present. Or offer to make something else for them. Might go a long way to stopping any complaints before they start.

 

[bugbear]

Certain power tools should be banned from use completely, and petrol garden tools in particular! :lol:

How about an RPM limit of 3,500 RPM?

BugBear (Ransomes Marquis 18", Villiers F12 sloper engine )

 

[transatlantic]

Also if you do turning and the like, why not make them a little present. Or offer to make something else for them. Might go a long way to stopping any complaints before they start.

If they think I'm too noisey, I'd rather them tell me. I don't want them to have to put up with noise they don't want to just because I made them a bowl this one time

 

[DTR]

I work after 6pm, but there's nothing nicer or more relaxing than a bit of quiet, stress-free hand-work at those times. Just me maybe?

Me too, including the hand mower :lol: Although I do use the lathe late at night, it doesn't make much noise

 

[BearTricks]

I have attempted to contact the council a few times about various issues and they never seem to make much of an effort to do anything about it. I can't imagine that they'd get far if anyone complained about tool noise, but maybe other local councils are more efficient.

Coincidentally we have a new wine bar type thing across the road on the end of a bunch of terraced houses. We didn't get any warning about them moving in, and for some reason they seem to have their music on loudest, and the shrieking prosecco crowd out in full force late on Sunday nights. I can't see that lasting too long.

 

[user22161]

If they think I'm too noisey, I'd rather them tell me. I don't want them to have to put up with noise they don't want to just because I made them a bowl this one time

I have ashed my neighbours to let me know if the noise bothers them, rather than just getting steamed up to where they have a big problem. Thy're all fine so far but, I am away for over 6 months at a time so they have a quiet rest in summer.

 

[rafezetter]

My planer thicknesser is pretty noisy when cutting despite the induction motor, and even though I use it under a covered but otherwise open the the back yard area, they have never said anything, even when in the garden themselves.

They have even given me bits of wood and stuff from thier recently replaced kitchen. Pretty lucky with neighbours all in all.