Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
Hi
I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Oddly enough the problem is greatest at night because it is so quiet at night that the sound of the "waterfall" is really loud. I actually rather enjoy toodling around in my garage at night and it's a nuisance having this sound at night. What I have considered is suggesting to them that they turn it off at night. I don't mind it so much during the day because my area is not particularly quiet so it sort of blends in with the general background noise more. The problem is that I anticipate they will tell me "where to go" if I request this as that does tend to be their style rather... So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? -- Patrick |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
Thoroughly agree that a newsgroup for Neighbour Issues would be useful
Problem is theres considerate neighbours who would not dream of upsetting anyone and certainly would not create noise or grow Leylandi etc and then theres the new breed of folk who consider its their God given right to do what the hell they please without any consideration for anyone else and basically theres almost nothing in law you can do about it "PJ" wrote in message . com... Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Oddly enough the problem is greatest at night because it is so quiet at night that the sound of the "waterfall" is really loud. I actually rather enjoy toodling around in my garage at night and it's a nuisance having this sound at night. What I have considered is suggesting to them that they turn it off at night. I don't mind it so much during the day because my area is not particularly quiet so it sort of blends in with the general background noise more. The problem is that I anticipate they will tell me "where to go" if I request this as that does tend to be their style rather... So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? -- Patrick |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
"PJ" wrote in message . com... Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Oddly enough the problem is greatest at night because it is so quiet at night that the sound of the "waterfall" is really loud. I actually rather enjoy toodling around in my garage at night and it's a nuisance having this sound at night. What I have considered is suggesting to them that they turn it off at night. I don't mind it so much during the day because my area is not particularly quiet so it sort of blends in with the general background noise more. The problem is that I anticipate they will tell me "where to go" if I request this as that does tend to be their style rather... So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? -- Patrick Saddly I doubt the waterfall will register on a councils noise meter, as they are the ones you would have to complain to. though doing this would make you liable to report noisy neighbours when you come to sell your house! If it's not too obvious where it came from and providing no wild life are involved, a litle washing up liquid would quieten things down and make for an interesting faom feature!!! The Q |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 19:49:47 +0100, PJ wrote:
Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Oddly enough the problem is greatest at night because it is so quiet at night that the sound of the "waterfall" is really loud. I actually rather enjoy toodling around in my garage at night and it's a nuisance having this sound at night. What I have considered is suggesting to them that they turn it off at night. I don't mind it so much during the day because my area is not particularly quiet so it sort of blends in with the general background noise more. The problem is that I anticipate they will tell me "where to go" if I request this as that does tend to be their style rather... So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? Offer to pay for a time switch for the pump and set it to go off say at 11 p.m. and come back on at 7 a.m., plug it in and enjoy the silence :-) -- M C C 26/7/2003 20:02:45 |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
In article , PJ
writes So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? Your best move would be to talk to your neighbour about it. If that brings no result, your Local Authority should be able to advise you. They would see it more as an environmental issue than a gardening one, and they would probably want to know if other neighbours are affected. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
"PJ" wrote in message . com... Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. It does appear to be a minor problem, one that you should perhaps just put out of your head, putting soap in the water as a replyer suggested is very unfriendly and may be seen as first blood. I do wonder how much noise your " toodling around " in the garage generates as I would have thought it can't be much less than a little waterfall. Annabel |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
"Annabel" wrote in message ... "PJ" wrote in message . com... Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. It does appear to be a minor problem, one that you should perhaps just put out of your head, putting soap in the water as a replyer suggested is very unfriendly and may be seen as first blood. I do wonder how much noise your " toodling around " in the garage generates as I would have thought it can't be much less than a little waterfall. Surely the subject heading say's all you need to know. If it was the water feature that he found irritating the subject would have read "Neighbour's irritating water feature". Of course if the neighbour wasn't irritating then I expect the matter could be discussed, and likely resolved, next time they're all down the pub together. Michael Saunby |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 19:49:47 +0100, PJ wrote:
Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Oddly enough the problem is greatest at night because it is so quiet at night that the sound of the "waterfall" is really loud. I actually rather enjoy toodling around in my garage at night and it's a nuisance having this sound at night. What I have considered is suggesting to them that they turn it off at night. I don't mind it so much during the day because my area is not particularly quiet so it sort of blends in with the general background noise more. The problem is that I anticipate they will tell me "where to go" if I request this as that does tend to be their style rather... So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? You could try contacting the dam busters. -- martin |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
In article , PJ
writes Hi I have a notion that a newsgroup for neighbour issues would be rather useful as I see so many coming up here :) My neighbour issue is extremely minor indeed really but I'm wondering what the situation is in law or whatever. My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Oddly enough the problem is greatest at night because it is so quiet at night that the sound of the "waterfall" is really loud. I actually rather enjoy toodling around in my garage at night and it's a nuisance having this sound at night. What I have considered is suggesting to them that they turn it off at night. I don't mind it so much during the day because my area is not particularly quiet so it sort of blends in with the general background noise more. The problem is that I anticipate they will tell me "where to go" if I request this as that does tend to be their style rather... So if they refuse to turn if off at night is there anything that can be done about it? When I lived in Leicester, I had a church right next door. The back door to the church room was alongside our house. They had lots of activities at the church room, every night of the week something was on, Boys Brigade, Woman's Institute, Guides, Brownies, Cubs, Scouts and on this back door they had a self closing length of rubber. Open the door, nip in, door closes itself BANG, someone else goes through BANG, the next person BANG. A quick visit and a quiet word to the organiser, church official, Scout Master, Brownie Leader as their people were going through the door and letting it go BANG, BANG, BANG soon had the rubber taken off and instructions to all to close the door quietly. Go and visit your neighbour and ASK :-)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Management is nothing more than motivating other people" Lee Iacocca |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
"M C C" wrote in message My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. I think it's great that they have a pond, but the problem is the little waterfall which makes a most irritating noise 24 hours a day. It sounds a bit like gutter which is overflowing or something, it really doesn't sound like a waterfall at all. Offer to pay for a time switch for the pump and set it to go off say at 11 p.m. and come back on at 7 a.m., plug it in and enjoy the silence :-) -- One problem with that is that if they have fish it is better for them if the waterfall is working at night, when the plants are using oxygen, so that there is increased gas exchange. Turning it off on a hot sultry night with thunder storms, if they have lots of plants in their pond, could see all their fish dead by morning. Try just asking nicely, they may make a change to the outfall that will make all the difference. At least it might sound nice. :-) -- Bob www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in Runnymede fighting for it's existence. |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:50:48 +0100, Annabel wrote
(in message ): It does appear to be a minor problem, one that you should perhaps just put out of your head, putting soap in the water as a replyer suggested is very unfriendly and may be seen as first blood. I do wonder how much noise your " toodling around " in the garage generates as I would have thought it can't be much less than a little waterfall. You might well be right perhaps I should put it out of my head :) In my defence the toodling around in the garage is very quiet. Perhaps it is just that the waterfall was not there at one time and so the night was very quiet out the back, and now it is there. If it continues to irritate I think my most likely move is to offer to pay for a time-switch as suggested elsewhere. It might well be that I'll just stop noticing it after a while. -- Patrick |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:39:35 +0100, Mike wrote
(in message ): Go and visit your neighbour and ASK :-)) Yes, I might to this. I'm "emboldened" by the time-switch idea which has been suggested. -- Patrick |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:41:48 +0100, martin wrote
(in message ): You could try contacting the dam busters. Or playing the dam busters music sufficiently loudly to overcome the sound of the water-feature :) -- Patrick |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:10:50 +0100, Alan Gould wrote
(in message ): Your best move would be to talk to your neighbour about it. If that brings no result, your Local Authority should be able to advise you. They would see it more as an environmental issue than a gardening one, and they would probably want to know if other neighbours are affected. Yes, I think you are right. Oddly enough I have found the posting here to be cathartic and I'm beginning to wonder if I'll just stop noticing it after a while :) I think if I am to approach them buying them a time-switch might be the best idea. -- Patrick |
Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:02:45 +0100, M C C wrote
(in message ): Offer to pay for a time switch for the pump and set it to go off say at 11 p.m. and come back on at 7 a.m., plug it in and enjoy the silence :-) It's a very good idea! -- Patrick |
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