Urgent patio builds don't have timetables

True it just seems a strange time to start.....

That's very insightful thank you.

but it does seem strange....

Aye it's like something straight out a David Lynch film 🙄

Not sure I was trying to be insightful, he's been in all day and waits till now to crack on, I may do my grass at this time as it will be dry but I can't see why he's waited ( digger has been here all weekend).

Why not ask him

Ask him? Have you lost your mind good sir?

Right sorry my mistake, he's a fekkin DUP supporter (just to keep things trend) so let's give him a flaming....

Maybe he's been posting on Buildingtrackworld about his neighbour over the road who watches him all day waiting to post on a bike forum whenever he starts his mixer.

You may be right but I am reminded that I was reported by a neighbour when I moved some bricks by hand when I had my building work done. I guess I am on my own in thinking that 4pm Sunday start time is not what builders normally do.

I usually take the boys swimming on Sunday morning. Today we went in the afternoon. We iz Cray, brah.

Oh he hasn't used a mixer yet... he poured the foundation yesterday, In my defence I noticed because they ready mix truck blocked the entrance to our entire estate road and we as well as a fair few others couldn't get out... You are right though I'm a proper nimby... :wink:.

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Local authority website > Planning portal > his address > Planning decision > probably some stipulation about working hours.

Local authority website > Planning portal > his address > Planning decision > probably some stipulation about working hours.

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Most of the house extensions round this way have involved mobile discos, the subject is close to my revenge gland.

Hastily burying the wife after a domestic?? 😯

we have a failed prime minister whos lost the plot and soon her job, a failed system,unemployment,food banks, NHS in crisis, terrorists living everywhere near according to the tabloid press,brexit, dup-pers and more.

and youre worried about a neighbour working on his house at 16.00 hrs on a sunday.

GET A LIFE

Slightly unfair Project, this is England after all!

Thanks Project appreciate your insight 🙄 If only i was a cheerful chappie like you......

Granted I don't often undertake building work, but I start all sorts of jobs at odd times. Usually ones given to me by the OH, in my case it's called procrastination.

Hammerite, same here mate but he has been there all day then suddenly decided to make a start, in my book after 4pm if the mrs asks then she can do one (unless i've already said id do it). but of course the smart arse pack on here love nothing more than to spin what you say and once the pack gets big enough then they really get to fever pitch, it a bit sad to see a mod getting in on the action but mild bullying of posters on here does seem to be getting more common which is why you see the same posters here time and again. hey ho lesson learned. 😐

[quote=marcus7 ]Bloke across the back has just fired up his mini digger to carry on with his house extension.... 4pm as a start time.... [b]I'm not that bothered[/b] but it does seem strange....

seems you are tho

Our local council stipulate construction noise being limited to certain hours - 7am -7pm weekdays, 9am - 1pm Saturdays and nothing on Bank Holidays or Sundays. Yours will more than likely have similar rules.

Ignore comments from those suggesting you're being grumpy or unreasonable - everyone has the right to at least one day of peace and quiet a week if construction is taking place nearby.

This will be the last post as i getting into a no win situation but for the hard of thinking the full sentence is that i found it strange which i've tried to expand on that its not the digging but the odd time to start which is of course my opinion. but as I said the low rent smart arses and low level bullies are gathering so there's no point in posting any more. 🙄
Edit: Thanks again teasel one less STW hyena! 😀
Edit: proof below! i actually was waiting for it though its not my favourite gif.....pat on that back for being first though! 😉

Lost the keys to the dumper.. Luckily Just found them this afternoon as probably load of sand to move as brickies coming to start in the morning..

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My neighbour has been on since 8am finishing some more of his sun house, he finished maybe about an hour ago. It's a Sunday he's off, the weather was good it made sense to do some work.

I cant resist.... Which is a failing of mine but thanks drac for making my point..... If he had been doing it all day id understand! 8)

Maybe just maybe he was preparing stuff ready before he could use his mini digger, it was only 4pm hardly late in the day.

Our local council stipulate construction noise being limited to certain hours - 7am -7pm weekdays, 9am - 1pm Saturdays and nothing on Bank Holidays or Sundays. Yours will more than likely have similar rules.

Have you got a source for that? I'm curious, "it's night so hush" is 11pm-7am. I'd be interested to see if local bylaws trumped that.

Ignore comments from those suggesting you're being grumpy or unreasonable - everyone has the right to at least one day of peace and quiet a week if construction is taking place nearby.

Morally certainly, legally I'm not so sure.

Nope, bear in mind our gardens back onto each other he wasn't out at all, I know this as I was in the garden painting the fence. Yes he could have been doing stuff inside but as I have tried to say it was strange that he started at that time as I would have done that first if it were me. From my own experience I will garantee that someone will complain as they did about me when I moved some bricks on a sat morning which I told him about when he was doing the planning stuff. He will properly piss off some round here if he works primarily at weekends.

Maybe he'd been to church.

Actually the other reason why I start jobs at weird times at weekends... hangovers!

If I had my way, 4pm would be the start of the working day.

Some of us aren't early birds (proven by [url= http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2015/may/geneticists-clock-genetic-differences-between-larks-and-owls ]sciency[/url] [url= https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24292-first-physical-evidence-of-why-youre-an-owl-or-a-lark/ ]stuff[/url])

Maybe he was watching the Leogang coverage on Bike. 😉

Perhaps he had family or friends round.

Have you got a source for that?

Yep...

https://www.wycombe.gov.uk/pages/Environment/Noise-pollution/Construction-noise.aspx

Morally certainly, legally I'm not so sure.

Good job I didn't claim any legality, then. 😉

But like you I thought it was a 7-11 thing until yesterday when I had the displeasure of informing an ignorant git that it wasn't going to fly and the local bods would probably be interested, though I very much doubt anyone from Wycombe council would've been available on a Saturday.

I'm in slightly different circumstances to the OPs situation but it can become a real pisser when it's everyday without break.

Those regs are for a construction site. Is a private home having a bit of work done classified as one?

If he does it again tell him he can't have any pudding.

Construction is construction, surely. A house being built is construction with accompanying noise. An extension is construction and can potentially include a lot of noisy tasks some of which might bother folk.

Edit : People have to get along, sometimes in quite a confined space. Invoking something official is the last step but sometimes it's necessary to involve something more than a kind request. Consideration and empathy is essential for a community to work for all those involved and tolerance is just one side of that exchange.

Have you considered weeing in his [s]shoes[/s] boots?

Chances are he won't put them on till some KERAZY time like 11 am, so it should be a piece of cake to sneak round and unleash the amber fountain of retribution.

probably waited untill you were done painting the fence.
didnt want to get dust/sand onto the wet paint

Construction is construction, surely.

If he had to get planning permission, it might stipulate in there the working hours permitted.

Indeed. Wordnumb's post on the other page suggesting the same was obviously lost in the abundance of well considered and helpful replies.

🙂

Oops

Some of you lot would've loved me when doing the patio at home. Stihl saw at 8.30pm on a Saturday night. 😯

Has the OP taken his ball home?

Nope, still reading this and really am quite suprised by some of the responses on here. I always thought that the most STW posters were kind of thoughtful and considerate on most issues. my question was i found it odd that he waited all day to start a job when it appeared that he could have done it earlier. Drac piled in and that appeared to green light everyone saying what they liked about what i'd said which essentially said **** you you moany **** he can do what he likes you NIMBY turd. I initially didn't understand the response as its not what i said. I then made (as i am now) the classic mistake of getting involved and some sensed blood/sport in making the best comment. I've been on here a long time and seen this before so i should know better and i admit i was a bit upset that i was berated for asking a simple question. I kind of know now what its like to be baited on people on here as i'm not a keyboard warrior nor a big hitter, but i'd like to think i can on occasion contribute, it has put me off i must say. I would also say that a few years back i think i fell into the baiting trap myself and felt like a bit of a shit afterward and decided it wasn't a good thing to do as you dont know who the poster is and how it could affect them (having seen what happend to Kaesae). I'm not it that situation but it does make me think a bit more these days. Sorry for the ramble carry on....

Don't get upset by what people type here matey. It's mainly just a bunch of dickheads with limited social skills 🙂

It's mainly just a bunch of dickheads with limited social skills

I had a post on this thread pulled last night because I called someone a dickhead. Negative use of the forum apparently.

Can't for the life of me decide which mod would've felt so inclined...

I had a post on this thread pulled last night because I called someone a dickhead. Negative use of the forum apparently.

That's where you went wrong.
Too specific.

Call [i]everyone[/i] a dickhead and the insult is spread so thin, nobody cares 🙂

I would also say that a few years back i think i fell into the baiting trap myself and felt like a bit of a shit afterward and decided it wasn't a good thing to do as you dont know who the poster is and how it could affect them (having seen what happend to Kaesae). I'm not it that situation but it does make me think a bit more these days.

I don't think anyone knows for sure what really happened to Kaesae and whether it was anything to do with his rough treatment on some threads but it should go without saying that it was unnecessary bullying. But that's okay because it was done by the Good Guys and he was merely one of the ordinary folk just passing through...

Call everyone a dickhead and the insult is spread so thin, nobody cares

🙂

Gah! It was an otherwise useful post, too.

Mod powers getting abused if you ask me but that's nothing new either, is it.

Removing direct personal insults is an abuse of power?

Okay then...

To be clear my initial response as about why you'd felt inclined to let us know about your neighbour starting his digger up at 4pm, it's not exactly world news.

Mod powers getting abused if you ask me but that's nothing new either, is it.

Personal insults is against the forum rules it's quite simple.

Yep, Bear has it in one. Abuse the entire thread and it's okay you set off bellends 🙂

OP don't let it bother you. This place can be great, don't let the occasional fool get to you. Most were probably intending to make you laugh. Humor just gets lost when typed.

Look at that - two at once.

Let's be clear - I've read the very same insult on this forum without removal. What does that say - preferential treatment for some or just unlucky for me that it was spotted by a mod...

Rhetorical - I don't need an answer. Just keep it consistent, eh.

Ignore comments from those suggesting you're being grumpy or unreasonable - everyone has the right to at least one day of peace and quiet a week if construction is taking place nearby.

As above. You deserve at least a little peace every week.

Like anywhere, once a threshold number is passed here - the mob rules. I wouldn't worry about a 'mob' opinion.

J

in sunny rochdale.. building a single story extension.. had the man for the council this very day to confirm a i dont need permission dont need the piling two builders told me i did and no reason why i cant work on my house any day of the week.

Let's be clear - I've read the very same insult on this forum without removal. What does that say - preferential treatment for some or just unlucky for me that it was spotted by a mod...

Let's be clear. We don't read every single post on the forum. We rely on them being reported on a huge majority of cases. If we don't know about the how can we act on them?

Well Project insulted me personally yet that was within the the rules apparently and I hate to break it to you Drac but i had a quick look at posts that you have started and believe it or not some of them were not world news... This has just become some weird argument about the mob can sometimes descend here and it sometimes appears that the mods can aid that mentality, i've no doubt i'll continue to get flamed on this by the usual people and i'm now fair game (its only the internet apparently). I would like to thank those that defended me as it can feel a bit like you are being circled, hell i may even get banned for what i've said about one mod but at least i said my piece (more than once)

Why would you get banned?

My posts have been topics that may interest others I've not posted about what my neighbours are up to. You have got some advice but whether it's useful are accurate I'm sure you'll find out.

I'll look at project's reply when I get a chance as I've not read it. As I say we rely on reporting a lot of the time.

Anyway hope your neighbour gets sorted soon with his founds so can enjoy a chilled Sunday.

We don't read every single post on the forum.

Yeah, so you keep claiming.

If Paul (Project) objected to the insult then fair enough. If someone other than him felt it was wrong then that someone has something against me personally.

Marcus - you waste your time trying to demonstrate to Drac that he's at fault. In fact, I've heard on night rides he actually sits on the handlebar backwards, illuminating the trail with bright sunlight beaming from his anus...

i found it odd that he waited all day to start a job when it appeared that he could have done it earlier

Maybe he was waiting until you had finished painting your fence as he didn't want any interaction with you?

What time did you start painting your fence btw?

I lit the bbq around 5pm yesterday and it was raining, I'm crazy like that.

Don't sweat it, Marcus.

Some on here would say the sky is purple just to score a few internet points and be able to pile in on someone.

There you go again drac suggesting (in a subtle way) that im some kind of weirdo spying on my neighbour, It wasn't supposed to be interesting it was just an observation which when its 20 ft from where you are sitting is hard to miss. I dont expect anyone to reply to my posts especially if they are off the top of my head, I also don't expect to be attacked for not being interesting or relevant. I see a lot of posts on here ( in fact there was a similar post on noise where the poster was not attacked) and it does smack of a clique of people on here who's first response is to belittle the poster for lots of reasons. I have not been given a fair chance and every time i explained my point i was howled down by people (including you unless you think the Meldrew picture means something else). I am frustrated by it to be honest and i understand how easy it is to be goaded into and argument ( my sympathies with TJ ) I also know that many will be privately say "what a bloody snowflake it only bantz". I'm a pretty fair person and I'm rarely up for an argument as i prefer to talk to people, which is what i did with bloke across the back and its now sorted. I'm very much of the treat people as you would want to be treated but when you are deliberately backed into a corner sometimes you run out of choices. I will apologise for my post not being a bit more concise but it was on my phone and its a bit of a faff and i tried to expand in further posts but those just got drowned out with noise. It easy to forget that not everyone sees the world like you (evidenced by recent political events) and there are still a lot of folks around with a **** you kind of attitude... perhaps some on here should consider that.

Right I've read through this thread now fully including Project's post while answering phones and trying to eat my lunch.

Mod isn't my job you teasel it's a something I volunteer my job means I really don't spen a lot of time on here if at all. Not that would matter as there's 1000s so posts on here a day so impossible to read them all. Oh and it's my halo the glow comes from not my arse.

I've dealt with the posts as appropriate.

There you go again drac suggesting (in a subtle way) that im some kind of weirdo spying on my neighbour,

Eh?

So, have you spoken to your neighbour about it?

If your neighbour is anything like me he's spent most of the day procrastinating or doing something less useful instead and he's realised it's getting late so he better do something before his wife gets home.

Mod isn't my job you teasel it's a something I volunteer

For some reason I envisage you writing that with a Texan accent.

I am frustrated by it to be honest

Man, it's all cool. Don't let it get under your skin. Who the **** are they anyway - faceless, spineless internet nobs, that's who.

Let it slide - it's cool...

8)

Cheers teasel, I just prefer conversation rather than confrontation, as it turns out STW is not the best place for it.... I guess its why most people i ride with have knocked it on the head. I'm not bailing but after this little episode I'll definitely be backing off a bit!

Some time ago a friend was comparing this forum with other fora in general and noted that on this forum most just make statements without any interaction from others. Just a small handful respond and include others of their...well, I don't really know what you'd call it - a clique is as good a word as any, I guess. The sad bit is when newbs and long-term lurkers alike aspire to be part of that elite and become something they're not just to get some response or adulation from the Good Guys.

Anything not be the hoi polloi...

For some reason I envisage you writing that with a Texan accent.

Maybe a Texan bar if you could still get them.

Now hold on there, Bald Eagle...

Actually, I lost more than one filling eating those awful things. Probably made up from the left over crap at the bottom of a vat of nougat or whatever they call that sugary shit.

I just prefer conversation rather than confrontation, as it turns out STW is not the best place for it

You're blowing this way out of proportion. Your initial post was a bit of a non event and people quite rightly took the piss out of you. You reacted, people took the piss more, you reacted again, etc, etc its just a bit of fun.

Do you and your mates not take the piss out of each other?

its just a bit of fun.

also know that many will...say "what a bloody snowflake it only bantz"

It's like he's a prophet or something...!

The sky's purple.

part of that elite

Never has the word elite been used more inappropriately.

So, did you speak to the neighbour?