Is it Illegal to do loud DIY work on a Sunday?

[Nic Teeman]

Hi,

This is just a question out of interest... not really important.

I was doing some work on my house yesterday (Sunday). I didn't think I was
being inconsiderate as it was about 3pm and a lovely day (I thought people
would be out). My neighbour came round, who I've never met, and had a bit of
a go at me. I appologised and told her what I was doing. She was quite rude
and stated

"Do you know it's illegal to do loud building work on a Sunday"

I've never heard of this... anyone any idea's?

Thanks

[Dave Baker]

>Subject: Is it Illegal to do loud DIY work on a Sunday?
>From: "Nic Teeman" n...@snowball.demon.co.uk
>Date: 02/08/04 06:45 GMT Daylight Time
>Message-id: <cekkdm$o32$1$8302...@news.demon.co.uk>

No it certainly isn't illegal. Your local council have suggested times outside
which you shouldn't employ contractors to do noisy work but these don't apply
to DIY. In fact most people's only opportunity to do DIY is at the weekend
anyway.
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[Tom Moore]

Nic Teeman wrote:

> "Do you know it's illegal to do
> loud building work on a Sunday"
>
> I've never heard of this... anyone any idea's?

I have checked. The Sunday Building (silly old rat bags) Regulations
1867, make no mention of big sick birds.

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[Nic Teeman]

Thanks for your help.

"Nic Teeman" <n...@snowball.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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[Steve J]

She's being unreasonable. I have had neighbours doing DIY work on
Sunday, and at 8 in the evening during the week. Although I did get
annoyed, and wished it would stop, I knew that it would only last a
short while, and then peace would return. I NEVER thought of going
round to complain. Only if it lasted weeks, or went on at 11pm would I
moan.

I know that on a few occasions I have been doing noisy DIY work.

She should put up with it for a short while.

[rit...@hotmail.com]

My friends neighbours are retired and home all week and they start
drilling or banging every Sunday morning at 8 a.m. without fail, I
have been there and it isn't quiet. My friend's husband works six days
a week starting at 6 a.m. so Sunday is the only day that they have.

Your neighbour is lucky that she isn't living next door to him.

[deb....@gmail.com]

It is inconsiderate. If you're doing any noisy work it would be polite drop your neighbours a note first. At least give them a chance to plan to be out, or not to have visitors.

[Davey]

It is illegal in Germany, and should be avoided in the UK. I prefer not
to mow my lawn on Sundays for this reason. My neighbour once woke me up
at 8:45 am on a Sunday with hammering noises, and I was not happy.

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Davey.

[jew pedophile Ron Jacobson (jew pedophile Baruch 'Barry' Shein's jew aliash)]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:15:05 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 03:08:06 -0700 (PDT)
>deb....@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Monday, 2 August 2004 06:45:27 UTC+1, Nic Teeman wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This is just a question out of interest... not really important.
>> >
>> > I was doing some work on my house yesterday (Sunday). I didn't
>> > think I was being inconsiderate as it was about 3pm and a lovely
>> > day (I thought people would be out). My neighbour came round, who
>> > I've never met, and had a bit of a go at me. I appologised and told
>> > her what I was doing. She was quite rude and stated
>> >
>> > "Do you know it's illegal to do loud building work on a Sunday"
>> >
>> > I've never heard of this... anyone any idea's?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>> It is inconsiderate. If you're doing any noisy work it would be
>> polite drop your neighbours a note first. At least give them a chance
>> to plan to be out, or not to have visitors.
>
>It is illegal in Germany,

Everything in Germany is either prohibited or mandatory.

>and should be avoided in the UK. I prefer not
>to mow my lawn on Sundays for this reason. My neighbour once woke me up
>at 8:45 am on a Sunday with hammering noises, and I was not happy.

Lazy bastard.
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[The Todal]

Should be avoided? You mean, just DIY or having workmen in to do some
work to your house that might involve noisy drills or electric saws? How
about the noisiest of machines, the petrol-powered leaf blower? Are you
saying this should be avoided at any time or that a polite note to your
neighbour is always appropriate?

I don't think the Environmental Health department of your council will
be interested in any complaints if they don't involve noise during
normal sleeping hours, and maybe they will have some standard rule such
as 9pm to 9am (that's a guess).

[tim...]

"Davey" <da...@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:opllfp$h73$1...@dont-email.me...

> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 03:08:06 -0700 (PDT)
> deb....@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Monday, 2 August 2004 06:45:27 UTC+1, Nic Teeman wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This is just a question out of interest... not really important.
>> >
>> > I was doing some work on my house yesterday (Sunday). I didn't
>> > think I was being inconsiderate as it was about 3pm and a lovely
>> > day (I thought people would be out). My neighbour came round, who
>> > I've never met, and had a bit of a go at me. I appologised and told
>> > her what I was doing. She was quite rude and stated
>> >
>> > "Do you know it's illegal to do loud building work on a Sunday"
>> >
>> > I've never heard of this... anyone any idea's?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>> It is inconsiderate. If you're doing any noisy work it would be
>> polite drop your neighbours a note first. At least give them a chance
>> to plan to be out, or not to have visitors.
>
> It is illegal in Germany,

it's illegal to clean your car on a Sunday in Germany

and that (usually) a 100% silent occupation

tim

[Davey]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:17:19 +0100
The Todal <the_...@icloud.com> wrote:

> I don't think the Environmental Health department of your council
> will be interested in any complaints if they don't involve noise
> during normal sleeping hours, and maybe they will have some standard
> rule such as 9pm to 9am (that's a guess).

I didn't mention anything about complaints to any governmental
department, just to the noisy neighbour.

--
Davey.

[GB]

On 17/09/2017 14:47, tim... wrote:

> it's illegal to clean your car on a Sunday in Germany

Can I clean my neighbour's? And he mine?

[Caecilius]

When I last did major building works that required planning
permission, one of the conditions on the council's grant of permission
was:

"No demolition or construction work shall take place on the site
outside the hours of 0800 to 1800 Mondays to Fridays inclusive, and
0800 to 1300 on Saturdays with no work on Sundays or Bank Holidays"

This was the construction of a 2 bedroomed house, so not just a bit of
DIY. But it gives an idea of what one council beleive to be
acceptable hours for noisy building work.

[Nightjar]

The Noise Act 1996 gives local authorities powers to deal with noise
above a certain level 'at night', which is defined as being from 11pm to
the following 7am.

I think the Public Health Act 1936 is the one that made it an offence to
make a noise on a Sunday, but that was superseded by the noise
provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.


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[Tony Dragon]

My local council says 08.30


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[FMurtz]

It should be illegal to do any noisy work at the only times that some
people have, to do such work

[Peter Parry]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:47:36 +0100, "tim..." <tims_n...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>it's illegal to clean your car on a Sunday in Germany

Or scrub your front doorstep (back step is OK), or hang out washing.

[tim...]

"GB" <NOTso...@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:opm57u$vgp$2...@dont-email.me...

> On 17/09/2017 14:47, tim... wrote:
>
>> it's illegal to clean your car on a Sunday in Germany
>
> Can I clean my neighbour's? And he mine?

no

you can't even go to a mechanical car wash on a Sunday

tim

[Yellow]

In article <dr7vrc174o7u8omdj...@4ax.com>,
pe...@wpp.ltd.uk says...

Do people adhere to that? The washing one I mean.

When I worked full time, I would do my washing at the weekend so it
would often be out on a Sunday and I cannot see how else, except for
using a tumble drier, I would have managed.

[Yellow]

In article <opllfp$h73$1...@dont-email.me>, da...@example.invalid says...

If it was a one off, you surely let it go though?

[Yellow]

In article <40673d45-2edb-46a9...@googlegroups.com>,
deb....@gmail.com says...

I would not think twice about doing some one-off work on a Sunday nor
would I think twice if my neighbour did.

Life goes on and Sunday is just a day when we get a chance to do a few
jobs round the house.

[The Todal]

What about lighting a smoky bonfire? What are the unwritten rules about
that?

If you're lighting a bonfire you need a sunny day and you need the
bonfire to be reasonably dry - but that's often the time when people
hang out their washing or sit in the garden.

[Yellow]

In article <f2aqo7...@mid.individual.net>, the_...@icloud.com
says...

I have lived here over a decade and have never seen anyone have a
bonfire. Smelly barbecues, but never a bonfire. :-)

But again, it depends on if people make a habit of it and I fail to see
how any one can complain about one-off events.

[Davey]

> > >
> > > It is inconsiderate. If you're doing any noisy work it would be
> > > polite drop your neighbours a note first. At least give them a
> > > chance to plan to be out, or not to have visitors.
> >
> > It is illegal in Germany, and should be avoided in the UK. I prefer
> > not to mow my lawn on Sundays for this reason. My neighbour once
> > woke me up at 8:45 am on a Sunday with hammering noises, and I was
> > not happy.
>
> If it was a one off, you surely let it go though?

Well, not quite. He was building an extension to his house, and this
work was always either at weekends or evenings, in fact, at exactly the
times when we would want to sit outside having a drink and enjoying
the peace and quiet. Normal weekend behaviour had been for weeks the
sounds of a construction site, which it was. This was just the worst of
the lot. To wake me up shows it must have been pretty loud, which it
was.

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[tim...]

"Yellow" <no...@none.com.invalid> wrote in message
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German society still runs on the assumption that the nuclear family contains
a hausfrau

The fact that school ends at 1pm virtually ensures that.

tim

[Yellow]

In article <opqomj$vt9$1...@dont-email.me>, tims_n...@yahoo.com says...

I don't know that much about day to day life in Germany but for some
reason I assumed it had a similar structure as ours when it came to
'modern' family.

> The fact that school ends at 1pm virtually ensures that.

Gosh. Does it start earlier than in the UK?

[tim...]

"Yellow" <no...@none.com.invalid> wrote in message

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Yup

tim

[Davey]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:04:50 +0100
"tim..." <tims_n...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > I don't know that much about day to day life in Germany but for some
> > reason I assumed it had a similar structure as ours when it came to
> > 'modern' family.
> >
> >
> >> The fact that school ends at 1pm virtually ensures that.
> >
> > Gosh. Does it start earlier than in the UK?
>
> Yup

And there is a lot of homework to be done.

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[rjw rac]

Complaints like these only serve to show the lack of consideration of the complainant when the work is done only occasionally and is DIY in particular such as a little wood sawing, hedge/ lawn trimming and rubbish removal. Do the complainants want to rule over others or is it that they believe they already do. GET A LIFE is the advice to them - OR MOVE!