Wok fumes

[Lou]

Maybe the fire dept would find a safety violation. Call them and voice considerable concern about the possible grease build up.

Lou

[DerbyDad03]

Perhaps it's the tone of your posts that make me think we're not getting the complete truth here. I could be wrong...

re: The ...buildings dept ...after 5 inspections finally saw the vent"

What were they looking for during the first 4 inspections? Why were they called there in the first place?

re: "uncooperative in redirecting the vent because it might cost him $5.00 to do so"

$5.00? Nothing in NYC cost $5.00. I assume you are trying to get a point across about how relatively inexpenses it might be to redirect the vent, but using $5.00 just adds to "bad tone" of your posts.

re: "install my own rooftop vent ... then sue him to cure this condition he created"

This might be tough. If, as you implied, nothing he did was illegal, what can you sue him for? Besides, if it's only going to cost him $5.00 to redirect his vent, what's it going to cost you to install your own? $10.00, maybe $15.00? Do it and forget it.

[Abe]

I'm finding this whole thing hard to believe at this point. Try elsewhere.

[Mcinbrass]

I cannot access the vent it's on his property. I would cost exactly $5.00 for a piece of pipe to bend upward through the roof of the soffit rather than downward into the soffit.

[DerbyDad03]

-- I cannot access the vent it's on his property.

What does that have to with anything? Nothing in your post or mine said anything about accessing his vent.

-- I would cost exactly

-- $5.00 for a piece of pipe to bend upward through the roof of the

-- soffit rather than downward into the soffit.

Oh sorry, I didn't realize that sealants, clamps, caps and the other parts required to install a roof vent were free in NYC. My bad.

BTW - what about an answer to the 5 inspection question? I'm just curious as to what they were looking for the first 4 time they were there. Inquiring minds want to know.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

NYC? The inspectors were probably looking for a bribe.

[Doug Miller]

DING DING DING!!! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! LOL

[JoeSpareBedroom]

"Aw hell....this is the 5th visit...I guess we actually have to inspect something".

[Mcinbrass]

They didnt see anything, even though it was there all along. For some reason the DOB has refused enforcement on this issue, even though the mechanical code directly addresses this type of vent and as mentioned previously in this thread that venting cooking exhaust into a shared soffit is illegal.

[DerbyDad03]

-- They didnt see anything, even though it was there all along.

That's 'cuz justice is blind.

-- For some reason the DOB has refused enforcement on this issue

If I were you (and I'm glad I'm not) I'd find out what that reason is. Take it all the way to City Hall.

Here's the address: 2 Lafayette St The following trains will get you there: J, M, Z at Chambers St; N, R at City Hall; 4, 5, 6 at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall They're open Mon-Fri 9am-4p

Tell 'em I sent you.

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[Mcinbrass]

How do you justify venting your cooking axhaust into someone elses house. Maybe you would like to testify on his behalf at the trial.

[Oren]

What trail?

You've been at this since April 2006. You could have shot the guy and been out of jail by now.

-- Oren

"I didn?t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."

[Norminn]

I still don't understand how his vent goes to the soffit. Is it a fan vent on an outside wall and the fumes get into attic space through the soffit, or is vent connected but pipe or duct up to soffit? Is there a firewall across the attic space between your place and his? I don't understand your earlier statement about blocking ducts; that doesn't sound like a solution to anything.

[DerbyDad03]

-- I still don't understand how his vent goes to the soffit.

Sir, there is so, so much about this thread that is tough to understand. I've given up trying to understand anything the OP says and decided to just have some fun.

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[Oren]

WOK-U- say?

Should be a very, very short stay in NYC.

-- Oren

"If your not getting it from the horses mouth, You're listening to the wrong end."

[Bill Stock]

If he's a big a dick as you say and the soffit is shared, ie. you have access to his vent (albeit at a distance). Get a long drill bit and a can of Great Stuff and fill his vent with polyurethane foam. The next time he fires up his WOK he'll be able to appreciate your concerns.

[Stormin Mormon (on backup com]

I suspect that you'll have a hard time getting the other guy to repair the problem. He talks the talk, but won't wok the wok.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

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[Al Bundy]

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Identical twins maybe...