Wok fumes

I am having a problem with my neighbor. He recently installed a vent over his cooktop for the porpuse of venting his wok fumes to the rear of his house. We live in attached home row-style townhomes. I recently notices these fumes eminating from my internal heat/ac duct work. We have forced air. He did all of the work himself in the middle of the night. We appoaced him on the issue but he simply said the fumes were coming from my kitchen. I closed off some of the duct lines to try and isolate the problem and now there are no fumes in the ducts but we are still getting inundated with the odor. They ofen cook late like

Thanks in advance

does it vent through his roof? or is it directed into the attic?

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The guy not only had an identical problem, but posted the identical text, and had an identical email address. He also posted the exact same thing to misc.legal and alt.building.construction a year ago.

Look bub, you asked the identical question on April 21, 2006.

Why waste folks' time here?

You posted the same question on April 21, 2006.

Why waste folks' time here?

Asshole.

- The guy not only had an identical problem, but posted the identical text,

- and had an identical email address. He also posted the exact same

- thing to misc.legal and alt.building.construction a year ago.

Hey, give him a break. Maybe he moved.

It is vented across hi ceiling to the rear of the house where there is a shared soffit. from there the vent points downward. The fumes are traveling through the soffit and entering our house. Bedroom between the walls everywhere we are being inundated with the stench every time he cooks. often late at night. I though there would be some fresh perspective.

Why have you done nothing about this since you posted it in 2006?

I am looking for help. not criticism, this is a stubborn problem.

Well, don't you think it would be a waste of everyone's time to suggest things you've already tried, rather than remove those ideas from the list?

He recently installed a vent ..... I recently notices these fumes....

If the OP is too lazy to retype/update his original post, I doubt he's done anything about it since 2006.

You need a head doctor, so I cannot help you. Do you hear voices or have aliens visiting your room?

You posted April/September '06 and today. Make a friggin decision!

Not critical, just the advice I can offer.

-- Oren

"The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"

Sure did. From AOL to Yahoo.

-- Oren

"The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"

If it is a shared soffit, could you redirect it maybe up through the roof etc? Does the vent at any time enter into your property or any property that could be considered okay for you to modify? It seems like it would be up to either one of you to redirect the vent somehow.. if it is indeed coming through your soffit and into your attic and possible through your ac ducts?

His venting cooking fumes into a shared soffit is illegal. Period. Tell him he need to construct a proper chimney or you'll complain up the ladder to building officials.

on 10/4/2007 4:27 PM snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com said the following:

Sounds like a job for the Homeowners Association or the local Building Department, whichever applies. More than likely, it is a violation of some ordinance.

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:56:23 -0700, Abe wrote Re Re: Wok fumes:

This is good advice and probably your only recourse other than taking the guy to court.

The incompetent buildings dept here in New York City after 5 inspections finally saw the vent and determined that the pipe he installed, the tearing into the walls and the range hood he installed did not require a permit, they also say that the 4" vent he has in the shared soffit is not illegal. The bastard is uncooperative in redirecting the vent because it might cost him $5.00 to do so.

Do you think it would be a viable solution to open up the soffit and block off the area between the houses. Another idea I had was to install my own rooftop vent to direct the fumes out of the soffit, then sue him to cure this condition he created.