Advice on dealing with neighbour's cooking smells?

You could take action against them for causing a Nuisance, but as you

If it's a flat roof extension I would be inclined to double back over the roof and point the outlet towards their property not yours. This will probably blow the smells under their bedroom windows, but maybe they're so used to it they won't notice.

It would also be less visually intrusive than a crematorium-like chimney reaching for the sky.

Owain

That's probably your only practical alternative - offer to pay half perhaps?

Otherwise - you're stuffed, unless you can get the Planning Dept. to explain why they didn't act on your request to re-site the flue :(

The smell of frying bacon or grilling a steak could be equally as nauseous to a vegetarian living next door.

I'm not sure what point you're making, Dave. Any strong smells are a nuisance, so I'd expect the vegetarian in your example to try and do something about it. As it happens, we are vegetarian and so eat a lot of Indian food but I don't subject others to the smells.

Andy

I think I know what you;re going through. In a previous existence, my bedsit door was opposite across a 2 foot gap from a couple of young malaysian girls I think. Thier cooking smells were overpowering and as you say nauseating.

Arthur I had to place a wet towel against the bottom of the door.

Use a can of expanding foam and a long extension pipe ;-)

I doubt the vegetarian would be cooking bacon or frying steaks?

'Others' obviously will be. Your family?

Maybe so. It doesn't offend me so much. I just think to myself how primitive and unimaginative they are. :-)

Speaking of dead creatures Dave, have you had your seat cover mended yet?

No - I'm still building up the car after the re-spray. And I think the seats will need some major surgery to match the now rather decent exterior.

If only Conneloy were still in Wimbledon. ;-(

Id try to route the pipe upwards, as far as possible. You would need to watch for rain comming down into a vertical pipe.

Rick

Any regrets about that attitude?

When a kid at home I used to get a pea shooter and some dried peas and take pot shots at them from my bedroom window.

Found that cats are the masters of the 'WTF is that?!?' look. :)

Also it was best not to hit them too hard, that way they stay around and the odd hit here and there helps give them a nice sense of paranoia. :)))

cheers, Pete.