Builders noise.

daveyj27

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Its 8.55am on a saturday, and I was woken up about 40 minutes ago by the builders next door drilling, hammering and grinding.
Does anyone know the laws regarding this kind of noise and acceptable days/hours?
 
I'm not sure mate, but definately eastern European.
I've got nothing against building works going on next door, and I really don't care about the nationalities of the blokes carrying out said works, but I wouldn't mind being able to have a little lay-in on a saturday after a hard weeks graft.
 
j00ni said:
but I doubt you would get much sympathy from a builder who is clearly having to work during the weekend as well as having (presumably) a "hard week's graft" ;)
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I work in the building trade too, but not in domestic residences, that's why I don't know how the regs work in these situations.
 
Spawn said:
Hell you think thats bad, for 6 weeks i had to put up with constant banging, drilling from next door and it was on my wall.....
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This is exactly the same kind of thing as the work has been going on for a couple of weeks now, but this is the first time it's happened on a weekend morning.
 
afraser2k said:
Try living near building works for "luxury" flats (Glasgow Harbour) where it's almost constant every morning,
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This is constant every weekday morning, but as i'm heading off to work it doesn't really affect me. Weekends are a different matter though.
 
wormwood said:
Rather than people feeling sorry for themselves because of the noise why not feel sorry for the poor buggers who are having to work rather than have a lie in.
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I work long weeks a lot of the time too mate, and have done so for about 14 years, so i'm not randomly and blindly "feeling sorry for myself". I simply think that the time they began the heavy works today was a complete micky-take.
 
Lagz said:
How do you know they dont speak english? I doubt there are many builders in the uk who dont. Just because they dont to one another doesn't mean they can't.
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You seem to think that I make random and baseless assumptions, my fault though, I should have been crystal clear sooner. I apologize.
One of my other neighbours (English) went out in the garden to have a word with the builders when the noise kicked off, and the workmen were just shrugging their shoulders, making hand gestures and speaking back to him in their own language. That leads me to make the (reasonable) assumption that they either cannot speak English, or were faking the whole thing.
I hope that clears it up.
 
danrok said:
You can always ask them to try and avoid making noise early on a Saturday. If you don't say anything, how are they to know it is causing a problem?
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You really haven't read through the thread, have you? ;)
 
dirtydog said:
Oh well, whatever.. I am always in a minority it seems by expecting people to behave reasonably and considerately.
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Don't worry, i'm with you. Hell, I still hold doors open for people and offer my seat up if someone less fortunate than me needs it, Christ I must be old-school!! :D
 
Yes I have.
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So you saw the part where I mentioned that my another neighbour tried to ask them to keep it down, and failed miserably because they either couldn't speak English or were deliberately faking it?
 
danrok said:
May be it would be possible to contact the owner of the property?
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That's the weird thing (and I really should find out more), I don't know where they are. It's an elderly brother and sister, one lives on the ground floor and the other lives upstairs. I've lived next to them, and spoken on friendly terms with them, for most of my life but without a word they seemed to have moved out and the house is being gutted and rebuilt. :confused:
 
Angel said:
Had a job today that i didn't start till 9am just to give people that extra time in bed.
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Clearly you're a person with consideration and respect for others, and that's just how it should be. :cool: :)
 
Quick update on this.
The work has been ongoing since I left this thread, and things have gotten worse.

The blokes have been staying progressively longer each evening, last night (friday) they stopped with the power tools at 7pm.
This evening, they stopped at 7.20pm. Now, I have been in contact with the noise officers at my council and have been informed that the acceptable hours for noisy constructions works are:

Monday - Friday: 0800 - 1800.
Saturday: 0800 - 1300.
Sunday: No work noise allowed at all.

The workers have been completely disregarding the weekend regulations from day 1, and have started going past the weekday regulations too. I have been told to keep a record from now on of work times and vehicle license plates.

I just want to make it crystal clear that I have NO problem at all with people working, or builders' works going on, but it has to be at reasonable times.
 
I don't know, they didn't want to say too much by the sound of it. I was told to phone back tomorrow if ANY work noise comes from the place.
 
SB118 said:
Don't know if there is a corrolation between the people moaning about having to wake up early and the people who don't have kids ;)
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With respect, I think that's irrelevant.

These guys are choosing to work the hours that they are, I however have no choice but to listen to it (unless I choose to leave my own house to get away from it).
 
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