laws / regulation regarding lights on building sites?

GeX · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:00

Howdy.

Anyone know much about this, my appartment building is close to a new building site. There are two large cranes operating on it, at night the whole site is empty but lit up like a christmas tree. There are at least 3 large floodlights on each crane and more of them around the site.

They are angled outwards, and light everything around the site as well - including my bedroom. I have just fired off a couple of emails to the building company who are working on it (after walking to the site earlier expecting there to be people working on it still!) - just wondering if they have to do anything about it or not?

Mr. Anderson · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:02

Curtains?

benneh · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:02

Buy yourself a slingshot and a .22 air rifle. Probably the quickest solution.

Destination · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:03

Air Rifle or BB Gun, no more issue and you get some fun target practice in.

namnoc · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:04

A light pointing into you house can be dealt with by the local council. Just give them a call in the morning.

G|mp · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:05

benneh said:
Buy yourself a slingshot and a .22 air rifle. Probably the quickest solution.

Hikari Kisugi said:
Air Rifle or BB Gun, no more issue and you get some fun target practice in.

You don't know many builders do you?

GeX · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:12

Mr. Anderson said:
Curtains?

now why didn't i think of that! :rolleyes:

namnoc said:
A light pointing into you house can be dealt with by the local council. Just give them a call in the morning.

cheers, i wasnt sure if it was a council thing or not. I'll give the building company chance to reply first tho

gambitt · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:14

cardboard box + duct tape

GeX · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:20

apart from looking rubbish, not exactly practical when the whole wall is glass

Mr. Anderson · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:26

What is wrong with curtains? It's only going to be a building site for a small time.

G|mp · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:27

Mr. Anderson said:
What is wrong with curtains? It's only going to be a building site for a small time.

Sounds like quite a big build tbh, they could be there months.

Mr. Anderson · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:28

Months out of years is not much really. I don't really understand, do you expect to be able to sleep with your curtains open? When i want it dark i close the curtains.

GeX · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:29

i have blinds already, which are fine when the lights werent left on. curtains would be expensive to install and i don't want them. The building site is quite extensive, has been there for 6 months already and has just reached 1st floor level.

Nitefly · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:29

The area of law you are looking for is the tort of nuisance. I'm sure somebody with a tort book could be of much greater assistance, sadly I am lacking my own at this moment.

Mr. Anderson · 2 Dec 2009 at 20:30

Oh, maybe you do have a problem then.