Burning stuff.

gilesjuk

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Why do so many people burn rubbish in their garden? especially this time of year when people have windows open. Inconsiderate and not good for the environment either.

I know sometimes the burning smell is due to chase fires but not always.
 

staffordjas

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The moron over the back of us, when we lived in Stafford, used to have massive fires quite often in his small back garden .
Don't know what he put on them each time to keep them burning , but used to last for hours.
Obviously right up the top end by our fence and used to smoke everyone out nearby. Had to rush & close the windows each time as the house soon filled with smoke.
I put a photo on here once , first time it happened I thought his house was on fire as couldn't see anything through the dense smoke outside my patio windows.
Pity him & his kids pissed up their house outside wall ( yes, that the type they were!) , instead of onto the flames.
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Yep, but you can also put it in a brown bin or take to the tip? perhaps that's why its happening more, people not wanting to pay the £35 a year for the brown bin.
Don't have a brown bin. But wouldn't put private and confidential correspondence in it even if I did, as it's for garden waste. Neither would I take it to the tip, for it to blow about all over the place.

Nice little fire disposes of it all securely thank you very much.
 

gilesjuk

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The moron over the back of us, when we lived in Stafford, used to have massive fires quite often in his small back garden .
Don't know what he put on them each time to keep them burning , but used to last for hours.
Obviously right up the top end by our fence and used to smoke everyone out nearby. Had to rush & close the windows each time as the house soon filled with smoke.
I put a photo on here once , first time it happened I thought his house was on fire as couldn't see anything through the dense smoke outside my patio windows.
Pity him & his kids pissed up their house outside wall ( yes, that the type they were!) , instead of onto the flames.

Yeah, plus garden waste never burns well. Needs to be dry but instead it smoulders away slowly creating loads of toxic smoke. Can't leave my back door open so the dogs can go in and out.
 

gilesjuk

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Don't have a brown bin. But wouldn't put private and confidential correspondence in it even if I did, as it's for garden waste. Neither would I take it to the tip, for it to blow about all over the place.

Nice little fire disposes of it all securely thank you very much.

Do you not have a fireplace for that?
 

c0tt0nt0p

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Loads of houses don't have fireplaces.... Ours doesn't (14 yr old house). We've a chimenea we use use from time to time. Love a good fireside smell....
 

staffordjas

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The flames on the fire behind us must have had some petrol or something on to get them going so quick , so high, and last so long. Would be blazing away for about over 5 hours or more .
 

PeterD

ST16 Represent.
Saturday we are going to have a fire in a firepit. The grandson and heir loves toasted marshmallows so seems like a good excuse.
 

Cue

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It’s mostly annoying when the fire is basically in your garden due to houses backing on to each other I find… one of our neighbours recently got rid of his hedges but before his rear neighbour would light up a fire right at the end of their garden and risk setting light to the hedge row. They’re not the most intelligent bunch that lot.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
It's been a few years now, but the drugdealingknobheadwanksplat next door once burnt a settee in his back garden.
Our gardens are only 12ft wide, quite long, but not at all wide. He took out two of my fence panels and 5 of those next door to him. Promised to replace them all, we're still waiting. Now it looks like his overgrown garden is going to demolish the panels I replaced myself due to him not being able to get out of his back door. The garden is in such a state, it makes mine look like Victoria Park.
 

gilesjuk

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My other annoyance, but which is less often an issue is petrol power tools and the pollution they cause. A combination of oil and petrol, like that isn't going to output horrid pollution. I was over the chase last sunday and one of the people strimming near to the visitor centre was using a sturdy looking battery powered one, it was also very quiet other than the sound of the weeds being chopped up. My dogs didn't care at all, don't think they would have liked a petrol one though.
 

Cue

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My other annoyance, but which is less often an issue is petrol power tools and the pollution they cause. A combination of oil and petrol, like that isn't going to output horrid pollution. I was over the chase last sunday and one of the people strimming near to the visitor centre was using a sturdy looking battery powered one, it was also very quiet other than the sound of the weeds being chopped up. My dogs didn't care at all, don't think they would have liked a petrol one though.
How long does a petrol one usually last on a tank anyway?
 

gilesjuk

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How long does a petrol one usually last on a tank anyway?

I guess it depends on the model. They are obviously powerful and quick to refuel, although you have to use a mixing bottle to get the oil and petrol mix right. The real issue with battery power kit is how often they build the battery into the unit. Which is why I have always bought the Ryobi stuff as they made a big deal of the units using the same battery.

What I found when strimming years ago with a proper petrol one is the vibrations from the engine made my hands numb for a while after. That can't be good for you. People who use pneumatic drills when digging up the roads have had long term issues due to that.
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
There are four-stroke strimmers available, which are rather more reliable and fuel-efficient than two-stroke ones, and without the smoky exhaust, plus being generally quieter. They will be a little heavier.

There are large electric strimmers, of the same sort of power, size, weight and layout as the engine-driven ones - much quieter and with less vibration - perfectly viable for a domestic situation with a mains power supply. The same applies to chainsaws.

There are also 'backpack-mounted' strimmers and hedge-cutters, where the engine is in a back-mounted frame, with a flexible drive to a (much lighter) 'business-end'. There would be somewhat less vibration from those. They are, of course, considerably more expensive and not really a domestic item.
 

gilesjuk

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There are four-stroke strimmers available, which are rather more reliable and fuel-efficient than two-stroke ones, and without the smoky exhaust, plus being generally quieter. They will be a little heavier.

There are large electric strimmers, of the same sort of power, size, weight and layout as the engine-driven ones - much quieter and with less vibration - perfectly viable for a domestic situation with a mains power supply. The same applies to chainsaws.

There are also 'backpack-mounted' strimmers and hedge-cutters, where the engine is in a back-mounted frame, with a flexible drive to a (much lighter) 'business-end'. There would be somewhat less vibration from those. They are, of course, considerably more expensive and not really a domestic item.

It's usually the people doing it for a service who use them. They're a bit less uncommon for the home user, unless they have a massive garden. I have a battery powered lawnmower which is brilliant but people just don't want to spend more for one.

I think one of my neighbours had their fence replaced the other day, so there was a lot of garden tidying going on first to get to it I guess.

But it seems we're now into firework season :( Was out in the garden with the dogs and fireworks started going off.
 
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