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drventure:
@Edwards80

 :laugh2:

That's great! Blowing someone's lie up right in their face. I love it. Absolutely perfect way to put that kind of stuff to an end. I wish I could have gotten video of a neighbor I once had to kept on dumping used motor oil on my property, killing the grass and making a huge mess. I finally put an 8ft fence up, and then had to tell him not to hang stuff on it, because the fence was "completely" on my property, not on the line, so he had no rights to touch it at all. He hated the fence (it killed his view) and bitched until I pulled out the survey and showed him the marking spikes.

dgame:
Wow, some of you guys got ornery neighbors.

Air-cooled VW's are one of my too-many hobbies and my neighbor actually cracked a smile when I finally fired it up.
This was after a body-off floor pan replacement. Sawzall, air chisel, drilling, MIG Welding, paint stripping, priming and painting engine tins. Lots of Zeppelin & Marley at all hours of the day and night. I had the big flood lights going at night and all.
His response was "I didn't think you would ever start that thing, y'all did a lot of work . . ." and he came over with his son to check it out.
During the build I saw him everyday and he never complained once.

My neighbors across the street seem to prefer to crank up the music during normal sleeping hours.
Eventually someone calls the cops.

On topic:
The thing is you seem to have a relationship with them (help them do stuff, etc.) So I think you should let them know that this is important and dangerous stuff (you could hurt yourself) and that the faster and better you get it done the faster the noise and smells will stop. Asking about a good time for them is cool to as you offer a compromise. If they don't have any good time for you to work then don't crank the Slayer too loud, just finish your projects safely and without regards to the noise.

RayB:
Asking for a "window of complaint free working" is polite and all, but then it seriously restricts when you can work and the second you fire up a power tool outside that window, the neighbour will get pissy because you're directly breaking an agreement.

Screw em. "That's life".

jimmy2x2x:
You are right, I shouldn't be boxing myself in with a limited time window.

They just sit there in the back garden from dawn till dusk, yapping away.  Its never a good time, they never go out.

I was out in my tiny shed just now, so I put the radio on for half an hour, knocked about 6 nails into the shed cross beam to hang a couple of tools to make some room, and above the radio I could hear them tutting and mumbling.  That's half an hour, knocked in 6 nails and they are already expressing their disapproval.

I think if I ask them about an appropriate time, they will think I am in the wrong and need their permission to work.

shateredsoul:
but if you ask, that might produce similarly hilarious results as the guy with the v8

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