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Da Vinci
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I wonder if anyone has any views on this?
Recently our home has an overpowering smell of oil. Particularly noticable when we come downstairs in the morning or when we re-enter the house having been out. It seems to be concentrated in the kitchen which is the full width of the rear of the house.
The neighbour has a kerosene boiler which is fixed to the garden wall between our properties and the back wall of their house. The exhaust chimney is about a metre off the ground and about a foot out from the house ie. the depth of the boiler. We have been monitoring the smell closely as it is driving us mad and it seems to be occurring when their boiler is on. The problem is the smell lingers for hours and is actually there all the time.There is an air vent on our back wall about 6 foot above the boiler chimney. Firstly the smell is apalling, it is like living in a garage and secondly I'm sure the fumes can't be good for us.
What are our rights does anyone know? Basically their boiler is filling our house with fumes.
Is there a minimum distance that a boiler chimney should be from a house / vents / opening windows?
Any views would be welcome, Thank you.
Recently our home has an overpowering smell of oil. Particularly noticable when we come downstairs in the morning or when we re-enter the house having been out. It seems to be concentrated in the kitchen which is the full width of the rear of the house.
The neighbour has a kerosene boiler which is fixed to the garden wall between our properties and the back wall of their house. The exhaust chimney is about a metre off the ground and about a foot out from the house ie. the depth of the boiler. We have been monitoring the smell closely as it is driving us mad and it seems to be occurring when their boiler is on. The problem is the smell lingers for hours and is actually there all the time.There is an air vent on our back wall about 6 foot above the boiler chimney. Firstly the smell is apalling, it is like living in a garage and secondly I'm sure the fumes can't be good for us.
What are our rights does anyone know? Basically their boiler is filling our house with fumes.
Is there a minimum distance that a boiler chimney should be from a house / vents / opening windows?
Any views would be welcome, Thank you.