I get pretty pizzed when I start a fire in the winter and it smokes bad before getting up to temp. I'd be REALLY pizzed if it was a nice summer evening and I had to close my windows and turn on tr ge AC because my next door neighbor was cooking on that and smoking me out.
Perfect example of why I live in the country. Eliminates the "Pain in the ARSE neighbor factor".......COMPLETELY !!!!!!!!!
So wood smoke is poison, but "2 cans of Febreze" isn't?! Sounds like this lady needs to get on the 3 year plan for her wood if that thing is smoking that bad!
I guess the affected party needs to move then? I see no other plausible action considering the stove operator is not breaking any laws.
It certainly can be a problem and no doubt they are probably trying to burn green wood. If the wood was dry it should not be a big problem but still can be a problem. The biggest problem though is living so close together. I'm glad I'm in the country. However, even in the country we can have problems. Case in point is our one and only close neighbor who likes to burn crap all summer long and I have no idea what all he burns but it stinks to high heaven many times. Of course, at night it is the worst with the air being more still there is not enough breeze to move out the smoke or odors. Many times we have to shut up the house and turn the air conditioner on else we can't stand the stink. Then there was the time a fellow, 1/4 mile or more away from us decided to burn a bunch of trees and brush. The wind shifted and the smoke came at us big time. It hurt too because we had just installed new carpeting and was gone for a time but when we returned, the house stunk badly and the smoke was so thick it burned our eyes and throats. Trouble is, in the country here, you can have fires like that even without permits. However, you can not make it difficult for your neighbors like that fellow did. We did call the fire department and they put the fire out else that one would have burned for several days. I had asked that man once to not burn when the wind was in that direction and he had promised he would not. Wrong. He forgot. Now I'm the goat for calling the fire department. Doen't bother me though.
We have a neighbor that does something with fish on the grill. Whatever it is they don't smell like very fresh fish. They smell like a dumpster full of fish after three hot Summer days in a row. It's not garbage as far as we know so there's not much you can do. Luckily he doesn't do it very often. As far as the story: I'd want to know the cookstove was being fed well seasoned wood and I'd want the neighbor to close their windows if it would help or quit the beechin'. Although, from the pics, it sure is a smoky burn when the pic was taken ( which could have been from getting the fire started ) and it doesn't look like a reasonably taller chimney would help all that much. I sure would like to drop some well seasoned wood by to see if it helps, though it's not absolutely certain the problem is the visible smoke or the smell and with a wood stove there's always a little bit of smell.
My personal bias, but wood burning should be done in the winter for heat. I don't like making smoke. I feel bad for the neighbors if I accidentally burn wood that results in smoke for an extended period. Firing up a smoke dragon to make breakfast seems kind of silly. What's wrong with the stove burner?
