Neighbor's Fireplace Smoke

[Horn_Spanker 524]

My schizophrenic next door neighbor north of me, has demolished his deck and is now burning it in his fireplace!  I've asked him not to because of the pressure treated pine is full of arsenic.  I didn't realize how porous my house is, the smoke is choking me.  I've asked him three times to stop, with no results.

I contacted the county (Travis), and was told burning pressure treated pine outside is a crime.  Can't prove what he's burning inside his home.

What is my legal recourse?  What are ways to evict him?

[Bevo&Pevo 5518]

Cap off his chimney.  On a serious note, way back when I had a buddy who severely allergic to poison ivy.  His neighbor to the North burned some wood with some left PO twigs on it and damn near killed my buddy.  The smoke got in his lungs and F'd him up.  Tell him that story maybe it'll help.

Edited February 11, 2021 by Bevo&Pevo

[Paco 1960]

Didn't we already have this thread?

[MonkeyDoughnut 10803]

52 minutes ago, Horn_Spanker said:

My schizophrenic next door neighbor north of me, has demolished his deck and is now burning it in his fireplace!  I've asked him not to because of the pressure treated pine is full of arsenic.  I didn't realize how porous my house is, the smoke is choking me.  I've asked him three times to stop, with no results.

I contacted the county (Travis), and was told burning pressure treated pine outside is a crime.  Can't prove what he's burning inside his home.

What is my legal recourse?  What are ways to evict him?

If you are at that point, it's probably going worth trying to buy his old deck boards off him or pay him to not to it.  Messy neighbor situations can spiral quickly and make like miserable for way longer than it's going to take for him to burn that deck.

[Bernard 879]

Maybe this would help your house:

Bernard

[Chewbacca 7830]

1 hour ago, Paco said:

Didn't we already have this thread?

Yes.  Yes, we did.  

[tbone_ 14448]

Could you just burn his house down?

[Kennythetiger 9627]

 

[Guest Lobo]

On 2/11/2021 at 11:32 AM, Horn_Spanker said:

My schizophrenic next door neighbor north of me, has demolished his deck and is now burning it in his fireplace!  I've asked him not to because of the pressure treated pine is full of arsenic.  I didn't realize how porous my house is, the smoke is choking me.  I've asked him three times to stop, with no results.

I contacted the county (Travis), and was told burning pressure treated pine outside is a crime.  Can't prove what he's burning inside his home.

What is my legal recourse?  What are ways to evict him?

Is he really schizophrenic or you just saying that for insult?  

Also---bevo&pevo............we had a kid at summer camp way up in the northwoods near Canada.  We were making campfires and inadvertently tossed on some P.O. dried sticks.  Luckily he recognized it straight away from other incidents, and so we put it out.  I had no idea it could do that to lungs like it did to skin, we were just 8 or 9.  I'd like to think that kid grew up, moved to China, and ate a live bat to get back at society for his lung issues.  

[troph 25227]

It’s in his fireplace? Go pee on it. 
 

seriously though if you can’t stop him politely or creatively and you’re worried about your health then I would call the police. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22303]

911 what's your emergency.  Help my neighbor's burning treated lumber in his fireplace.  That sounds like the next 911 Lone Star episode.

[Irish Wrist Watch 1503]

Isn't there a public health department for shit like this? Air quality board? 

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

On 2/11/2021 at 11:32 AM, Horn_Spanker said:

Can't prove what he's burning inside his home.

Ask them to come over and huff some fumes and see if that's enough proof.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Had a neighbor in Dallas whose elm tree died in 2011.  Huge tree.  Asked him what he was gonna do with all the wood.  "Burn it."  

For about a week he burned newly cut elm in his house fireplace.  Branches and all.  Looked like he failed to elect a new pope.