I am having a problem with my neighbor. He recently installed a vent
over his cooktop for the porpuse of venting his wok fumes to the rear
of his house. We live in attached home row-style townhomes. I recently
notices these fumes eminating from my internal heat/ac duct work. We
have forced air. He did all of the work himself in the middle of the
night. We appoaced him on the issue but he simply said the fumes were
coming from my kitchen. I closed off some of the duct lines to try and
isolate the problem and now there are no fumes in the ducts but we are
still getting inundated with the odor. They ofen cook late like
9:00-10:00PM and its very disturbing. We get the fumes in our bedroom
also. Can anyone help me find some solution or some recourse. There was

a case a while back on this board about a lady who got a court order to

make his naighbor cook only certain hours and eventully got a win and
the courts made them move the ven to the roof. Do you think this is
possible in NYS?

Thanks in advance

I think court cases like that are generally fought by people with egos
on the line. You could try offering to put an elbow and up extension
on the pipe to get the exhaust away from your air intake. If that
won't work, see if you can redirect your air intake.

You do need to fix this. Wok fumes a very high in oil vapor. Over
time, this oil builds on all surfaces in the form of smelly grease and
can be very difficult to remove. Check your air filter periodically to
see if it's starting. If it feels tacky, you'll know.

Sneak over there one night...or very early in the morning with a couple
of cans of expanding foam insulation in a can....fill his exaust vent
up.

Be a man....... ~:

I like that!

Searcher

This reads like a troll, but have you complained to your local building
inspection/codes dept?

wrote:
: I am having a problem with my neighbor. He recently installed a vent
: over his cooktop for the porpuse of venting his wok fumes to the rear
: of his house. We live in attached home row-style townhomes. I recently
: notices these fumes eminating from my internal heat/ac duct work. We
: have forced air. He did all of the work himself in the middle of the
: night. We appoaced him on the issue but he simply said the fumes were
: coming from my kitchen. I closed off some of the duct lines to try and
: isolate the problem and now there are no fumes in the ducts but we are
: still getting inundated with the odor. They ofen cook late like
: 9:00-10:00PM and its very disturbing. We get the fumes in our bedroom
: also. Can anyone help me find some solution or some recourse. There was

: a case a while back on this board about a lady who got a court order to

: make his naighbor cook only certain hours and eventully got a win and
: the courts made them move the ven to the roof. Do you think this is
: possible in NYS?

: Thanks in advance