Wok fumes
 

I recently posted this problem, I have had little success with the
local administrative codes, I have also been told that it will cost 25
thousand dollars to sue this person for nusiance. Can someone with
engineering or contruction experience tell me if installing my own roof

vent over the attached overhang/soffiting where his vent is located
help in drawing the fumes away from the building?

Here is the original post for your enjoyment:


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

Wok fumes
 

wrote:
I recently posted this problem, I have had little success with the
local administrative codes, I have also been told that it will cost 25
thousand dollars to sue this person for nusiance. Can someone with
engineering or contruction experience tell me if installing my own roof

vent over the attached overhang/soffiting where his vent is located
help in drawing the fumes away from the building?

Here is the original post for your enjoyment:


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


Do you have an HOA? If he boot legged the installation perhaps you
have recourse through the city / building dept?


Maybe through small claims (in California you can sue for up to $5k)
but here it has to be for actual damages......like the cost of some
equipment to handle the problem

How are the fumes getting into your house?

The water vapor / fat in his output stream carries the odor

In this type of situation it's best to deal with the problem at the
source........a filter on his output or re-route the duct & move the
discharge point to a better location

nvestigate the cost of an odor filter on your intake (if you have one)?


cheers
Bob

Wok fumes
 

On 18 Sep 2006 07:00:43 -0700, wrote Re Wok fumes:

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?

Yes
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Wok fumes
 

How do I do this without the cost of a lenghthy, difficult to prove
civil suit?

Wok fumes
 

On 18 Sep 2006 11:14:11 -0700, wrote Re Wok
fumes:


How do I do this without the cost of a lenghthy, difficult to prove
civil suit?

Since you didn't quote what you are replying to, I'm not sure you are
directing your question to me, but I *think* you are, so let me
summerize:

1. You describe a problem you are having with your neighbor cooking.

2. You ask if it's possible to win a court litigation, to wit:

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?

3. Now you ask how to do this cheaply and quickly.

Answer: try small claims court. Start he
http://www.nolo.com/product.cfm/Obje...EF421A1A5/104/

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Wok fumes
 

wrote:
I recently posted this problem, I have had little success with the
local administrative codes, I have also been told that it will cost 25
thousand dollars to sue this person for nusiance. Can someone with
engineering or contruction experience tell me if installing my own roof

vent over the attached overhang/soffiting where his vent is located
help in drawing the fumes away from the building?

Here is the original post for your enjoyment:


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

That can be brutal. I had Chinese students in the next room during
college who generated vast quantities of hydrocarbon emissions from the
kitchen, after a year you could have scraped the surface of the walls
in the dorm and sold the scrapings to Mobil. Look at the apparatus on
the local Chinese restaurant to keep the exhaust air relatively clean.
Seriously, good luck.

Wok fumes
 

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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


It's hard to imagine what someone could cook that would be so tough to
handle inside a neighboring residence. We have a Jennair range with
down-draft vent, which vents into building atrium (not enclosed).
Neighbors can tell whenever I burn dinner :o)

Does the neighbor's vent exhaust into a closed-in area, such as between
buildings or a courtyard? You can call your city code enforcement
people and find out whether there is a code that covers the situation;
getting it enforced is another matter.

Perhaps your doors and/or windows need some sealing done to keep air
drawn in by furnace and AC from leaking in around doors and windows near
his exhaust vent?

Wok fumes
 

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:22:37 GMT, Norminn
wrote:

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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


It's hard to imagine what someone could cook that would be so tough to
handle inside a neighboring residence. We have a Jennair range with
down-draft vent, which vents into building atrium (not enclosed).
Neighbors can tell whenever I burn dinner :o)

Does the neighbor's vent exhaust into a closed-in area, such as between
buildings or a courtyard? You can call your city code enforcement
people and find out whether there is a code that covers the situation;
getting it enforced is another matter.

Perhaps your doors and/or windows need some sealing done to keep air
drawn in by furnace and AC from leaking in around doors and windows near
his exhaust vent?

Positive pressure fan-driven air system from the other side of the
building. That'll solve the problem, guaranteed.

Wok fumes
 

Do you think this is possible in NYS?

I would be cheaper to just move.

This is why people want to live in the suburbs.