Barbecue fumes question?

[samwiseg]

Now please don't think that I am being a spoil sport but I wish my downstairs neighbours would not have a barbecue EVERY night *sigh*

Don't get me wrong as everyone enjoys a good barby now and again but apart from the smell being awful coming up into the flat should I be concerned about the boys?

I know I can't protect them from everything, but what do you guys think?

P.s I have shut the windows despite it being extremely warm outside *moan grumble and whinge*

[OP]

That is one awkward situation to be in. I am not expert on the fumes from barbies but I wouldn't think it will harm your boys unless it goes on for weeks on end. The smell is awful to everyone except those around the barbecue. It's just a shame that some people don't think about their neighbours.

[mizloco]

No idea but a bucket of water over the balcony might help....

[starlingqueen]

I know how you feel. My neighbours have 3 BBQs a day in the warm weather. They fire it up for breakfast and have it going all day and often they have people round for BBQs. I worry about my chickens and when the wind is blowing in the right direction we have to close our doors and windows. I wouldn't think the fumes are good for the birds.

[Deleted]

your not being a spoil sport, much as i love the smell of a barby the smell lingers for a very long time.  nice wafting in the air outside but not in your home

[birdguhl]

Oh summer nights do bring out the best in people, don't they?

Surely the fumes (do you mean from fuel or food) would be quite dispersed? Hopefully not concentrated enough to prove harmful to the buds.

[stace]

Barbecues are annoying when people live very close to each other. Especially since most people don't clean them off properly so they throw up a ton of smelly smoke. It's hard to grumble about, as in the greater scheme of things, it's a brief annoyance. It's people who sit up outside and talk nonsense half the night keeping everyone awake that gets my goat.

Some apartment buildings have by-laws that forbid barbecues on balconies. But you can't do that in houses, even if they are attached terrace rows.

[Hezz]

I don't think the fumes would be great for them, but as birdguhl says surely they would be rather diluted by the time they reach you? It is not as though you are holding the birds over the barby but what wafts your way. Aside from closing doors and windows as you have done, the only other suggestion I can make is to have a fan blowing the smoke away from your boys. Which probably means that you would have to weigh up whether the threat is greater to open doors and try dispersing the smoke yourself or closing doors and getting hot ...... or use the fan to help you all inside cool down.

[samwiseg]

Thanks all

I suppose I shouldn't grumble, but it is the petrol/fuel fumes I am worried about. As an afterthought, it just seems strange to me that people with bbq's put on lovely food and douse the coals with petrol...its the wrong kind of marinade?!

And I keep having to remind myself that if I was living on the ground floor with a small patch of garden would I have a bbq on a sunny day? If the answer is yes then I shouldn't really complain

[stace]

Jul 27, 2014 8:47:24 GMT samwiseg said:

Thanks all

I suppose I shouldn't grumble, but it is the petrol/fuel fumes I am worried about. As an afterthought, it just seems strange to me that people with bbq's put on lovely food and douse the coals with petrol...its the wrong kind of marinade?!

And I keep having to remind myself that if I was living on the ground floor with a small patch of garden would I have a bbq on a sunny day? If the answer is yes then I shouldn't really complain

I don't think you're supposed to use petrol.    That would make the food taste horrible. 

[samwiseg]

For some reason apparently a lot of Brits do use some sort of flammable liquid having said that I think they are Slavic or similar so who knows what they are using as basting!!!

[Learner]

My OH hates bbqs and our window-frames suffer if anyone around about has one which causes our place to fill with fumes. "Bang, bang, bang"

Next-door frequently had them directly along side our conservatory so "bang, bang, bang" and the budgies baked when they were housed there. (18 months or more ago)

Now: no more bbqs as we came to an agreement - I removed my Westminster chimes clock from the mantel-piece and put it on silent in return next-door's bbqs are held about 50' or more away. Seemed fair all round. Mostly they now take everything out with them and disappear to the beach.

My budgies are now over the road and the neighbour there (my cousin) always lets me know if he is lighting up and waits until the aviary is closed down late evening. He's pretty good at almost smoke and pong-free bbqs. Not sure how / why but no complaints from the birds.

[starlingqueen]

I am currently sitting in my lounge with the fragrance of charcoaled sausages and botulism chicken wafting through. You may be able to tell I'm not a fan of BBQed food.