smoke nuisance

kkelliher

Hi all

Quick practical question which might be suited to the Arch Scholars in here, us Qs's are no use at these issues ......

Is there a planning regulation in relation to the positioning of chimneys on houses.

I see in most housing estates in Dublin anyway that in a cluster of houses the chimney stacks are usually placed on the side of the house oposite to the private amenity space (ie on the front of the house and not on the side of the back gardens).

I assume this is so that there is no direct smoke nuisance to the private amenity area.

I am aware that wind considerations may still provide a problem but in general this appears to be the practice.

I have an issue with regards to the placing of a chimney stack in a back garden causing a smoke nuisance and I am just wondering what the reg / practice / rule of thumb generally is on the issue.

Thanks in Advance

Keith

muffler

There are several building regs covering the height of stacks above ridge and max. height above exit point in roof and location of rooflights etc but Im not aware of any planning regs for the scenario you describe.

Some PAs will insist that the stacks either exit the roof along the ridge or at least exit the roof at any point along the roof slope as opposed to the stack being built on the outside of the gable wall. This is purely aesthetics though.

There may be something contained in the local development plan for larger urban areas but Im not aware of any here in Donegal.

Poor Uncle Tom

Thats also the way I would see it. In fact the installation of a chimney as part of a heating system onto an existing house can be considered an exempted development and as such does not require planning permission.