Is it legal to burn turf in Dublin?

Rosie_McRose

(Not sure if I'm in the correct section for this question.)

I live in a terrace of bungalows in Dublin city. My neighbour has started burning turf the past few days. (I'm a country girl - I recognise the smell).
The smoke is blowing into our house and the whole house stinks of smoke now - particularly my sons bedroom at the back of the house.
My neighbour is a difficult woman and doesn't speak to us - not because of any previous falling out - she doesn't speak to anyone. So I'm reluctant to approach her directly about it as I doubt I'll get any solution.
I know it's illegal to sell turf/coal but is it legal to burn it?
And if so where can I complain about it? We can't live through the winter like this!

Yawns

Rosie_McRose wrote: »

I know it's illegal to sell turf/coal but is it legal to burn it?

Is it?

I know an awful lot of shops that still sell it in Dublin. Or is this restricted to city centre?

I can't answer your question, I just wandered in from the front page but I am curious about the ban on the selling coal/tuf in dublin seeing as I see it being sold in Dublin shops. In the suburbs tho

Rosie_McRose

yes, you can only buy smokeless fuel. I'm in Dublin6 so dublin city council area.
I've no idea how far the restrictions go - but 100% sure it's illegal to sell within the city area anyway.

Poulgorm

As far as I know, turf is classified as a smokeless fuel.

The Bord na Mona lobby!

mikemac

You are correct there is a ban of certain fuels in Dublin.
Not just Dublin, towns and cities around the country.

But turf is allowed, as said Bord Na Mona has a lot of lobbying power here

Rosie_McRose

Seriously!? turf is considered smokless?:eek:
Considering my house stinks I reckon they've got that wrong!
I'll just have to have a word with her - not that it'll do any good mind!

Yawns

I'd be more concerned about how smoke is getting into your house! Or is it just the smell you mean? If you have a vent in your son's room you may want to buy an adjustable vent that you can close when she has a fire going. This will reduce the smoke/smell coming in. Just rememebr to ventilate the room daily with fresh air

Rosie_McRose

It's just coming in through the window. We don't have wall vents but have permavents in the windows which are closed. He needs the window open to sleep or he overheats and wakes.
So it's catch 22. Close the window and he wakes with the heat. Leave it open and the place is smokey.

Wally Runs

Not sure about turf, BNM bricks yes but the sod turf? I understand them to be 'smokless' is because the test is to measure the darkening of a white fliter paper with soot. The soot from BNM bricks being more grey than black passes the test!

lumlavinlad

hi iam, or shall i say was a self employed carpenter in the midlands.my question is due to lack of work ive being thinking of ideas to make money and as it happens have alot of great quality hopper turf. i was thinking of bagging it and knocking door to door in dublin ,cause i would get the best price for my turf up there is there aproblem with this?

MungoMan

in dublin it's illegal to sell turf

but its not illegal to burn it

turf is not classed as smokeless, nor should it be, its quite polluting

people in dublin can burn turf at will, but its not easy because it cant be sold in dublin.

my sister burns turf in dundrum, but its limited to the amount which will fit in her boot from visits to rural ireland.....a few bags a year

MungoMan

Poulgorm wrote: »

As far as I know, turf is classified as a smokeless fuel.

The Bord na Mona lobby!

As wikipedia might say, citation needed !

Although to be fair, you do say "as far as i know", you are not putting it forward as a fact, your post is a guess.

any evidence bord na mona class turf as smokeless ?

paulfrancis

Just got a couple of bags of turf from Fuel merchant in Harolds Cross Dublin!! What's the craic with the ban on it in Dublin city?

casio4

I know loads of places in Dublin that sell turf, i'm in south Dublin and I burn it all the time

paddy147

Rosie_McRose wrote: »

(Not sure if I'm in the correct section for this question.)

I live in a terrace of bungalows in Dublin city. My neighbour has started burning turf the past few days. (I'm a country girl - I recognise the smell).
The smoke is blowing into our house and the whole house stinks of smoke now - particularly my sons bedroom at the back of the house.
My neighbour is a difficult woman and doesn't speak to us - not because of any previous falling out - she doesn't speak to anyone. So I'm reluctant to approach her directly about it as I doubt I'll get any solution.
I know it's illegal to sell turf/coal but is it legal to burn it?
And if so where can I complain about it? We can't live through the winter like this!

You're neighbour can burn the turf as much as she likes,as she aint doing anything wrong.She is heating her house and is not actually doing anything to annoy you,as she is well within the law and her own rights to burn it and heat her own home.

paddy147

paulfrancis wrote: »

Just got a couple of bags of turf from Fuel merchant in Harolds Cross Dublin!! What's the craic with the ban on it in Dublin city?

I just bought in a large lorry load of the black stuff from Meath.Great heat off it in the stove too.

So 184 bales of briquettes and a lorry load of turf should see me through this winter,and Im in Dublin too.

Sweet.:D

paddy147

Rosie_McRose wrote: »

It's just coming in through the window. We don't have wall vents but have permavents in the windows which are closed. He needs the window open to sleep or he overheats and wakes.
So it's catch 22. Close the window and he wakes with the heat. Leave it open and the place is smokey.

buy a small heater/blower or buy a fan.

oppenheimer1

The clean air act relates to the sale of fuel not the burning as far as I know. Turf is definitely ok as peat briquettes are freely available and they are essentially the same thing.