Nice neighbor

[MHouse1028]

alrite guys now this could turn out to be a long story...but anyhow i had a new neighborhood built across the street from me and my new neighbor had granite steps installed and recently they have been getting a brown type staining on them and she is blaming the my sawmill for it which is well over 400 yards from her.she claims the sawdust is blowing over there due to prevailing winds so now she has called the town on me and they came out to talk to me and said she wants to shut me down....has anyone had any problems with sawdust and granite.and i'm willing to help her but i'm NOT going to stop sawmilling...thanks guys i really appreciate any help

 

[mitch95100]

saw dust shouldnt do that IMHO you could help her out by taking a sledge hammer over there and REMOVING the problem or c4 works pretty goood also

 

[burningwood]

Trees

alrite guys now this could turn out to be a long story...but anyhow i had a new neighborhood built across the street from me and my new neighbor had granite steps installed and recently they have been getting a brown type staining on them and she is blaming the my sawmill for it which is well over 400 yards from her.she claims the sawdust is blowing over there due to prevailing winds so now she has called the town on me and they came out to talk to me and said she wants to shut me down....has anyone had any problems with sawdust and granite.and i'm willing to help her but i'm NOT going to stop sawmilling...thanks guys i really appreciate any help

What type of trees does the neighbor have close to the steps.

Nice little article that might help identify the problem, http://www.natural-stone-interiors.com/granite-stain-removal.html

zap

 

[MHouse1028]

hi guys,hahaha a sledge hammer was a thought..also she has brown mulch beds abutting the steps and 10 or so poplars growing about 20 feet from them...she doesn't take into account that this is a family business and my main source of income and that we have been here 40+ yrs and she moved here a year ago...im just frustrated that she is doing this to me and i even plow her driveway every storm for free ahhhhhhhh.

 

[rmount]

Get rid of the granite and mill her some nice wood ones!

Seriously, she sounds like a pain - hopefully she will decide to move before long, no one needs neighbours like that.

 

[BobL]

. . . . my new neighbor had granite steps installed and recently they have been getting a brown type staining on them and she is blaming the my sawmill for it which is well over 400 yards from her.she claims the sawdust is blowing over there due to prevailing winds so now she has called the town on me and they came out to talk to me and said she wants to shut me down....

I have never heard of this. I mill right next door to a manufactured limestone block plant and have never seen a block change colour. If anything would change colour it would be this situation as our woods also has a high tannin content.

One idea might be to get your self a piece of granite and put it nearer to your saw mill and show her how it does not turn brown.

 

[chaikwa]

I can't answer your question, but I have to say, this is exactly why I moved out of New England. More people are getting more and more like her everyday. I worked at a dairy farm in Newton NH in the 80's that had been there for 4 generations. It got shut down when people across the road started building houses then complaining about the smells and animal noises. (yes cows poop and make moo-ing sounds).

 

[Muffler Bearing]

Cap The Beach And Get It Over!

 

[scor440]

Sounds like residue from her lab.......cause she must be smokin something.Keep sawin brother!

 

[bobt]

hi guys,hahaha a sledge hammer was a thought..also she has brown mulch beds abutting the steps and 10 or so poplars growing about 20 feet from them...she doesn't take into account that this is a family business and my main source of income and that we have been here 40+ yrs and she moved here a year ago...im just frustrated that she is doing this to me and i even plow her driveway every storm for free ahhhhhhhh.

Your milling is CERTAINLY NOT harming her precious steps! Then you plow her driveway for free! You should send her a bill for the plowing! Haha! Damn people now. Stone and concrete age to a nice patina naturally. Obviously she is oblivious to that fact. Pfft!

Bob

 

[discounthunter]

i hate this world nowadays. every thing that happens is caused by someone else no one takes responsibility for their own . bro dont sweat it. it is NOT your fault. as stated i bet it is the trees/mulch and or her irrigation water. even runoff from her OWN roof(check the color of her shingles). just keep on milling.

 

[TPA]

Acid stains granite. Since these are new steps, they are likely being stained by low ph pollen, or by allowing leaves to remain too long on the steps.

 

[pwoller]

I guess now you'll have to rake her leaves and sweep her steps. Is she married? Divorced recently? Out to get all men?

If shes married then I think you need to have a talking to her husband and explain how things can be much more difficult for them or they can play nice and you will too. I agree with the others though people are so fing disconnected these days. No problem going to burgerking to get a burger but dont want to deal with the smell and sounds cows make? I always laugh because if the #### hits the fan these people will be the first to go.

 

[manatrash]

you said mulch by her steps,its probably the brown dye leaching out of the mulch

 

[BobL]

. . . . I always laugh because if the #### hits the fan these people will be the first to go.

You'll find the bastards at the front of the life boat queue - that hopefully never comes.

 

[Burlhunter13]

I guess now you'll have to rake her leaves and sweep her steps. Is she married? Divorced recently? Out to get all men?

If shes married then I think you need to have a talking to her husband and explain how things can be much more difficult for them or they can play nice and you will too. I agree with the others though people are so fing disconnected these days. No problem going to burgerking to get a burger but dont want to deal with the smell and sounds cows make? I always laugh because if the #### hits the fan these people will be the first to go.

Can I get an AMEN!

 

[Timberframed]

What BobL said about the sample granite. Grand idea! Then when she understands that it is not the sawdust, get a lawyer and sue the panties off her for harassment and stress related emotional damages. Whatever happened to tar and feathering?

 

[Walt41]

I live by a simple code..."Only concern yourself with the properties for which you can produce a paid tax receipt" I avoid alot of stress this way.
Since this problem has parked itself at your front door I like the idea of getting a cutoff piece of granite like hers and tossing it in your sawdust pile to prove it is not discoloring it, my money is on the mulch, and whatever else they have in close proximity to their fancy overpriced stairs.

 

[MHouse1028]

it's to funny as im reading these im looking out the window and looked at her roof it's brown shingles and theres no gutters ahhhhhahahaha....

 

[KiwiBro]

she has called the town on me and they came out to talk to me and said she wants to shut me down

There was a time 'the town' would have found a way to discourage such BS, but now too many people are financially compensated by rate/taxpayers to 'manage/mediate' in pathetic conflicts conjured up in the minds of the terminally disconnected phalanx, the edges of which advance upon the countryside like a plague of pests, eroding the values our forefathers held and passed along. Values that sane people accept need to prevail but too often are trampled by the idiotic, short-sighted collective.

That some people have become so out of sync with what's important in life that they seek to impose their distortions upon a lamentably shrinking minority of 'well grounded' citizens, it's hard not to actually wish a monumental catastrophe upon a society which has demonstrated without doubt, it's refusal to learn it's lessons any other less painful way.

Sure, society has developed so many wonderfully specialised skills, but when it comes at the expense of basics like communication, forethought, consideration and respect, we have paid far too high a price for the so-called progress of society. What ever happened to a polite chat across the fence about what might be causing the problem and what to do about it?