$70 a year, that is cheap. How many units in your association? I pay well over $1k a year but we are a small association of 7 units, one property/building. We maintain our own private pool though.
That's still a direct violation of the same rule he's breaking. He's less likely to get caught, but you're still violating the same law while not standing up for yourself. But that's more important to some than others.
I got a call from my homeowners association this weekend. In the message the woman says somethign to the afftect of "some people have noticed you brewing... something in the garage. Whatever it is, I think it's probably against fire safety laws and we'd like you to stop."
I called up my local fire dept this morning to get some info, and, indeed, an open flame within 10 feet of a structure is not allowed in a townhome setting like ours. He didn't say it was illegal, but if an inspector saw it they would make me stop.
I do not have a private yard large enough that would keep me 10 ft from a wall or fence, which means I'm moving operations indoors. Which means 2.5-3 gal batches since our stove sucks. Which means my banjo cooker and 20 gallon Blichmann are essencially useless to me until we move. This f'n BLOWS!
As far as HOA's go... I've dealt with them for 30 years in Construction and Real Estate. I've seen areas with poor HOA's or no HOA's struggle to keep values up. I've never seen an area with a strict HOA see decreased property values..... in fact it's exactly the opposite. And, that's what they are for when run correctly.
Electricity is a LOT more expensive than propane. Tell whoever is bitching to mind their own damn business. There is no difference between propane burner and a propane grill or turkey fryer. It's amazing how some feel that if someone is doing something a little out of the ordinary, they must be doing something wrong.
Tom
Driveway/parking lot is a pretty narrow area that would piss a lot of people off if I were to set up there. They got pissy when we had a garage sale that spilled into that area. Our direct neighbors, the ones we share walls with, don't care. They find it pretty cool, and know another homebrewer in MN. I think the association just doesn't like us very much. They've been giving us a hard time over our dog lately because he has separation anxiety and has a bad day once in a while. At least he doesn't run off leash like some other people's dogs. Grr.
Separation anxiety or not..barking dogs P*** me off too. You owe it to your neighbors to get that problem under control.
Electricity is a LOT more expensive than propane. Tell whoever is bitching to mind their own damn business. There is no difference between propane burner and a propane grill or turkey fryer. It's amazing how some feel that if someone is doing something a little out of the ordinary, they must be doing something wrong.
Tom
I'm in a club, Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild (plug!). I just really like(d) the ease and comfort of brewing at home.
EDIT: this thread is out of control! Loving all the support though. HBT kicks a**!
Freaking Stepford neighborhoods... Where I live, I can do whatever the hell I please, and as long as it isn't in writing somewhere that I can't do it, I'm free.
Then again, I live on a military base, or as I like to call it, a small gated community with armed guards.
Just do it indoors. I know lots of people who run a tank-fed propane burner indoors for making stews or whatnot (just DON'T fry a turkey or anything indoors). It's not dangerous provided you have a little ventilation and an assurance that nothing will tip the stand over. You can buy a cheap carbon monoxide detector for some assurance.
I know some of you use them on wood decks with success but I bet that decking is extremely hot.
“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can”
--Samuel Adams
They didn't know. They assumed it's something illegal (likely meth). They sent the note phrasing it as a "fire hazard" issue to avoid confronting a "potentially dangerous drug dealer" about his illegal activity. The whole note reads like a "wink, wink" sort of "we know you're doing something illegal, we'll pretend it's a fire hazard thing to get you to knock it off without bringing the cops into our neighborhood but if you don't comply we'll have to get them involved".
I didn't want to cause any damage to my already aging deck.
Clearly, you have never watched Blue Collar TV.
..and I heard its a huge deck.
And what had you pinpoint meth as the drug?
My deck is bigger than your deck
what? Ive had friends who have gotten tickets because they didnt pick up the dog poop within 30 seconds of hitting the ground. Or lawn being 1/2" too long. Car parked too close to the line, this was after there was a 12" of snow on the ground
LP-gas burners having a LP-gas container with a water capacity greater than 2.5 pounds (1.14 kg)
[nominal 1 pound (0.454 kg) LP-gas capacity] shall not be located on combustible balconies or within 10
feet (3048 mm) of combustible construction.
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