Personal wood smoke stories

A vindictive neighbour and no council support
He got his way. We moved from a beautiful house that we had put a lot into.
Smoked-out and driven from home
There was sooo much smoke from the neighbours where we used to live that it would cause a haze in our house.
Wood smoke turned dream home into a nightmare
I cried a lot because I love our home and our neighborhood, but I can’t stand it anymore.
Forced out of Welsh village by wood smoke
We put our house in Wales on the market because of the very poor quality of the air in the village.
Biomass boiler affects life
…even after reporting the sky-high PM2.5 levels that my child is being exposed to, the Environmental Health Department has chosen not to act.
It’s not seasonal anymore
Everyone has a combustion heater. Everyone has a fire pit. The farms burn off when weather permits.
Reconsidering wood burning
Two years ago we replaced [our wood burner] with a more modern, easy to use and, we thought, more eco friendly one.
Forced out of home by wood-burning restaurants
The smoke fumes were terrible…We were forced to eventually sell up and move AGAIN…
Misery in Herefordshire
We are both constantly suffering from asthma and chest infections that never clear up.
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