Just curious! Our neighbors mowed kind of late yesterday imo and it got me thinking.
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I am a grouch, and I feel like anything before 9 am and after 8 pm is off limits.
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Hmmm, after 8pm?
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past 9. i mean, that's noise ordinance around here.
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I don't really care when people mow their lawns, though I'd find it strange if they did it at night when the bugs are out.
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@looch: before 9?! i don't even think i would register it as long as it was after 7!
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Most people where I live do it after 7 or 8 PM, but that's because it's usually super hot and humid anytime before then.
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In the dark would be dangerous but my husband would mow then if he could so it's not so dang hot!.
I have one rule: after 9am Sundays.Otherwise, game on. Mow yo lawn!
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After dark. It's not unusual for people to wait until later in the day or do it early in the morning here. It's too hot otherwise.
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@birdofafeather: If it's before 8, especially on a weekend, I get ragey! Especially if it is a lawn service and it's two guys mowing and three guys with leaf blowers and a guy with an edger all at the same time.
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I feel like any time between 7am and 8pm is typical. I wouldn't get annoyed unless it was past 9pm.
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Before 7 or after 8.
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After dark, so maybe 8?
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Sun's out till like 8pm now so I guess I'd more just say they shouldn't mow the lawn in the dark or with minimal lighting...? In the morning I'd say not before 8am as my personal preference.
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Anytime before the sun sets I think is fine. I've seen people in my neighborhood mow as early as 7/7:30 AM and as late as 8 PM in the summer.
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I would say as long as it's still light it's fine. Here the sunset is 8:30, so I would say until then is fine. Even though my daughter goes to bed at 8, I can't get mad because the sun is still out!
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I think after 9pm is too late. The noise ordinance in our town is 10pm, but I feel as if common courtesy prevails in this situation. We live in a neighborhood where there are families with small children. I think we're all courteous of each other when it comes to this.
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I wouldn't like it after 8pm. We use noise machines so it wouldn't bother the kids or anything later, but I'd be annoyed.
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Past 9.
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I was thinking about this last night as my neighbours mowed their lawn at 8:30 - on the one hand I couldn't get too upset because they also mowed our lawn (they connect) but on the other hand that made it worse because they were right under the kids' bedrooms. I think any time between 8am and 8pm is ok.
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I think anything past 9pm is too late.
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@winter_wonder: Now I really want to know what time your neighbor mowed the lawn...
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We try to go by the noise ordinance, so have to wait until 9am on weekends and be done by 7pm (regardless of what day it is).
Now that I think about it though, DH definitely did our lawn from 8-9pm last Friday. Oops.
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Not before 7 and after 8
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I think everyone does it during the day in my neighborhood. I don't remember hearing lawnmowers after work hours, though maybe I just haven't noticed. Our landlady hires someone to do ours, it was part of our lease agreement (added by her, not us!)
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I'd say past 8
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Past 8/830
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I would be a little irritated if it was happening after 8pm. I'd also be irritated if it was before 8am.
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Oddly, I've never thought of it! We live somewhere HOT so everyone mows early morning or late evening. I think we're all so used to the noise that it doesn't bother anyone.
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@kiddosc: He started at 7:45 and was still going at 8:30. Thank goodness for a sound machine in DD's room
ETA: I've never thought about how necessary it might be to do it late in the evening in some places when temps are cooler
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My first impulse was after 7 so I'm the biggest grump of all.
Maybe after 8 or so during the summer when it gets dark later out.
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I would say past 9 but we have over an acre of land so can't really hear much from the neighbors' yards. The kids sleep with noise machines and are night owls anyway.
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Too early before 7:00 am, and too late after 8:00 pm. I don't care what noise ordinances are - I think those are considerate times.
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Our neighbor works long hours and sometimes mows late in the evening. Like maybe he starts around 8 or 8:30. He has a rider mower with lights on it. I honestly don't notice the noise unless I'm outside.
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Haha, the sun is going down at 9:30 right now and nearly everyone waits until after 8 to mow, including us.
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During my kid's naptime
seriously, my neighbour across the road has a lawn mower thats probably older than 30 years... the thing sounds like an army tank roaring down the nature strip!
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After dark. I had a neighbor who worked odd shifts and he would mow his lawn very early in the morning. It was so annoying. Most people have a lawn service come in the area where I live now. They mow from 10 am -4 pm. My husband will usually mow until around 6:30-7 pm.
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After dark?
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My kids go to bed just after 6 and I get mad when people shut car doors after this time! Mow your lawn at the weekend, people, in the middle of the day (but wake my baby up from a nap and I will end you). I think I'm the grouch!
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After 8 seems a bit much.
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