Should I chop it off?

[MicraShed]

It's in your neighbours faces.

My nearest neighbour at the rear (looking at my house) is 850 yards away. Hardly in their face.
NOT that that had any bearing whatsoever on my decision to buy PV. People across the fields didnt consult me when they got PV, so I didnt consult them.

For my side by side neighbours to see it they have to walk down to the bottom of their garden and look up at the roof. Given that there are nicer things to look at in their gardens, and given that both immediate neighbours have asked me for details on the install company and what sort of income Im generating and how much difference it has made to my energy consumption from the grid, I kind of assume they are not bothered.

Again its one of those things that different people see in different ways. Clearly you dislike PV installs that sit proud of the roofline. But I would rather see a hundred houses with a neat PV install than one waste reprocessing power station (we have one of those locally too and let me tell you that when the filters need changing the smell is incredibly unpleasant).

 

[telectrix]

one waste reprocessing power station (we have one of those locally too and let me tell you that when the filters need changing the smell is incredibly unplea


obviously, they must have chopped the chimney off short.

 

[ktech]

If's it's bothering you simply get an outdoor rated AAV - these are available and work well. The ducting is not to vent but to prevent negative presure the AAV solves this.

 

[leexgx]

seem like just trimming it down is all that's needed (like one of the other users posted on here, just keep bit of the pipe if the smell does put the pipe back up) if you have got Power optimizers on the PV install then only that panel will be affected by the shade not the whole system

the user coming on here not liking PV is his own option, would i care if my next door neighbour did not like them no (there not there for just looks they have an use, saving me money and making power)

 

[SolarCity]

I see you're a seller of Solar then.
I assume you have a roof full.
Have you tried asking all your neighbours who can see your roof their views on what it looks like, you'll be surprised how many are not impressed with it.

And what evidence do you base that on?

 

[moggy1968]

sounds like sour grapes to me!

 

[Simpsod1]

If you spend time looking at your neighbour's roofs you really have too much spare time!!

 

[ESP]

Back to the origional question! I would just leave it as it will not affect the output by much and the risk of smelling poo all day is worse!

 

[The Solar King]

Only thing of note on vent pipes is if you have a WC in the attic space as you might with a loft conversion or a bungalow conversion. Top of soil pipe should be above top of WC pan so if whole thing blocks up, you don't get jobbies spilling on to the roof. (seems its OK to spill them in to the bathroom).

You will have to have bad drains to get bad odours from a vent pipe. Get up a ladder and have a good wiff. More likely to get a smell in winter when contents of flush are warmer than the outside world.

In general we shorten pipes where possible.

 

[Gavin A]

Only thing of note on vent pipes is if you have a WC in the attic space as you might with a loft conversion or a bungalow conversion. Top of soil pipe should be above top of WC pan so if whole thing blocks up, you don't get jobbies spilling on to the roof. (seems its OK to spill them in to the bathroom).

You will have to have bad drains to get bad odours from a vent pipe. Get up a ladder and have a good wiff. More likely to get a smell in winter when contents of flush are warmer than the outside world.

In general we shorten pipes where possible.

without putting an AAV on?

without an AAV they'd need to be 900mm above any opening window within 3m of the stack to be building regs compliant*.

also, most soil stacks are capable of releasing some proper stinks in the wrong conditions IME, and I've had a couple of installations that have been particularly unpleasant because of the stink coming out of the soil stack.



* I realise it doesn't actually say outdoor rated AAVs are allowed, but given that the manufacturers now sell versions specifically for outdoor use, it's pretty obvious that these should be allowed in situations where the vent is being lowered to within the 900mm zone above a window.