Some smart. Some absolutely idiotic.
One that I have yet to hear of is a rule that restricts a resident from carpentry. My flat is in Meilen and I would do all the work outside. Basic woodworking not making Noah's Arc.
Question: Are there any laws that state I can't do this? I know the noise restrictions before 7am and after 8pm and would do the work between those times.
What means "outside"?
On the pavement?
On land that belongs to the owner of a rented apartment?
On land that belongs to an apartment house where you are a joint owner?
On land that you are the sole owner of?
Commercial/business or private?
How often?
Where does all the dust go?
Why not inside?
Did you already get complaints?
I leave the rest up to others
The project is for personal use. Building vertical wall gardens. Would only need to cut wood to size and I could assemble in the flat.
My options for a working space would be:
A) On my balkon
B) In front of the building (small building. Only 3 units. There is a cement landing and is on a private road that dead ends at the building)
C) In a field next to the building
Thanks in advance!
While on the subject of de roolz, and assuming that by the above you mean to install the vertical wall garden on your property:
Have you checked that a vertical wall garden is allowed?
It may seem crazy, but depending on your type of property, neighborhood, Gemeinde, canton, phase of the moon and tides, there might be height or access restrictions to anything 'wall-like'. Sometimes you need an official permit, sometime you just need the agreement of direct neighbors - and sometimes it's perfectly fine to do as you please without tugging your forelock to anyone.
But before you get that woodwork going, probably better to check to see if there are any rules that might affect your project.
But then again, as the old saying goes: "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission".
OH does a lot of building-of-stuff in our garden. The neighbors think he's crazy (Why waste a Saturday when for a mere (insert shocking Swiss price here) you could have a professional put up a raspberry support? Then again, why grow raspberries when you can buy them in the store?) but they have grown used to him and his odd American hobbies.
Key is that he limits the use of power tools so as to avoid offending delicare ears, even during times when when noise is allowed. Power tools are not quite 'normal household noise' in this village (anymore - cue rant on the decline of DIY skills and thus civilization) and so one must be careful. In a neighborhood such as ours, one needs to follow both norms and laws. Whatever the letter of the law is, it is also wise to be sensitive to your neighbors' concerns. Out here (YMMV) short bursts of drilling/sawing/planing/whatevering are usually OK. Better yet, OH does the noisiest power tool work when the neighbors are mowing their lawns so as to drown out our noise.
Best of luck with your project.
Thanks for the reply. One garden wall will go on a wall on our private balcony and the other will be inside out home. The outside one will not be seen by anyone but us as there are no direct lines of sight. May do some nude sunbathing as well, or will I need permission for that too?
I don't anticipate more than 15 mins of power tool work. I will check in with the landlord and see if there are any restrictions then, but I am too a fane of the "ask for forgiveness" rule.
Someone who does 'Schreinerarbeit' is a 'cabinet maker'.
Tom
Möbelschreiner = Furniture carpenter.
Apply common sense. Are you going to be ripping 2m 2x4's for an hour? People might get annoyed at that. Are you making short cuts? Probably fine. Are you on the ground floor balcony/terrace and dust only impacts you? OK. Are you on the 3rd floor with no vacbag and your sawdust will fly all over the side of the building on a gusty day? Maybe they won't like that.
You can balance things too. If you're buying your wood at some bau+hobby or something, or even if you bring your wood to a bau+hobby/jumbo/bauhaus, they can cut your wood for you (pending what cuts you need). You may pay a small price, but doing the long/loud cuts at a shop isn't a terrible thing, and you get the satisfaction of everything else at home.
Asking your landlord if you can use powertools to build a wall may set the completely wrong impression to your landlord (you want to WHAT with WHAT .. and WHERE!?)
In general people imagine the worst case, and are often undisturbed by the average case. Our Tiefgarage prohibits all work. I took out a torque wrench and a few other tools, and was just adjusting the chain on my moto. Landlord walks by, waves hello, its fine. If I called him and said "Can I work on my moto in the garage" he may imagine an oil change with a slip of the hand and a puddle of oil under everyone's cars.
If you need 15 minutes of powertools, you might be making a bigger deal of it than it really is Switzerland isn't that bad of a place. Worst case someone asks you to stop: es tut mir leid, stop and clean up.
PS: A "Schreiner" does not only produce furnitures.
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I think I can make the cuts I need on the balcony is a reasonable amount of time. Would be making about 20 cuts that last 2 seconds each. Minimal dust as well with a collection bag attached to the saw.
And I don't think CH is a bad place! Just heavily regulated.