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If one of the occupants of the house complains about the smoke from the neighbors on the balconies, special posters may appear in the building informing all the neighbors about the ban on smoking on the balconies.
There was a discussion on Facebook when residents of a Vilnius city district noticed that after the ban on smoking on the balconies, they smelled smokers in the stairwell, while others also smelled the smell in the kitchen and the bathroom due to inadequate ventilation of the house. A third of residents worried that irresponsible neighbors could even increase the number of fires in apartment buildings.
Ventilation is damaged by self-cleaning
Arūnas Treigys, the maintenance engineer for the apartment building company Šil construcciónja, realizes that sometimes the residents themselves are to blame for the ventilation of the apartment building.
“Perhaps not even the most leaky buildings, insofar as the residents themselves are a problem, for example, extremely powerful hoods are sometimes connected to public vents (prohibited), stopping and changing direction of air movement.
The change in wind pressure – people say “battle in the chimney”, that is, it does not allow smoke and, at the same time, odors from the vents “, assures the expert.
A. Treigys says that there are currently no plans to install smoking areas next to apartment buildings, at least in Vilnius, and it is not so easy to install them. It is necessary to take into account the prevailing wind direction, distances from buildings, playgrounds and other non-smoking areas.
There is uncertainty
A. Treigys assures that the order issued by the Interior Ministry causes many headaches for companies that manage apartment buildings, because it is not clear how and where to place the warning signs, who should pay for them. There are also considerable gaps in the order that smokers can take advantage of.
“The order does not mention the dryers in common use; would be houses of the series 1-464 LI, p. Karoliniškės nine-story house. Semi-open dryers are also available in the monolithic houses of Pašilaičiai.
It is written that the signs should be made of a durable, weather-resistant material and firmly attached, but in order for them to be firmly attached to the facade, the following topics should be discussed: survey of apartment owners and whether the new house he is also with the architect of the house ”, comments the UAB representative Šilėja.
Fear of fires
Some Vilnius residents who participated in the discussion on Facebook feared that neighbors who started smoking in apartments and stairways could also cause fires.
Aurelijus Česūnas, representative of the Department of Skill and Fire Protection, assures that there is still no data on the increase in the number of fires in apartment buildings, but warns that the smoke can actually cause a fire.
“During the combustion of a cigarette, a temperature of 430 to 600 degrees is reached and this is a high enough temperature that it can ignite nearby objects. For example, wood has an autoignition temperature greater than 300 ° C, paper greater than 230 ° C, and cotton greater than 210 ° C. Therefore, a mist left or dropped in place can cause a fire, ”says A. Česūnas.
The spokesperson adds that sloppy smoking ranked fourth in apartment buildings last year. In total, these fires accounted for 93 or 15 percent of all home fires.
The most common reasons were: careless handling of fire by humans (131 cases); electrical equipment, device and installation failures (112); Damages and malfunctions in the installation and operation of stoves, fireplaces and fireplaces.
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