Posted By Paul Adams Your friend doesn't need all the details. This activity is governed by the local authority who licence premises to carry out this work. There are many requirements regarding storage and use, particularly regarding extraction and ventilation. A licence would never be issued for a domestic premises, including a garage or lock up assigned to a domestic dwelling. Go straight to the local EHO.

Posted By TBC Yes get your local EHO involved, but also get the local council involved. You can't run a business from home for various reasons. Bet he's not paying Council Tax on a business. If the property has a mortgage on it - the building society would be interested. They don't allow you to run a business from home without special permission - as far as I know. If it's council property he'll have problems - they don't allow it. He probably won't be insured. The inland revenue would also be interested. A few phone calls would soon put paid to this kind of nuisance. Is he on the dole? The local Fire and Rescue may also be interested it sounds like a matter of time before he blows somebody up with a fume explosion (hopefully himself). I would certainly look at all angles to get it stopped.

Posted By ian milne Consider these probabilities; Iso's can be absorbed and play havock with the respiratory system and nervous system where frequent exposure is allowed. They produce asmthatic symptoms (the reason why the H&SE executive recommends RPE if it is a business) and I know two 'traditional' paint sprayers who had tumours removed from their backs in the past (that certainly changed their behaviours). Iso's are also narcotic and produce a sense of 'high' where these are breathed in and produce after-effects when the person is removed from this environment (mood shifts etc) according to research years ago. The environ'mental' health and well as SEPA/EA would be very interested (if it was a complaint) due to the probabilities of dusts (sanding cataloy etc), polluted water or thinners (cleaning spray guns), release of particulate matters to the environment. There is also the disposal of wastes (I bet it has gone to the domestic routes using his home bin collection) which is possibily illegal, dependant on his agreements with the council, if any. Downside is that he hacks of his neighbours, he losses their business. Trust that this helps. Ian

Posted By Richard Mathews and the local fire and rescue service would not be pleased with this situation.