You will be in trouble if your vacuum cleaner emits 'unreasonable noise' from a residential property between 10pm and 7am Monday to Friday and 10pm and 9am on weekends and public holidays (Environment Protection (Residential Noise) Regulations 2008 (Vic) reg 6).
It's illegal to use your vacuum between 10pm and 9am at weekends and 10pm and 7am during the week. Kids are not allowed to buy cigarettes of course. However, there is no law that specifically states that they're unable to smoke them!
Monday to Friday before 7 am and after 8 pm. Weekends and public holidays before 9 am and after 8 pm. Electric power tools, chainsaws or circular saws.
The Environment Protection Regulations 2021 cover specific sources of noise from residential properties. A list of prescribed times and their prohibited times can be found here. In general, noise must not be heard within a neighbouring dwelling: Monday - Friday: before 7 am or after 9 pm*
If you are being disturbed by after hours noise from music and parties, call the Police Assistance Line on 131 444. Victoria Police can visit the property and order them to stop/reduce the volume through powers under the Environment Protection Act 1970.
Therefore, your local council will implement restrictions on when you can use lawn mowers and other power tools. In Victoria, this means: Monday - Friday between 7 am - 8 pm. Saturday - Sunday between 9 am - 8 pm (also applies on public holidays)
Most local ordinances include "quiet times." A typical ordinance prohibits loud noises between 11 p.m. and 7 or 8 a.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. or midnight until 8 to 10 a.m. on Sundays and holidays.
With noise, OSHA's permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 90 dBA for all workers for an 8 hour day. The OSHA standard uses a 5 dBA exchange rate. This means that when the noise level is increased by 5 dBA, the amount of time a person can be exposed to a certain noise level to receive the same dose is cut in half.
Night hours are 11.00 pm until 7.00 am. To reduce noise nuisance from houses and premises, the law defines a maximum amount of noise which is acceptable during night hours.
How Late or Early Can You Vacuum? Reasonable waking hours are generally between 9 am and 7 pm. The rule of thumb to consider is when is the latest a person might be waking up, and when the earliest is they might go to bed. Some folks will say 8 am to 11 pm, but it's recommended to err on the side of caution.
Noisy things should be done between the hours of 8am and 8pm. If you're being noisy outside of those times, you're a bad neighbor. If there are no set rules or regulations in terms of vacuuming or silent hours, then anytime between 9 am and 11 pm should be okay for vacuum cleaning.
No vacuuming at night
According to Section 48A of The Environment Protection Act 1970 and the Environment Protection (Residential Noise) Regulation 2018 in Victoria, it is an offence to make unreasonable noise in your residential place at a certain time of the day.
10pm. That's the noise ordinance in most of the USA.
Yes, it's typically legal to vacuum your home at 10 pm. There are some outside cases where a noise ordinance might come into play (one example, if you're on the upper floor of an apartment, vacuuming at 10 pm would violate most noise ordinances as regards the tenant beneath you), but they will be rare.
A vacuum cleaner can run continuously for 30 – 60 min each time.
Any noise exceeding 70 dB is considered disturbing. Residential limits usually start at 60 or 55 dB (the equivalent noise of a regular vacuum cleaner).
Workers must not be exposed above 85 decibels (as an average) over eight hours at work. Machines like blenders, lawnmowers and leaf blowers are around 85 decibels. This rule changes depending on decibels and time exposed. For example, the risk at 91 decibels over two hours is the same as 85 decibels over eight hours.
As a general rule of thumb, the noise level is probably 85 dB or more if it is necessary to shout to talk to someone 2 m away, for more than about two hours per day in total.
If your neighbour is noisy or stops you feeling comfortable, try to discuss it with them if you can. If that doesn't work there are other ways you can ask them to stop, for example by reporting them to the council.
Except where emergencies or permits allow, building works can only be carried out between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday, and 8am and 3pm on Saturday. These times are our permitted hours of building works. You should get your work done in these hours.
Yes. Sunday is a good day to mow the grass, unlike in Germany where it is illegal to cut grass on a Sunday. However, be considerate with your neighbours.
Most gardeners will agree that the earliest time you can safely mow your lawn is around 8-9 AM. That's because at this time the grass has already dried, and it will typically be standing tall already.