Two of my neighbours on a terraced street in a town have had wood burning stoves installed. As soon as they are lit, the smoke drifts down into my windows and my air filters send alerts to my phone of poor air quality. I like my neighbours and they have assured me that their stoves are the latest eco models (and they have even had them checked for me by the engineer) - they do not see the problem. It triggers my asthma (the only thing that does these days) and means I have to close all my windows.
With all the efforts we have gone to to reduce air pollution from cars, I can't believe we are still allowing wood burning stoves to be installed in urban areas. What was the point of trying to clean up our air?!
Clare, Somerset*
*name has been changed