Kitchen Extractor Fan

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My father wants to vent his kitchen hood extractor directly into the next door neighbours garden, the wall is right on the boundary he wants to go out. I've told him he cant do this, who wants next doors dinner smells in their garden. I still think he wants to go ahead. What can I say further to dissuade him.
 
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I don't have legal training, but I suspect he may be in contravention of the Party Wall Act.

If the neighbour doesn't like it and erects something on his side of the wall to block it, it could all turn nasty and end up one of the disputes we read about that cost both homeowners huge sums of money in legal fees, they suffer much stress, and neither of them feel happy in their homes any longer. Personally I would speak to the neighbour first and try and come up with some mutually agreeable solution.
 
He hasnt done it yet, I'm still trying to convince him otherwise so anything I can use will be greatly appreciated.
 
Tricky one.

Chances are he may not even use it.

It may be the case he is having a cooker hood above his hob, and can't hide the ducting his side.

Possible options:
1) get him to fit a conventional fan somewhere else in his kitchen on a different wall, and if he does want a cooker hood, make it the recirculating type.
2) duct out of the wall as he planned, but extend the ducting along the outside wall to turn round into his garden.
 
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The cooker hood has one of those 6 month charcoal filters, he can get rid of the filter and use ducting instead. The ducting would go through kitchen wall across single storey garage and out the garage wall which is right on the property boundary.
 
Use a tile, mushroom, or roof vent (depending on roof type) to take the extract through the garage roof?
 
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Parents dont want to put a hole in the garage roof. There are a couple of other exit points for the vent it's just convincing the parents that's the way to go. Garage roof is flat felt roof
 

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