General construction work should be restricted to the following hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm. Saturdays 8am to 1pm. Most councils advice that noisy work is prohibited on Sundays and bank holidays but you should check with your local council to confirm this.
Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and also community in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The area consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking area in Wales, with around 76% of the its locals aged three years or older stating that they might speak Welsh. According to the most recent Estyn inspection report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from houses where Welsh is talked. In a case in June 2011, with new English property managers of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the pub in anger as well as were intimidated with an airgun after being informed to stop ordering their drinks in Welsh. The pub consequently had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held each year at the Memorial Hall. The town is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are numerous language traces of Old Welsh to be located in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth area, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" implying bridge). Remains of old huts can be located near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His popular band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their farewell album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.