I also live in a residetial area. Omaha, Ne and I run a gasser. I have some fairly new neighbors whose backyard faces my smithy. He is a volunteer fireman and I know he and his (I assume) fireman buddies have been outside durning some of my forging sessions. Thought they'd come over and ask questions,at least out curiosity. No sirens yet however. No one has even complained about the noise form the power hammer
. But most of my work is done on weekends when most folks are busy with their own noisy projects