Qitzur Shulchan Arukh – 183:7

ז: אֲפִלּוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת בּרְשׁוּת שֶׁלּוֹ דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מַזִּיק לִשְׁכֵנוֹ, אָסוּר. לֹא יַנִּיחַ בַּחֲצֵרוֹ סָמוּךְ לְכֹתֶל שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁיֵשׁ בּוֹ חֲמִימוּת וּמוֹצִיא הֶבֶל וּמַזִיק אֶת הַחוֹמָה, כְּגוֹן זֶבֶל וְכַדּוֹמֶה, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הִרְחִיק שְׁלשָׁה טְפָחִים. וְכֵן צָרִיךְ לְהַרְחִיק שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁפֹּךְ מַיִם סָמוּךְ לְכֹתֶל חֲבֵרוֹ. וְלָכֵן צִנּוֹר הַמְקַלֵּחַ מִן הַגַּג, צָרִיךְ לְהַרְחִיקוֹ מִכֹּתֶל חֲבֵרוֹ שְׁלשָׁה טְפָחִים. וּמִכָּל-שֶׁכֵּן שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁפֹּךְ עָבִיט שֶל מֵי רַגְלַיִם סָמוּךְ לְכֹתֶל חֲבֵרוֹ. וּלְהַשְׁתִּין מַיִם סָמוּךְ לְכֹתֶל חֲבֵרוֹ, אִם הוּא כֹּתֶל שֶׁל אֲבָנִים אוֹ ֹשֶל עֵץ בְּלִי טִיט, דַּי כְשֶׁמַּרְחִיק טֶפַח אֶחָד. וְאִם הָיוּ הָאֲבָנִים צְחִיחַ סֶלַע, אֵינוֹ צָרִיך לְהַרְחִיק כְּלָל, וּמַשְׁתִּין אֲפִלּוּ עַל הַכֹּתֶל. וְאִם הוּא כֹּתֶל ֹשֶל לְבֵנִים אוֹ ֹשֶל עֵץ מְחֻפֶּה בְּטִיט, צָרִיךְ לְהַרְחִיק שְׁלשָׁה טְפָחִים. וְעַיֵן עוֹד בְּסִימָן שֶׁאַחַר זֶה

Even doing something in his own domain something which causes damages to his neighbor is prohibited. He should not place in his courtyard, adjacent to his friend’s wall, anything which has [and gives off] heat, or gives off gases, or would [otherwise] damage the wall, such as manure and the like, unless if he keeps it a distance of 3 tefachim [roughly 9″; enough to keep the heat or fumes from damaging the wall]. Similarly, he has to keep distant so as not to spill water adjacent to his friend’s wall. Therefore, a gutter which drains [water] from the roof, he must distant it[s outlet] 3 tefachim from his friends wall. All the more so not to spill a chamberpot of urine adjacent to his friend’s wall. To urinate adjacent to his friend’s wall, if it is a wall of stone of of wood without tarring [or plaster], it is enough to keep a distance of 1 tefach [3″ or so]. If it is of stone fitted into stone, he doesn’t have to keep any distance, and can even urinate against the wall. If it is a brick wall, or of tarred [or plastered] wood, he has to keep a distance of 3 tefachim. See more in the next siman [184, which deals with physical damages; ie injury].

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