ᐅ Wind load on privacy fence (double wire mesh panel with privacy slats) mounted on L-shaped concrete blocks?
Created on: 17 Jul 2019 14:44
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Hello everyone,
On the boundary jump to the neighbor, we had 7 meters (23 feet) of L-shaped concrete blocks (12cm (5 inches) thick) installed at a height of 150cm (59 inches) based on the recommendation of the landscaper (now divorced), with the plan to mount a privacy fence on top later.
However, I have been struggling for some time now with questions about wind load. Our setup is planned as follows:
1 post 200cm (79 inches) high and 250cm (98 inches) wide
1 post 160cm (63 inches) high and 200cm (79 inches) wide
1 post 120cm (47 inches) high and 150cm (59 inches) wide
The first post with 200cm (79 inches) height can also be fixed to the garage wall on the left, so that should not be an issue. For the remaining posts, I need to mount them directly on the L-shaped blocks. There are angled post holders available for this purpose.
Unfortunately, I can’t find any clear information about wind load requirements. Could you help me with this?
Here is a picture of the site with the fence panels roughly drawn in:
The post holders look like this:
What do you think? Should I add more posts, or is this setup sufficient?
Thanks a lot!
On the boundary jump to the neighbor, we had 7 meters (23 feet) of L-shaped concrete blocks (12cm (5 inches) thick) installed at a height of 150cm (59 inches) based on the recommendation of the landscaper (now divorced), with the plan to mount a privacy fence on top later.
However, I have been struggling for some time now with questions about wind load. Our setup is planned as follows:
1 post 200cm (79 inches) high and 250cm (98 inches) wide
1 post 160cm (63 inches) high and 200cm (79 inches) wide
1 post 120cm (47 inches) high and 150cm (59 inches) wide
The first post with 200cm (79 inches) height can also be fixed to the garage wall on the left, so that should not be an issue. For the remaining posts, I need to mount them directly on the L-shaped blocks. There are angled post holders available for this purpose.
Unfortunately, I can’t find any clear information about wind load requirements. Could you help me with this?
Here is a picture of the site with the fence panels roughly drawn in:
The post holders look like this:
What do you think? Should I add more posts, or is this setup sufficient?
Thanks a lot!
guckuck2 schrieb:
They are then set in place and concreted underneath.
Nevertheless, I don’t think the material quality will hold up when the wind picks up and the sheets are inserted into the fence. Unfortunately, they are lying on drain concrete. Looking back, quite a few things went wrong there.
Regardless of whether it’s a double wire mesh panel with PVC coating or, for example, a WPC privacy fence, the problem remains the same, right? I’m currently considering whether it would at least be possible with a mesh fabric. It is slightly wind-permeable. Alternatively, using wooden slats with about 2–3cm (1 inch) gaps between each slat. A neighbor has that as a back "wall" to their carport, and it looks quite nice.