Operating hours card
The seat beside the driveway
The bench in the shade is open for reading for an hour 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, June to September. It opens at different hours December to January, February to April, May and October to November.
Trust receipt
Record schema 7. Model 2026.09.3. Prepared 2026-10-30. This is a model of the geometry it was given, not a forecast and not a building assessment.
- Measured 1
- Observed 2
Why this result
The bench in the shade is open for reading for an hour 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, June to September. It opens at different hours December to January, February to April, May and October to November.
What you told it, and what it assumed
You told it
- The place is called “The seat beside the driveway”, in Phoenix (demonstration), America/Phoenix.
- Lengths are shown in feet and inches.
- 1 private note is on this device. They stay in a project file unless you leave them out.
It assumed
- Nothing in the counted geometry is marked as placed by the model.
- Every counted object has some standing. That is not the same as every standing being a tape.
What it calculated
Calculated
- The bench in the shade is open for reading for an hour 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, June to September. It opens at different hours December to January, February to April, May and October to November.
What would change the answer
- A taped dimension where the plan still says estimated, placed, or unknown.
- Running the same change through a month that is not this one. A July gain is not a year.
Smallest next check
- The next useful check is the object whose standing is still unknown or estimated, measured at the place.
Where it stops, and which sources it used
Stops
- These hours are modelled from geometry and typical conditions for the month, not from a forecast. A cold snap, a still evening or a wet week moves them, and nothing here knows about the weather on any particular day.
- The reading is taken on the 30th of each month, or the last day when the month is shorter. It is the same day the year card uses, not a promise about the other days.
- This is a decision instrument. It models sun, shade, sightlines, radiant heat and drying from the geometry it was given. It is not a structural, drainage, electrical or planning assessment, and it does not replace one.
Sources
- NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Solar Calculation Details
- ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals, Climatic Design Information, clear-sky solar model
- Oke; Steyn, Boundary Layer Climates and the sky view factor method
To scale · to the measurements given: Drawn to scale from the measurements given. Not a survey. It is not a survey.
The bench in the shade, for reading for an hour
The bench in the shade is open for reading for an hour 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, June to September. It opens at different hours December to January, February to April, May and October to November.
What it feels like sets the shape of the year here — it is what ends the day in 12 months of twelve. Change that one thing and the card is rewritten.
| December–January | 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Open 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it. |
|---|---|---|
| February–April | 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Open 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it. |
| May | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Open 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it. |
| June–September | 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | Open 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. What it feels like is what closes it. |
| October–November | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Open 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it. |
Every month, if you want the detail
The card above is the honest summary; this is what it summarises. Hours are the ones usable inside the part of the day this use actually happens in, on the 30th of each month, or the last day of a shorter month, in average conditions for the month.
| January 30 | 11:00 AM–7:00 PM | 8 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
|---|---|---|
| February 28 | 10:00 AM–3:00 PM | 5 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| March 30 | 9:00 AM–3:00 PM | 6 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| April 30 | 9:00 AM–3:00 PM | 6 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| May 30 | 9:00 AM–12:00 PM | 3 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| June 30 | 9:00 AM–10:00 AM | 1 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| July 30 | 9:00 AM–10:00 AM | 1 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| August 30 | 9:00 AM–10:00 AM | 1 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| September 30 | 9:00 AM–11:00 AM | 2 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| October 30 | 9:00 AM–2:00 PM | 5 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| November 30 | 10:00 AM–2:00 PM | 4 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
| December 30 | 11:00 AM–6:00 PM | 7 h usable. What it feels like closes it |
What the year adds up to
About 1492 usable hours a year at this spot for reading for an hour, counted inside the hours the use happens and nowhere else. It is a blunt number and a useful one: it is the thing a change has to move, and it is the thing to weigh a quote against.
| Open | 12 of 12 months | At the hours this use happens. |
|---|---|---|
| Shut | 0 of 12 months | Read, and found not to clear what this use needs. |
| Not answered | 0 of 12 months | Waiting on something nobody has measured. |
Where this stops
- These hours are modelled from geometry and typical conditions for the month, not from a forecast. A cold snap, a still evening or a wet week moves them, and nothing here knows about the weather on any particular day.
- The reading is taken on the 30th of each month, or the last day when the month is shorter. It is the same day the year card uses, not a promise about the other days.
- This is a decision instrument. It models sun, shade, sightlines, radiant heat and drying from the geometry it was given. It is not a structural, drainage, electrical or planning assessment, and it does not replace one.
Who to ask, and what to ask them
Everything this reading cannot answer goes to 4 places: a structural engineer, a drainage engineer, an electrician and your planning authority.
Inferred from the time zone America/Phoenix. A time zone identifies a country reasonably well and a county not at all, so nothing below is local to you.
A licensed professional engineer (PE), structural
Whether a wall, deck, post or fixing carries the thing you are proposing is a calculation about materials and connections. This product models sun, wind exposure and sightlines; it has never been told what the wall is made of or how the deck is framed.
Take these questions
- Will this fixing or footing carry the load, in the wind this site actually gets?
- What has to be opened up or exposed before that can be answered?
- Is there a version of this that avoids a structural question altogether?
Take these with you
- The contractor packet from this property, which has the dimensions and where each came from
- Photographs of the wall or frame the thing would fix to
- Anything you know about what is behind the surface
Where the register is
NCEES — licensure and verification — Licensing is by state; this points at the board that holds your state's register.
The line in this document that sends you here
- This is a decision instrument. It models sun, shade, sightlines, radiant heat and drying from the geometry it was given. It is not a structural, drainage, electrical or planning assessment, and it does not replace one.
A drainage contractor or civil engineer
This product reads how long a surface stays wet from sun, shelter and shade. It does not know where the water goes afterwards, what the ground is made of below the top few inches, or what your drains are connected to.
Take these questions
- Where is this water going now, and where would it go after the change?
- Is there a connection or a soakaway involved, and is that something I am allowed to alter?
- What would a percolation or infiltration test cost here before anybody designs anything?
Take these with you
- The wetness reading and the months it is worst in
- Where the downspouts land and where water stands after rain
- Any drainage drawing that came with the property
Where the register is
USDA NRCS — Web Soil Survey — Free drainage class and infiltration context for your parcel, before you pay anybody.
The line in this document that sends you here
- This is a decision instrument. It models sun, shade, sightlines, radiant heat and drying from the geometry it was given. It is not a structural, drainage, electrical or planning assessment, and it does not replace one.
A licensed electrician
Outdoor lighting and anything powered near water is a wiring question with a legal answer, and this product models the light rather than the circuit.
Take these questions
- Is this circuit suitable for outdoors and for the distance involved?
- What protection does this need, and does the work have to be certified or inspected?
- Can the fixture be aimed or shielded the way I need without changing the wiring?
Take these with you
- Where the fixtures would go and what they are pointed at
- The distance from the nearest existing supply
Where the register is
Your state or county building department — Permitting and licence checks are local; the state consumer office lists who holds them.
The line in this document that sends you here
- This is a decision instrument. It models sun, shade, sightlines, radiant heat and drying from the geometry it was given. It is not a structural, drainage, electrical or planning assessment, and it does not replace one.
Your city or county planning and building department
Whether you are allowed to build a thing is decided by a local rule set that varies street by street. This product has no idea which rules apply to your address, and anything it said about consent would be a guess dressed as an answer.
Take these questions
- Does this need consent at this height, this footprint and this distance from the boundary?
- Is there anything specific to this property — a conservation designation, a covenant, an easement, an HOA rule?
- If it does not need consent, is there anything that would make it need one?
Take these with you
- The dimensions and the position relative to the boundary, which the contractor packet already states
- A site plan showing where it sits
- The property address, which is what everything above is actually keyed to
Where the register is
USA.gov — find your local government — Permits and setbacks are city or county; this finds the office that issues them.
The line in this document that sends you here
- This is a decision instrument. It models sun, shade, sightlines, radiant heat and drying from the geometry it was given. It is not a structural, drainage, electrical or planning assessment, and it does not replace one.
Nothing here says what the answer will be. These are registers rather than recommendations, and a name on one is a qualification rather than an endorsement.
What this was built on
The property record itself can be exported as a file and carried to another device. Nothing about this property has left your device unless you chose to send it somewhere.
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