Decision record · revision 1
A 6.9 ft panel to the west
Record demo-pool-surround-barefoot:1:side-shade-panel:9:17
A solid panel about 6.9 feet high and 9.8 feet wide, standing 7.2 feet to the west. Low sun arrives almost horizontally, and only something vertical stops it.
Baseline
97
Crossing it barefoot · The route to the water
Forecast
100
+3 points
Annual average
+14
worst season +3
Survey standing: Mapped: Shade, sky view and daily light are computed from real geometry rather than assumed. This is the rung at which the product starts telling you things you did not already know.
Design intent dimensions
| Height | 6.9 ft |
|---|---|
| Width | 9.8 ft |
| Distance from reading point | 7.2 ft |
| Bearing | 260° |
Four-season acceptance basis
| Season | Before | After | Delta | Controlling after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 97 | 100 | +3 | none |
| April | 97 | 100 | +3 | none |
| July | 54 | 100 | +46 | none |
| October | 97 | 100 | +3 | none |
The same built change does not produce a dependable improvement across the year.
Site controls this price depends on
| Control | Value | Provenance | Before ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| The house | 13.8 ft high | declared | recorded |
| Block wall | 6.2 ft high | declared | recorded |
| The route to the water | Point at 0.2 ft above ground | declared | recorded |
| The lounger | Point at 1.6 ft above ground; facing 200° | declared | recorded |
Verification queue
- Who can actually see in. Sit where you actually sit and look around. Mark the one window or path you can see a person from. Until one exists, privacy is a question we are not answering rather than one that is fine.This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it. · sit-there
- What you are looking at. Mark the direction of the view worth keeping. Without it, every screening recommendation is optimising against nothing.This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it. · sit-there
Acceptance checks
- Re-run the reading for crossing barefoot at The route to the water after installation and confirm the controlling failure is not worse than the tested proposal.
- Check the completed geometry against the decision record before accepting substitutions: height 6.9 ft, width 9.8 ft, distance from reading point 7.2 ft, bearing 260°.
- Confirm the installed intervention preserves the tested annual behaviour (weak).
- Photograph the completed work from the original reading point and record any change to view, glare, privacy line or usable hours that the model did not predict.
Questions every bid should answer
- How will you verify: The hour the complaint is actually about?
- Measure the actual height available before ordering: this is sized at 2.1 metres and a hundred millimetres either way changes whether it works.?
- Mark 2.2 metres out on the ground and stand there before committing. The geometry is only as good as that distance.?
- Sit out there on a clear day in December before you build anything permanent overhead.?
- What exact product, fixing/anchoring method and maintenance regime is included in the price?
- Which dimensions or assumptions in this record would your proposal change, and why?
- What is excluded from the price: structural design, footing design, drainage, electrical work, planning/permit work, boundary verification or underground-service locating?
Explicit exclusions and professional boundaries
A tall panel in an exposed place is a sail, and it needs footings sized for it.
It blocks the view in that direction too, which is often the direction the view is in.
This decision record is design intent and decision evidence, not a construction drawing, structural calculation, permit set, boundary survey or setting-out document.
This record does not determine wind or snow loading, foundation or footing geometry, attachment adequacy, drainage works, electrical compliance, buried-service clearance, property lines or required approvals. Those questions remain with qualified people who can inspect the site and selected product.