Outside, Actually.

BuildingNot yoursCanopyShadow nowCan see inProposed

The table, for dinner outside

The table cannot be read for dinner outside in any month yet.

January–December	not answered	Cannot be answered, because privacy exposure has not been recorded here.

Not answered here. 12 months are unanswered rather than shut. Something the reading needs has not been recorded, and that is a job rather than a finding.

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 fifteenth, in average conditions for the month.

January	—	Privacy exposure closes it
February	—	Privacy exposure closes it
March	—	Privacy exposure closes it
April	—	Privacy exposure closes it
May	—	Privacy exposure closes it
June	—	Privacy exposure closes it
July	—	Privacy exposure closes it
August	—	Privacy exposure closes it
September	—	Privacy exposure closes it
October	—	Privacy exposure closes it
November	—	Privacy exposure closes it
December	—	Privacy exposure closes it

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 fifteenth of each month. Days at the edge of a season differ from the middle of it, which is why the shoulder months are the ones worth checking on the day rather than trusting to a card.
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/New_York. 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.

2 boundaries have no route recorded, so they are left in the document's own words rather than sent to whoever looked closest: 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 fifteenth of each month. Days at the edge of a season differ from the middle of it, which is why the shoulder months are the ones worth checking on the day rather than trusting to a card.

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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