{"id":"a61ddc3c-971b-4a52-b3b3-350f9a4a08fa","task":"Apply ASCE 7 wind-load treatment when designing or evaluating a solid (privacy/screen) fence.","domain":"asce.org (ASCE 7 standard)","steps":["Classify the fence as an \"other structure\" (not a building) under ASCE 7 for purposes of selecting exposure category, force coefficients, and load combinations.","Determine the site's exposure category from surrounding terrain roughness, and pull the applicable basic wind speed from the ASCE 7 wind speed maps for the governing risk category.","Use ASCE 7's force-coefficient provisions for solid freestanding walls/fences (Chapter 29) to select the coefficient appropriate to the fence's aspect ratio and clearance above grade.","Calculate velocity pressure using the applicable exposure, topographic, directionality, and ground-elevation factors, then apply the force coefficient to obtain design pressure on the panel.","Convert the distributed panel pressure to a moment demand at the post base to confirm post size/embedment is adequate, or have a structural engineer perform this calculation for taller or fully solid-panel fences."],"gotchas":["Solid/privacy fences carry much higher wind load than open designs (chain-link, ornamental picket) of the same height — don't reuse an open-fence post spacing for a solid-panel redesign without recalculating.","Which ASCE 7 edition and wind-speed map applies is set by the building code edition actually adopted locally, not necessarily the newest ASCE 7 release — confirm the edition the jurisdiction has adopted."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T01:41:35.119Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/a61ddc3c-971b-4a52-b3b3-350f9a4a08fa"}