Wooden Snow Fence Description:
Snow fencing shall consist of wood slats woven together with
five 2-wire strands of galvanized wire.
The proper construction of snow fence causes snow to drift
down wind of it, allowing for water collection in a reservoir
area or for suitable water retention. It can prevent snow from
accumulating in drifts where it is not wanted. An eddy will
form behind the fence whenever the wind passes over it,
causing a rolling wind current that flows downward and to the
back side of the fence. This formation will cause fast and
slow places to develop in the wind which makes a drift form in
front of the fence on the windward side.
Materials Used:
Slats shall be made of No. 1 aspen, spruce, poplar or Southern
Yellow Pine measuring three-eights inches (3/8”) thick, one
and one-half (1 ½”) inches wide and forty-eight (48”) inches
high. The permissible variation in width shall not exceed
one-sixteenth (1/16”) inch and one-quarter (1/4”) inch in
length. Thickness shall be a minimum of three-eights (3/8”)
inches thick but shall not exceed nine-sixteenths (9/16”)
inches thick. Both ends shall be cut square. The slats shall
be painted with a good quality of red iron oxide stain.
The base metal of the wire shall be of a good commercial
quality of steel. The galvanized wire shall not be less than
thirteen (13) steel wire gauge. The weight of the coating
shall not be less than three-tenths (0.3) ounce per square
foot of uncoated wire surface, determined in accordance with
AASCO Designation T65 (Class I).
Weight of Coating on Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Iron on Steel
Articles. The zinc coating shall adhere to the wire, without
flaking and without being removable by rubbing with bare
fingers, when the wire is bent completely around a pin of the
same diameter as that of the wire.
Wooden Snow Fence Fabrication:
The slats shall be spaced two and one-quarter (2 ¼”) inches
apart plus or minus ¼”, and there shall be not less than two
(2) three hundred and sixty (360) degree twists of the wire in
the weave between the slats. The fabric must be tightly woven
so that the wire is forced into the wood slats sufficiently to
hold them tightly. The strands of wire shall be spaced ten
(10) inches apart and four (4) inches from the ends of the
slat. The fence shall be stretched after weaving and before
being placed in rolls.
Wood: Aspen or Spruce (3/8"
thick; and 1-1/2" wide)
Wire: 13 Gauge
Fabrication:
Slats spacing (2-1/2" plus or minus 1/2")
Length: 50' x 48" high
Weight: 100 lbs
Snow Fence Color Options: Redwood
Stained (SFR4850) or Natural (SFN4850)
Specifications are subject to change without notification and
must be verified on an estimate or invoice.
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