Incorporating Guards, Fences and Barriers
FENCE OPTIONS Design requirements for walls with fences at or near the top depend on the type of fence. With limited wind load, chain link fences are designed the same way as pedestrian guards. Wooden privacy and glass panel guards/fences on walls act as large sails, so the wall must be designed to account for wind loads.
With Oaks Proterra™, you can surface mount some privacy fences or noise barriers to the coping units, as long as the coping is mechanically fastened to at least four additional courses of wall block. Epoxy a rod into a drill hole at each of the four corners of the coping. (See diagram)
PRIVACY FENCE OR NOISE BARRIER SURFACE MOUNTED ONTO WALL
175mm (7”) Apart minimum
100mm (4”) Minimum front & back
Provide 4-15m threaded rods for each coping to which a post is fastened, two at front and two at back of coping
152mm x 152mm (6”x6”) Base Plate (typical)
Cut coping blocks as required to prevent base plates from being near coping joints
Drill holes to extend at least 3/4 through the fifth wall block
100mm (4”) minimum throughout
Wall: Proterra™ Split, Natural
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APPLICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS
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