John Daley Bendigo, Australia The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
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I think around 20 feet? The topo I have on hand isn't very precise, but it's definitely more than a story, less than 3 stories. So hedge height blocks won't do a whole lot for the main force hitting the house, but could reduce the accumulation of wind funneling up the side of the ridge.Ian Fairweather wrote:How far down is that first drop-off?
John C Daley wrote:
Can you use rocks to build deflection walls?
John C Daley wrote:
Are massive earthworks practical to divert the wind direction?
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John Daley Bendigo, Australia The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
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Hedge height willows grow pretty fast, a 10-15 foot windbreak wouldn't take very long. Anything as high as the house roof is a many decades plan.John C Daley wrote:An advantage of rocks may be that fact they dont take 10 years to appear.
Nancy Reading wrote:If you want to control where the snowdrifts end up you might find this link helpful. It gives some rules of thumb for height and positioning of snowfences.
For example, an 8 ft (2.4 m) fence should be placed at least 160 ft (49 m) from the area you want clear. If it is vital to prevent even shallow snowdrifts (on a busy road, for instance), install the fence at least 280 ft (85 m) away.
Denise Skidmore wrote:But not sure how the elevation change interacts with their height math? Are we looking at the height of the shrub, or the relative elevation from the top of the shrub to the ground protected? If the latter, then I'm better off with several rows of effectively short hedges closer to the area protected.
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