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Shadow Analysis

lfen · 2020-02-23 15:09:35

We are looking to buy a house which has a north facing garden and wondered if a shadow analysis would help us to understand how much sunlight the garden would get during the Summer months. Or, is a shadow analysis ott? Don’t mind not getting sun at other times of the year but I do think if we didn’t get any in the Summer…

23-02-2020 4:09pm

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lfen

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We are looking to buy a house which has a north facing garden and wondered if a shadow analysis would help us to understand how much sunlight the garden would get during the Summer months. Or, is a shadow analysis ott? Don’t mind not getting sun at other times of the year but I do think if we didn’t get any in the Summer months I’d be disappointed.

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#2 24-02-2020 12:51am

Turbulent Bill

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At a guess, it would be easier to get a series of photos on a clear day of where the shadows fall, then use SunCalc (or something similar) to estimate how they shorten during summer.

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#3 25-02-2020 5:13pm

Frogeye

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maybe this will help

http://suncalc.net/#/53.317,-6.3213,14/2020.02.25/16:12

gives you the sun at every time of day and every date of the year.

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#4 25-02-2020 8:42pm

lfen

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I’ve spent so much time trying to get my head around that app but can not grasp it!

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