privacy exposure
privacy exposure is 57 against a 48 comfort limit for this use.
Test one intervention at a time below to isolate the cause of the improvement.
Can I use it?
When does this place feel good enough to actually stay?
Find the hours that work, the hours that fail, and the smallest change that buys them back.
Reads the same property record as every other instrument.
5:00 PMUSE ZONE
Worksmedium confidence · 72%
privacy exposure is stealing the usable hour.
91/100 fit for this use
The first thing breaking the space is privacy exposure. privacy exposure is 57 against a 48 comfort limit for this use.
privacy exposure57
glare53
heat load66
Why this answer?
UseDinner outsideuser
SpaceWest patio · faces Wuser
Solar sample42° altitude · 260° bearingcomputed
Modeldeterministic exposure thresholds + one-change effectsheuristic
This instrument's own intelligence
When does this place actually work?
Comfort is evaluated against the use you selected, not against one universal idea of a 'good patio.'
glare
glare is 53 against a 45 comfort limit for this use.
Test one intervention at a time below to isolate the cause of the improvement.
heat load
heat load is 66 against a 64 comfort limit for this use.
Test one intervention at a time below to isolate the cause of the improvement.
One change at a time
What should you try before you buy?
Ranked for this exact place, use, month and hour. We isolate one change first so you can tell what caused the improvement.
Before / after
Deciduous shade tree
Now91
With change97
Solves
privacy exposure, glare, heat load
Tradeoff
some view is traded away
Watch for
years to maturity, roots, utilities, leaf litter
Cross-system consequences
improves: direct sun · improves: glare · improves: heat load · improves: privacy exposure · improves: view corridor · improves: wind exposure
Professional boundary
Structural attachment, footing, wind and snow loads require a qualified professional. Confirm utilities, mature clearance and locally appropriate species before digging.
Reference basis
USDA Agricultural Research Service · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
This is decision support, not engineering.
Structural design, code compliance, drainage engineering, electrical work, HVAC sizing and guaranteed plant or material performance stay outside this instrument. When the answer depends on one of those, the product should stop and tell you what professional fact is missing.