Chain link fence percent closure

[KaBone]

I found a resource that lists the percent closure for chain link fence fabrics of various mesh size and wire gauge. But sometimes people like to hang banners or stuff cups in the openings to make designs.
What are you folks doing to account for that in your wind load calcs? For example, I have a 9-ga fabric with 1" meash. My handy table tells me the percent closure is 25.84%. Are you doubling that?

 

[KaBone]

Bumping b/c been over a week and no replies

 

[dik]

First I noticed this... unless the banners are a permanent fixture, I usually don't worry about it too much. The likelihood of having a design storm at the same time as the banners is slight. I uploaded an SMath Chainlink fence design program earlier... attached again.

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-Dik

 

[phamENG]

Also pretty unlikely that the banner will survive long enough to rip the post out of the ground.

 

[MotorCity]

I don't design chainlink fences, but I have never seen one fail because there was a banner hanging from it.