ASTM F1553-06 - 1.4.2006
 
1. Scope

1.1 This guide covers the recommended criteria for specifying the various elements of a chain link fence and lists the available choices of components from the current ASTM standards.

1.2 No recommendation is made or implied concerning the merits of any particular product. The choice of product components of the chain link fence should be made by the writers of the project specification, based on their own perception of the merits of the products for the particular application.

This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

 
2. Referenced Documents

A392-11a(2022)

Standard Specification for Zinc-Coated Steel Chain-Link Fence Fabric (Includes all amendments and changes 11/8/2022).

A491-11(2022)

Standard Specification for Aluminum-Coated Steel Chain-Link Fence Fabric

A824-01(2022)

Standard Specification for Metallic-Coated Steel Marcelled Tension Wire for Use With Chain Link Fence

F552-14(2023)

Standard Terminology Relating to Chain Link Fencing

F567-23

Standard Practice for Installation of Chain-Link Fence

F1910-98(2022)

Standard Specification for Long Barbed Tape Obstacles

F2000-19

Standard Safety Performance Specification for Fences for Baseball and Softball Fields

F2049-11(2017)

Standard Safety Performance Specification for Fences/Barriers for Public, Commercial, and Multi-Family Residential Use Outdoor Play Areas

F2611-23

Standard Guide for Design and Construction of Chain Link Security Fencing

Master Format

Chain Link Fence 32 31 13 Available from Construction Specifications Institute, 601 Madison St., Alexandria, VA 22314-1791.

WLG 2445

Chain Link Fence Wind Load Guide for the Selection of Line Post and Line Post Spacing Available from Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute, 10015 Old Columbia Road, Suite B-215, Columbia, MD 21046, http://www.chainlinkinfo.org.

F2200-20

Standard Specification for Automated Vehicular Gate Construction

F1664-08(2022)

Standard Specification for Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) and Other Conforming Organic Polymer-Coated Steel Tension Wire Used with Chain-Link Fence

F1665-08(2022)

Standard Specification for Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) and Other Conforming Organic Polymer-Coated Steel Barbed Wire Used With Chain-Link Fence

F1712-11

Standard Specification for Steel Chain-Link Fencing Materials Used for High Security Applications (Withdrawn 2015)

F1911-05(2023)

Standard Practice for Installation of Barbed Tape

F626-14(2023)

Standard Specification for Fence Fittings

F668-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polyolefin and Other Polymer-Coated Steel Chain Link Fence Fabric

F900-11(2017)

Standard Specification for Industrial and Commercial Steel Swing Gates

F934-96(2022)

Standard Specification for Standard Colors for Polymer-Coated Chain Link Fence Materials

F969-11(2016)

Standard Practice for Construction of Chain-Link Tennis Court Fence

F1043-18(2022)

Standard Specification for Strength and Protective Coatings on Steel Industrial Fence Framework

F1083-18(2022)

Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Hot-Dipped Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Welded, for Fence Structures

F1183-96(2022)

Standard Specification for Aluminum Alloy Chain Link Fence Fabric

F1184-23e1

Standard Specification for Industrial and Commercial Horizontal Slide Gates (Includes all amendments and changes 3/1/2023).

F1345-10a(2023)

Standard Specification for Zinc-5 % Aluminum-Mischmetal Alloy-Coated Steel Chain-Link Fence Fabric (Includes all amendments and changes 9/19/2023).

F1379-95(2022)

Standard Terminology Relating to Barbed Tape

A121-22

Standard Specification for Metallic-Coated Carbon Steel Barbed Wire