Designation:F654−07(Reapproved2012)StandardSpecificationforResidentialChainLinkFenceGates1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF654;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversdetailrequirementsforresi-dentialchainlinkfencegates,gateposts,andaccessories.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A780PracticeforRepairofDamagedandUncoatedAreasofHot-DipGalvanizedCoatingsF1043SpecificationforStrengthandProtectiveCoatingsonSteelIndustrialFenceFrameworkF626SpecificationforFenceFittings3.Classification3.1Residentialchainlinkfencegatesareclassifiedasfollows:3.1.1TypeI—SingleSwing3.1.2TypeII—DoubleSwing3.2Nogateleafover6ft(1.829m)inheightorover6ft(1.829m)inwidthshallbeclassifiedasresidential,regardlessofuseorlocation.4.Manufacture4.1Zinc-coatedsteelframesshallbezinc-coatedinaccor-dancewiththezinccoatingspecifiedforthefenceframework.Weldedjointsshallhavesuitablerustpreventivecoatingappliedtothewelds.4.2Aluminumgateframeshallbethesamebasematerialandalloyasspecifiedforthefenceframework.Aluminumgateframesmaybeassembledwithcornerfittings.4.3Polymer-coatedsteeloraluminumframeshallbepoly-mercoatedasspecifiedforframework.Polymer-coatedsteelframesmaybeassembledwithcornerfittings.Weldedjointsshallhavesuitablepreventivecoatingappliedtothewelds.NOTE1—Thewordpolymerisusedtodescribealltypesofheatsetorganicexteriorcoatingsandisnotapplicabletometalliccoatings,suchaszincoraluminum.5.GateFrames,Fabric,Attachment,andFinish5.1GateFramesshallbeofaluminumorsteeltubing,roundorsquare,andassembledbymeansofcornerfittingsorwelded,orformedbybending.Thebendshouldbesmoothandcontinuous.5.1.1CornerFittedandWeldedGatesshallhaveverticalandhorizontalinteriormembersspacedsothatnohorizontaldimensionbetweenoutsidemembersshallbegreaterthan5ft(1.524m),andnovertic...
