Hi Ian,
Sounds like a very reasonable way to proceed. I
doubt you'll have a big problem using the epoxy
approach. I used a material called "Rockite" - a
cement product used to locate heavy machinery on
concrete floors - to put my re-bar in place in
the holes I drilled into the bedrock for the
tower base. It worked very well. Not sure of
its availability in Scotland, though. Your
problem sounds like what I experienced with my
tower installation. You can see how I did it at:
http://home.centurytel.net/WD0M/
Click on Ham Radio, then Tower Project. We just
had a major wind storm last night - 50 mph plus -
and the tower still stands, no problem. It's
been up for about two years, and we've had winds
over 70 mph here in the Rocky Mountains. Your
verticals should stand up with no problems by proceeding as you planned.
73/Cheers,
Joe
WDØM
At 09:35 AM 2/16/2006, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
>Steve wrote:
> > You can rent a rock corer to drill the appropriate holes for the
> >factory anchor bolts - or have someone come out and do it - and then
> >you can epoxy them in or use rock expansion bolts - or both. It'll be
> >real strong.
>
>"Or both"... interesting idea - has anybody here used it?
>
>On a smaller scale - five posts for verticals, rather than a tower -
>I'll soon have 20 of these anchors to put in, so would welcome any and
>all suggestions.
>
>It's impossible to dig post-holes here. We tried a little harder with a
>backhoe, but at all five locations it hit solid rock only a few inches
>down. The best it could manage was five shallow scrapes, so I'll now
>have to level each of these back up to grade with concrete, and then use
>bolt-down sockets for the wooden posts. My plan had been to drill
>half-inch holes right through the concrete and some way down into the
>solid rock, and then use half-inch threaded rods anchored by epoxy (or
>similar... whichever kind of resin works best in damp rock).
>
>Does that make sense, to the folks who have used epoxy?
>
>
>--
>73 from Ian GM3SEK
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