There was a comment made regarding welding tower bolts together at the base to ease installation. I ran into problems with my recent installation and have a plan for my next tower base. :-) I built t
As a licensed mason contractor I was frequently asked to help DIY hams pour bases. wire tying rebar to the bolts is a must, both around the perimeter and with diagonals across the center. In addition
This brings up a question that I've had for a while. It's always recommended that the bolts get tied to the rebar in a new base installation but it seems to be accepted practice to retrofit an existi
Not really Terry We are talking about apples and oranges here. tying the rebar and bolts together is done in NEW pours. Epoxy bolt installations is for anchoring a new tower base to an old concrete b
The tieing isn't for structural purposes. It's just to hold the bolts in place while the concrete is being poured into the forms. You depend on the compressive strength of the concrete to transfer th
I remember reading somewhere recently -- and I'm going to research it now, as I'm planning to pour a UST foundation soon myself -- that you should NOT tie the bolts to the rebar, because you want the
As has been said, the purpose of the rebar ties is just to keep things physically aligned against the hydraulic force of wet concrete. They are typically something like 18-20 ga mild steel wire; they
Having recently done this. I used two methods to keep the bolts in place. First I put rebar in place just to wire tire the bolts to correctly. But as everyone knows concrete is very heavy and moves t
and would rebar. FWIW The foundation iron (Rebar/flat plate for bolting tower legs to) for the LM470 tower was furnished by the mfr. as a welded assembly. There was/is(?) no need to jiggle the each r
NO is OK WHY is Better OM not XYL, but curious any way. Jos on4kj --Message d'origine-- De : towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [Objet : Re: [TowerTalk] RE: Installing Tower Bolts and would I would ima