Uh...because it's what the manufacturer specs and your local building department requires? an Get an engineer to sign off on it and it sounds good to me. (Note: SARCASM.) This is a typical amateur "s
With the SARCASM do I detect something like, "This might be an idea that will catch aon and it will ruin my business?" Note sarcasm. It was just an idea that I have talked over with some others. If t
Some questions: Do you have the tower in question? Are you a professional engineer? Are you suggesting that a PE sign off on something which the manufacturer strongly recommends and which might be re
Possibly because Steve gave no real answer other than his usual & prudent "do what the manufacturer says". I think the man was trying to ask "Why doesn't the manufacturer say that this is OK?" Steve
I made a private replay earlier. So here is a group reply. First I am NOT a PE. I simply am a broadcast engineer with over 120 stations on my built em list. Plus a few personal towers ranging from 56
The best argument I can think of for using poured concrete in a hole vs. placing a precast block in a larger hole is that for the first case you have UNDISTURBED EARTH around the poured concrete vs.
Or a building inspector. How does one know if all has been followed? There are many horror stories out there I take umbrage with the use of 'impute', possibly 'assume' as he stated the response was '
Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:05:49 -0500
Chris, I suspect you are new to this list... One of the things the moderator, K7LXC, repeats over and over again is to do what the manufacturer calls for. As a professional I know whaty he is saying
Tucked away in many small corners of the specifications for bases and such, are such quaint phrases as undisturbed earth, among others. All of which make the right stuff not quite as "prefab-able" as
Just the concrete alone would weigh over 40,000 lb, which may help further to put the prefab base issue in perspective. This is a LOT bigger job to lift and put in place than any septic tank.
it Part of the answer is that tower base specs typically call for them to be installed in "undisturbed" earth. Using some sort of precast concrete in the hole or using forms is not generally acceptab
Another gotcha at my place is the long paved driveway with a 56" steel culvert pipe where Reedy Branch goes underneath (official tributary of the Cape Fear River that starts about a half mile away).