Hi All, I am about to pour about 5 cu yds of concrete into a roughly 5'x5'x5.5' deep hole dug by hand in gravel soil, thus making it impossible to have the sides smooth vertically. The bottom is bell
sides rather a about The tops of tower bases are typically above grade so the frostline isn't much of any issue. Using forms in the hole is used when the sides are sloughing but then you have to do a
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:47:11 -0300 "Carl A. Smidt" <smidtca@sprint.ca> writes: K1VR: I do not favor smooth vertical sides. If the soil ever became "soupy", I can imagine concrete popping up like a co
Carl, VE9OV, wrote... Having just gone through this exercise, my installation instructions expressly PROHIBIT forms. They specified a pour of a minimum size with walls of undisturbed soil. 73, George
Hi all, Thank you very much for the many informative replies to my tower base question. The consensus of opinion appears to be to go ahead and pour directly into the hole with a 2'x6' form on top to