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1. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: eric@k3na.org (Eric Scace)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:07:18 +0400
Drilling holes in tubular tower legs at the base doesn't appear to me as a manufacturer-recommended practice. Holes in tube walls reduce the ability to tolerate stress/shear. -- Eric K3NA An excellen
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00003.html (11,246 bytes)

2. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com (Eugene Jensen)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 05:59:07 -0400
If the tower had been installed by manufacturer-recommended practice, one would not need this kind of cure. On the other hand how long is the tower going to stay in the air when the water freeze and
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00004.html (12,990 bytes)

3. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:32:23 EDT
I think it's called a stress-riser. Cheers, Steve K7LXC List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Trylon Titan towers, coax, hardline and more. Also check out our self su
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00009.html (7,586 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: aa4lr@arrl.net (Bill Coleman)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:31:36 -0400
Not to mention the fact that such holes have no protective layer of galvanizing, and will RUST. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00171.html (7,743 bytes)

5. [TowerTalk] Water in Tower (score: 1)
Author: tmartin@chartermi.net (Tom Martin)
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 10:03:10 -0500
Since I started this thread, I will comment on a few ideas shared on this subject. My tower is aluminum. Each leg is supported by a stainless steel tube in each leg above the concrete base. I suppose
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00189.html (7,770 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] Water in Tower (score: 1)
Author: tao@skypoint.com (Tod - Minnesota)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 22:05:38 -0500
I finally got around to commenting on this thread. I have had a Heights tower (upside down construction if you recall previous notes on the Heights) up since 1971. I did experience one catastrophic f
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00282.html (10,446 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: tmartin@chartermi.net (Tom Martin)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:44:33 -0500
Would it be a good idea to apply Vaseline to aluminum tower joints (Heights) after joining the sections together and using NoAlox? I took down a tower and the legs were split from freezing 6' above t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00713.html (7,994 bytes)

8. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: mfarrer@tality.com (Mel Farrer)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:02:37 -0700
All of the tower that I have seen, mostly commercial, had a small hole at the bottom of the section before it entered the concrete to allow weeping of water out. They also had exposed section legs ca
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00714.html (9,419 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: n2rd@arrl.net (Rajiv Dewan, N2RD)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:09:01 -0400
A recommended solution is to have a bed of construction gravel at the bottom and the rest the tower base legs on them before pouring the concrete. This essentially provides a dry-well type setup and
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00715.html (9,369 bytes)

10. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: n2mg@contesting.com (Mike Gilmer - N2MG)
Date: 27 Sep 2001 13:10:20 -0700
Water will likely find its way in no matter what you do. Your best bet is to find a way to allow it to drain OUT and NOT try too hard trying to keep it from getting IN. I don't know how the tower was
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00716.html (8,951 bytes)

11. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: pbarkey@bsu.edu (Barkey, Patrick M.)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:13:58 -0500
The straight stacking Heights tower that we had up in Michigan in the 1970's was seemingly designed for water entry. The tower joints are 180 degrees different from Rohn tower, so that the upper sect
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00717.html (11,038 bytes)

12. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: mfarrer@tality.com (Mel Farrer)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:36:31 -0700
Putting the tower section into a 6 " bed of gravel at the bottom of the concrete base is right out of the Rohn foundation details drawing number B870725. Cheers. The straight stacking Heights tower t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00719.html (12,019 bytes)

13. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: ww5l@gte.net (Tom Anderson)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:52:54 -0500
Mel: Another suggestion a commercial tower person gave me years ago when I was putting up 40 ft of Rohn 25 was to put in a six inch to 1 foot or so layer of gravel at the bottom of the hole then pres
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00722.html (11,226 bytes)

14. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: teamw@quixnet.net (teamw)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:27:32 -0400
I suspect that water in a towers legs is not due to rain (in most cases) but due to condensation? Moist or humid air can leak through gaps that water alone could not get through. So you have moist ai
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00732.html (9,112 bytes)

15. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:32:39 EDT
That's what typically happens. Drilling a weep hole in the leg doesn't do much good since the water trapped in the leg below the weep hole and in the concrete can't escape (unless you've put gravel i
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00733.html (9,007 bytes)

16. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com (Eugene Jensen)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:40:23 -0500
Let take this to worst case and the tower has no way for the water to exit. And on top of it you live in a place where it freezes. And as K7LXC has pointed out when it freeze you are going to split t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00737.html (10,438 bytes)

17. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: n4gi@tampabay.rr.com (Blake Meinecke)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:25:47 -0400
<<Drill a small hole in the leg 4 or 5 feet up and pour 100% automotive antifreeze in. Unless you live at the "North pole" you will go though winter with no trouble.>> Probably ought to try and take
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00738.html (8,589 bytes)

18. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com (Eugene Jensen)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 19:09:18 -0500
My question to you is, if it holds water: Where is the antifreeze going to go? You don't need this solution unless the water has no exit. And if this concerns one, use the new stuff that is EPA appro
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00739.html (9,411 bytes)

19. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: dxdog@rcn.com (Jerry Keller)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:35:33 -0400
Try using biodegradable RV antifreeze... and drill the hole to a size you can plug..... K3MGT rough http://www.anwireless.com List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Tr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00742.html (9,663 bytes)

20. [TowerTalk] Water in tower (score: 1)
Author: eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com (Eugene Jensen)
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 10:33:44 -0500
An excellent suggestion and I always enjoy the responses to some of these situations that we all become involved in. My thought would be to use our good old friend duct tape double wrapped, that way
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00744.html (10,980 bytes)


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