Kelly:
The accepted practice is to pour concrete either on undistrubed native
soil or compacted engineered backfill. Typically engineered backfill
is crushed rock or similar that is designed to compacted with
interlocking particle sizes.
I sure hope he compacted the backfill and used concrete spacer blocks
to support the reinforcing up off the bottom of the hole
Hank Lonberg P.E.
- Hank Lonberg, KR7X
- E-mail: kr7x@arrl.net or hank.lonberg@harrisgrp.com
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Subject: [TowerTalk] re: pouring concrete, finally!- a question
Author: "Kelly Taylor" [SMTP:ve4xt@mts.net] at CORPORATE
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: 4/13/99 11:47 PM
Hi.
In Rick's (KC5AJX) post, he mentioned that his holes were too deep. Now,
I'm not sure you can have too much concrete under a tower, but that's
another discussion. Anyway, his fix was to shovel loose excavate back
into the holes.
Now, I know that when you're pouring a footing for a concrete basement
wall, you must pour onto undisturbed soil. Is the same true for towers?
73, kelly
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