Tom:
I believe the tower manufacturers recommend you apply grout between the
base plate and concrete foundation. You might be able to fill in the slump
with this same material. Two birds with one stone, so to speak.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hybiske" <thomas.hybiske@verizon.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Cure for slump in fresh base pour?
I poured a base for a short tower over the weekend. I'm installing a Rohn
clone tilt-over base plate. After the pour, a thin sheet of plywood and the
base plate was used to align 6 J-bolts in the wet concrete. I guess I must
have leaned on the center of the template because after removal of the
template, there is a nice 3/16-1/4 in. slump at the middle of the base which
collects and holds water. But as hard as I tried to foul this pour up, the
base is dead level. Case of luck beats skill I guess. Now I'm afraid of
water will collect and freeze under the base plate and cause havoc. Is
there skim coat material available that I could trowel on to remove the
slump? Should I just leave it as is and not worry about it.
Tom, K3GM
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