[Fourlanders] tower question

[wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]

My advice would be to, at a minimum, do the foundation exactly as the manufacturer specifies it.  If it were me I would add a  25 - 50 % additional safety factor but you all know how I am!  I certainly would not attach it to my house!  I have heard too many horror stories about folks who have done that and ended up with major and expensive damage to their house.  My 2 cents.

73
Jim, W4KXY
-------------- Original message from "Kim Hensley" <whensley11 at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> Guys, 
> 
> Anybody in the group a civil engineer, or have access to one? 
> 
> I have a Universal aluminum tower, self-supporting. In one sense the foundation needed is not substantial, but at the same time I would like to see if I could 
> reduce it. 
> 
> If I would attach the tower to house, how might that affect the foundation? 
> 
> 73! 
> 
> ...Kim - WG8S 
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