[TowerTalk] Water in tower

[Barkey, Patrick M.]

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 section fits inside, rather
than over, the larger sleeve in the lower
section.  Thus water is guaranteed to flow
into every joint.

I certainly endorse any method available to let
it drain at the bottom.

My tower installations typically have a section
buried in concrete as a base.  I put about 4
inches of gravel at the bottom before I pour, 
and suspend the tower section so that the
bottom of the base can drain into the gravel.
 
I'm not sure where I learned this, but it seems
to work pretty well.

   - Pat
     N9RV

-----Original Message-----
From: Mel Farrer [mailto:mfarrer@tality.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 3:03 PM
To: 'tmartin@chartermi.net'; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Water in tower



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 capped to minimize water
entry.  I would refer you to the old saying if you want to keep water
out of
something, leave a small hole at the bottom.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Martin [mailto:tmartin@chartermi.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:45 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Water in tower



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 the base!!!

Tom


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