[TowerTalk] Question on concrete pour for self-supporting tower...

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I'm a retired Chicago Licensed Mason Contractor.
It MUST be a unified pour.

Believe it or not, it's very hard to get concrete to stick to previously poured concrete.
Except of course, where you don't want it to. :-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Lambert" <n1ik at n1ik.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:30 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Question on concrete pour for self-supporting tower...


> Hi,
>
> Could anyone tell me whether one must pour all the concrete for a
> self-supporting tower base in one pour, or is it OK to mix up bags of
> concrete over n weekends, and pour them into the form as you go?
>
> Reason I ask is that it might be hard to get a concrete truck to where I
> need it to go, so I'm thinking about alternatives.
>
> 73 de N1IK, Brian
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