[TowerTalk] Tower Insurance

[Dick Dievendorff]

It was a perversely humorous situation watching three code inspectors
looking my "attachment" over and each nodding sagely.  One asked if it had
any structural significance. I said "no, the tower is supported by the 3 x 3
x 8' reinforced concrete base it is bolted to with six very heavy steel
bolts.  The attachment to the roof that you're examining at was added solely
to satisfy your requirement that the tower be attached to the house.  You
want it attached.  It's attached."  I kept my permit.

The initial inspector who granted the permit took the position that
something further away than some specified distance was deemed "unattached",
and something closer (like surrounded on three sides by my roof line) could
therefore be considered "attached".

I didn't try the tack of claiming that the feedlines and 220V power to the
winch motor constituted an "attachment".

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC at aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:42 PM
To: nv8a at charter.net; TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Insurance

 
In a message dated 8/16/2010 1:11:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
nv8a at charter.net writes:

>  My insurance agent told me that the tower is considered  an "accessory 
structure" -- same as "appurtenant (auxiliary?)  structure???? -- IF it 
is "attached to" the building. The "attachment" may  be nominal but 
cannot be merely the electrical  connections.


        A customer of mine in  W6-land had a piece of plumbers tape (that 
soft metal with holes in it) attached  with a hose clamp to the tower leg
and 
nailed to the side of the house so that  made it legally "attached".
 
        Yes, it's an accessory  structure. Read Ray's article and be 
enlightened. He also wrote the Insurance  chapter in my UP THE TOWER book.
He DA 
MAN!
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
_www.championradio.com_ (http://www.championradio.com) 
 
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