[TowerTalk] Thoughts on towers suitable for my difficult location?

[Jim Lux]

On 10/23/13 12:33 PM, Drax Felton wrote:
> If it's bracketed to the house then the house should already be on a stable foundation.  Why the expense of a PE  for a short 40 ft tower?  Use a hazer or tilt base and crank the darn thing down when a hurricane approaches.
>
Most houses aren't actually all that good at withstanding localized side 
loads. They're designed to hold roof up, and depend a lot on gravity to 
keep things oriented and attached.  It's often hard to find a place to 
attach the tower that can take the loads. The fascia boards will rip 
right off.  Hooking to the between floor beams/joists on a 2 story house 
is probably reasonably secure (but you'd need to check the house design).

I'm of the general opinion that bracketing is something to support a 
short or telesecoping tower which is frighteningly wiggly to climb, not 
to withstand significant wind loads.  It doesn't take much of a lever 
arm to develop amazingly high lateral forces on your house's structure.