[TowerTalk] Tower regulations for home brew towers in the US?

[Mickey Baker]

Generally, there are no restrictions as to manufactured vs home brew towers.

Many building codes, including the Florida Building Code require aherence
to a national ANSI standard, TIA/EIA RS-222, currently at version G.

The certification to this code can typically be done by a Professional
Engineer, who has education, experience, and has passed a rigorous
examination that includes structural analysis.

So if you want to design, build and erect your own tower, you can do so
almost anywhere in the US as long as a PE certifies wind bearing capability
as required by code.

73,

Mickey N4MB
Fort Lauderdale, FL

On Friday, February 21, 2014, Markku Oksanen <markku.a.oksanen at kolumbus.fi>
wrote:

> All
> Just because I am curious:
> Here at OH-land even large towers can be home brew just like my 160 and
> 145 foot rotating towers.These have been made by a private small company
> that made perhaps 200 towers through the years.Building permit and zoning
> never questioned the "engineering" of the towers as the responsibility in
> the end rests with the owner.In addition, home owner insurance happily
> includes towers and covers damage without question.
> How is the situation in the US?  Looks like most towers are commercial
> (Rohn, couple others) and it seems that a "professional engineer"
> (correct??) needs to look at the mechanics of the whole thing in order to
> get a permit to put up a tower.
> So, how, if at all, is it possible to build your own large towers?  Does
> anybody do this?
> The towers I have are 1.5 feet a side with 2 inch tubes, inverted U (0.7
> inch) "cross bars".  Only guyed at two levels and full of aluminium, 8000
> lb steel guy wires and ball bearing guy rings.  And they have survived some
> crazy storm too in the past 15 years.
> MarkkuOH2RA/OG2A/WW1C
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
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