A recommended solution is to have a bed of construction gravel at the bottom
and the rest the tower base legs on them before pouring the concrete. This
essentially provides a dry-well type setup and keeps the legs dry.
Regards,
Rajiv, N2RD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Martin" <tmartin@chartermi.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 3:44 PM
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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