I am in the process of installing a tower requiring a base that is 48 in dia and 6 feet deep. My current plan is to place it about 2.5 feet from my basement wall. It suddenly occurs to me that this m
As much, or more of a concern might be the fact that the base will be installed in half undisturbed soil, and half in backfilled soil from the basement excavation. This will almost certainly result i
...what's a basement? 73, Jim, K4OJ Florida Contest Group - visit our website at: http://www.4w.com/deemer/fcg.htm The Florida Contest Group sponsors the Florida QSO Party, check out the FQP website@
Another name for a big hole in the ground that collects water :) 73, Mike K3AIR -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative request
The place where you go to ride out the STORM * ... ... ... ... *STORM = HURRICANE or TORNADO de Tom N4KG ( in Tornado Alley :-) _____________________________________________________________________
I have a US Tower 589 with a 5' X 7' X 9' concrete base that is ATTACHED to my house foundation and poured concrete wall. There have never been any cracks or other difficulty. You should plan to spea
In answer to the question of placing a tower base next to a basement wall: If your towerbase is located off the corner of the basement you wont have pressure problems on the wall but if its located a
K0BUD, think his name is Weiser, writes of basements: "Its a shack for some of us and also a great place to pile stuff the wife asks you to get rid of! And you should see my basement!" The typical FL
What we call down here an indoor pool.....;-) Dave WA4EMR Jax Fl... -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk
Dan: The potential problem that may occur is that you will laterally load the basement wall due to the vertical load of the tower. This is called surcharge horizontal earth pressure. It depends how d