>
> In a message dated 8/5/2007 4:23:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
>> Hello All, I just purchased a house with a nice 25' tower. The
>> building
> inspector told me that the 2 straps that hold the tower to my chimney has
> to
> go because the chimney is moving when there is a lot of wind. It is on
> picture # 7 and # 8 on the link bellow. My question is: are the two
> bracket
> on picture #2, # 4 and # 5 good enough to hold this tower alone? If you
> look at picture # 1, you will see how it is mounted to the ground. Also,
> can
> you please tell me what kind of antenna's CB or HAM, do I have on that
> tower
> ( I know one is a TV Yagi ) and what kind of tower is that? Here are the
> pictures: http://profile.imageshack.us/user/intravino/
>
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> I couldn't tell of there was any concrete for the base.
>
> Yes, don't use the chimney. It doesn't have any strength to speak
> of
> - it's basically just a heavy pile of organized bricks.
>
> Your housebrackets are pretty small without a lot of structural
> rigidity. Although your tower is lightly loaded, it is under-engineered.
> I
> personally wouldn't climb it as is. If this tower has been up for awhile,
> I'd say
> you've been lucky.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> TOWER TECH -
> Professional tower services for hams
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A good post Steve,
Yes a chimney like that can barely hold itself up I would imagine.
What would you advise - stringing up some temporary guys before trying to
diassasemble the tower and replacing it with a self supporting tower set in
a decent sized base?
Mark N1UK G3ZZM
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