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Re: [TowerTalk] Aggregate concrete for tower foundation?

To: towertalk@contesting.com, andreas.hofmann@microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aggregate concrete for tower foundation?
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:46:21 -0400 (EDT)
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>  I got a tower foundation planned and dug up. Plan was to  use normal 
concrete (3500psi) that I would at the same time use for a  broom-finish patio 
at the same time.  Now wife things she would like  aggregate instead.

>  Can I use aggregate concrete for a tower  foundation? Will it be strong 
enough?
 
    Aggregate is just the way it's finished. You hose  off the top cement 
with water and you're left with the gravel poking out. That's  aggregate.
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH
Cell: 206-8904-188
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