I am not an engineer, but without the house bracket, that one bolt closest to the house you use to tilt, is keeping the tower vertical. That's an enormous amount of stress on just one bolt. You need the house bracket at the peak of your roof!
One thing I'd do before putting the tower sections together is to spray the ends with Krown rustproofing lubricant. Then I'd use stainless steel bolts and washers putting the sections together. Any other steel bolts I'd spray them with the Krown rustproofing lubricant, It only needs it once a year. I would suggest you get some brackets to bracket the tower to the house at the roof peak just to make it more sturdy.
Robert, thanks for the tips, yeah i was thinking about bracketing it to the house because it gets windy and blows the antenna around and messes up my channels.
About a year ago I got rid of cable, saving over $200 a month. On my over the air antenna, I get over 60 channels, all high definition. Great information Kevin, thanks for sharing, be well my friend.
There is an antenna company in Southgate Michigan that manufacturers a free standing tilt antenna assembly. You first cement the tilt base, then build the tower and connect three bolts to the tilt base. In the future, if you need additional antenna repair, just remove two bolts from the tilt base and walk down the tower to ground level.
Thanks Kevin. I'm happy you didn't cut out the irritating parts of the job. I'm getting older and just got rid of DickTv, so I'm going to put up a tower. I'm out in the boonies, in a hole, and I need a TALL tower. You helped me realize I can set it up, with my wife's help, and save money and get some extra TV. A lot less expensive to do it by yourself, but exhausting, agreed? Good job!
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Make sure you leave a drip loop where the coax and rotor control wire comes in to the attic. Water will follow the wire so you have to give it a little slack to hang down lower than the entrance so water follows it down and drips.
31 is good for the rural Area I lived in Brisbane QLD Australia South (27km Away I Get 10 Channels in my Area My house is Not rural Digital TV Signal Suck Bring back Analog TV Signal
Home Depot has a plastic plumb tool that does level and plumb, all at once. It attaches with rubber bands. I used it on my deck posts when I installed them. Makes it really easy to get the tower base set in the concrete
I got tired of paying $85.00 a month for direct tv 3 years ago too and went to a antenna. I got the HDTV Digital Antenna -Amplified HD Outdoor TV Antenna 150 Miles Range Motorized 360 Degree Rotation, Wireless Remote Control, UHF VHF 1080P 4K one and put it in my house because it's plastic. Stuck it on a small pole in the corner and was amazed at how many channels I could get. 63 channels in all. I've now changed my set up and put the tv antenna in my attic it dropped my channel pick up to 20 but that's ok. I bought a Samsung smart tv and found on there though the tv I'm able to get the 20 free air antenna channels plus 200 free channels on Samsung tv plus. Any one can get these channels for free...need a Samsung smart tv and the internet is all. I keep the air antenna channels to have access to local weather and news. Love your antenna Kevin. Love your whole new house too. Your doing a great job.
? Is the tower working as the earth ground for the antenna? If not I would recommend driving an 8ft ground rod to ensure the antenna is protected In case of a lighting strike. Like I stated before, love that hinged tower idea. Place looks great!
Good information Kevin. And by the way I really like the way you work safely. Most of the HGTV Home remodel shows are getting cracked down on for unsafe work habits. Looking forward to your Home Tour this will begreat.
Kevin, I have watched you for a long time that the old video that I used to put up my antenna haven't watched pay tv for a long time it's not worth it.and I am retiring next month don't need any more bills.
Putting the concrete in dry? The country would like to know that. How many years will it take to get water to harden. Stupid. He must have voted for Trump.
Thanks for posting this video. If you do have that video of how you build the hinge system I would love to see it. I got a tower that needs to be put up and I've been thinking about some kind of hinge system, it looks like you got it figured out pretty good there.
I have a 30 foot tower its bolted into concrete by the hot tub it does not even need to be guyed been up for 20 years of midwest storms I also have a 85 foot Rohn HDBX for my ham and internet equipment its in 8 yards of concrete and is self supporting the house is underground nothing to tie to .
I get 45-60 channels with an indoor RCA flat pannel antenna with a 50 mile range. I was told I'd get 2-3 times more channels if I put an outdoor antenna up atleast 20 feet in the air, there's 149 available in my area?
Where did you get that antenna tower? I live outside Kalamazoo Michigan and need one for my antenna. I see a lot of houses in the country with old ones. That plate system on the bottom is clever.
Well we had that tower at our old homestead for about 28 years and then brought it here to the new homestead and it's been up for another 2 years with no issues , but thanks anyway for the comment and watching.
The fabrication of the base plate was well done. The use of dry concrete, the lack of an above grade concrete form, and the lack of reinforcing steel, does not meet accepted standards for a 20' self supporting tower. Water will pool in the area of the base plate and promote electrolysis. The rods driven into the soil are of no structural value. Rebar spaced off the soil in all directions should have been used. Dry application concrete will not meet the 2500 psi minimum for a self supporting tower.
@@Robinson-Homestead Hi Kevin. I too build tower base plates from remnant steel and can appreciate your rotational plate that looks like a 25g Rohn part. Adding the wallbracket will greatly relieve any stress on the anchor bolts. I recently rebuilt a large (800#) tower that rusted through at the top of the concrete base do to moisture collecting and the lack of grounding. Directing water away from the base plate is advised. I divert unwanted towers from the crushers and renovate for local ham club members. I am working on an installation of a tower that appears to be identical to yours. Do you know who the manufacturer was? In this case we will build concretebase on top of a large slab and brace with a wall bracket. The wall brace at 17' will secure the 30' overall height. Jay kj6wss/wrap287
@@adventure6583 30 to 50 feet? The peak of that roof is about 15 feet. He used two tower sections, and they each looked shorter than 10 feet. If this thing is 20 feet it’ll be a stretch.
You need to use wood blocking to level the pieces on the ground even with each other to get them to slide together easier. THEN use the ratchet strap to pull them tight.
@@Robinson-Homestead some say there is alot of tension on the base when lowering and raising a tower. More so than the dead weught. I'd like to know for mine.
Should have someone on the roof there to help pull the tower up and homd it steady while ground guy lines tree of them should be attached to the tower checking for level horizontal and vertical level, and a bracket can be attached close to the peak of the tower itself in order to hold it in place adjusting the leveling process with the level, then putting in your concrete base with the sakret bags of cement. Once fully cured and the tower is perfectly level, dig on the outside base and Mix up even more sakret after you put 2 by 4's around the base and pour your sakret in and tral it all in allowing a further amount of time to set, forming yet a stronger, more secure base for your tv tower.
