Re: Help with telescope pier on a patio......

Is your concrete slab really going to vary from one foot to five feet THICK?
I must have read your post wrong.  8 x 13 x (1 to 5 feet) is around 10 cubic
yards of concrete -- that's a lot of concrete.  What sort of forms are you
using?

Just curious.
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Joe S.

"Scott M. Petty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm planning to mount a telescope pier (Astro Pier) on a to be poured
> concrete slab.  The slab would be on a slope (although the slab obviously
> would be level) and would vary between 1 and 5 feet in depth, being at
least
> 4 feet deep under the telescope pier.  The overall size of slab would be
> approximately 8 x 13 feet.
>
> Would NOT isolating the telescope pier from the rest of the slab be a
> problem?  If my children or dogs walk on the slab am I going to get all
> sorts of vibration in the mount or is the mass of the slab such that
> vibration shouldn't be a problem?
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> Scott
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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