Anchors for pole light

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HackElectric

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A pole light at an apartment building was knocked off the base by a plow, I need to replace it but with a bit of a different style pole.

It's a pretty small 10' light I will be installing, the existing base is about 16" round level to the ground.

What type of anchors should I use?
 
What do you have to work with? Was it a breakaway pole? Do you have some bolts that you can either put couplings on, bend back straight, or weld to?

The new pole should come with a detail for a base and the connections. Problem will be you can't wet stick the new bolts; assuming existing base is concrete. You may have to have something fabricated where you have new bolts welded to a plate which you weld or couple to existing bolts.

It may be easier & quicker to just install a new base.
 
mgookin said:
What do you have to work with? Was it a breakaway pole? Do you have some bolts that you can either put couplings on, bend back straight, or weld to?

The new pole should come with a detail for a base and the connections. Problem will be you can't wet stick the new bolts; assuming existing base is concrete. You may have to have something fabricated where you have new bolts welded to a plate which you weld or couple to existing bolts.

It may be easier & quicker to just install a new base.
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My plan was to just cut the existing bolts flush with the top of the base and disregard them. The plan is to anchor the new pole directly to the concrete.
 
I have used hilti epoxy with threaded rod to place larger poles with no problems. That was 15 or more years ago and they are still standing.

It was a pole manufacturer approved solution.
 
iwire said:
I have used hilti epoxy with threaded rod to place larger poles with no problems. That was 15 or more years ago and they are still standing.

It was a pole manufacturer approved solution.
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I've done the same with good results also. One thing I did and maybe it doesn't matter, I used a portable air compressor with a blower nozzle and a long tip to get down to the bottom of the newly bored holes to blow all the concrete dust out.
 
Titen HD from Simpson. Check the listing on these. I have seen some tests done with these and was VERY impressed.
 
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