You can build a 300 for tower cheaper than putting a caged last on that thing. I think you are on the right track. Insurance and backups. Insurance should be cheap adding it to what you already have. Maybe a cheaper alternative if you want to be able to climb it are pegs and a safety climb. Pegs with epoxy would take about two minutes each, one every eighteen inches, a hard full days work.
I did something similar using industrial sized concrete anchor screws on the face of a brick building years ago. I climbed it last Friday and it is still solid. I think the least effort would obviously be the lift but I have no idea how easy it is to get a lift that big, or expensive. On Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 2:41 AM Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: > You price out 200' of caged ladder and installation on a 120 year old > brick structure??? > On Sep 28, 2015 7:40 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Get a mason to inspect it, have them install a caged ladder if its safe >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have the opportunity to go up on some of the tallest structures >>> around, but they are smokestacks built in the late 1800s. They are >>> probably 300' tall. I can find a ton of examples of where companies have >>> done this by searching 'smokestack cell tower' on Google Image search, but >>> I have some real concerns. One concern, the stacks in this area seem to >>> have been grandfathered in, as they have no warning lights on top. Two, we >>> live in an earthquake zone. It is not a matter of 'if', but 'when'. So, >>> these will likely come tumbling down. When that happens, are people going >>> to point fingers at the company who added weight to the structure when it >>> crushes someone? >>> >>> There are some obvious engineering hurdles (renting a crane every time >>> there is an issue, or mounting low enough to rent a man lift, adding backup >>> equipment in case of failure, etc.), but those can be overcome. I am >>> primarily concerned about liability, and the potential for having to update >>> the structure to include lighting. Has anyone on this list ever attempted >>> something on the scale of a 300' smokestack from the turn of the century? >>> Any pointers, or specific law firms that I should contact? Seriously >>> debating just scrapping the idea.... >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> >
