climb the tower and drop a tape measure to the ground. that will be the exact height.
Anyone reckon the height of this tower?
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If you look closely, you can see a shorter spread between the cross sections on a regular interval, this must be because the sections telescope and reduce the spread distance. For example, at the point that the tower is against the gutter the cross sections are a small amount closer to each other. Looking either up or down the tower you can count four 2-foot-wide gaps and then another slightly shorter gap.
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Cross section spread is an optical illusion as we are looking at it from an angle. Knock on the guys door an ask him. Doesn't really matter how high his tower it. How high is the peak of your how? It's your roof that needs to be cleared.
Frank
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When you consider that building it is connected to is 3 stories which is around 30 feet, then you look at the tower over the roof line of the building, then the mass section holding the antenna, I say 45 feet.
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I am certain that is wrong. Using good eyes and full screen, I can see there are 5 sections. And I disagree with your belief
e that they are 10 foot sections. (By the way, I have a 40 foot tower my self and the one under discussion looks shorter.) Regarding number of segments, enlarging, I can see where the segments join with good eyes and a slight change in the horizontal cross piece spacing confirms. There are 5 segments. Now, how long are the segments. Need a reference at about the same distance...the license plate on the car--they are always 12 in. x 6 in. That leads one to conclude that these are about 15 inches between the horizontal braces and that these are 6 ft. segments. This leads to about 30 ft. for the tower. I thought it longer myself but end up with the answer that others said, 30 feet. (P.S. I am a mathematician who worked in the imaging area for 24 years.)
No way.... Minimum 8 foot ceilings in that house leads to @ 10 feet per floor. The peak of the roof is above 30 feet.
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Based on your same logic, I think the peak of the roof is more like 24 ft and that is consistent with a 30 ft tower.
Standard ceiling height today is 9ft,; however, 8 ft. ceilings are common particularly in older homes like this one. (The average was a little under 8 feet in the 1970's. If we assumed a foot (typical) between floors, The roof might be at 8+1+8+1+8 (it looks like a high attic to me)=26 ft. ( I used 1 foot instead of two between floors as that is my experience and brief research supported that.) Adding 7 ft. for the the last tower segment (subtracting about a foot below the peak), I get 32 feet but then I think that attic is probably not as tall as I though, I end up back around 30 feet (not counting the pole on top). I wish you and I could take measuring tapes to the house
Fly a drone to the top and look at the height on the display.
I thought Google Earth had elevations mapped out, but no go for this town. The larger area of this building is 50' x 65' (The 65 length is the side/corner where the truck is) and around 40' at the apex. The Op's residence roof peak appears lower than that, but I could be wrong.
Here's a side shot to get a better idea, keeping in mind the tower is around 8' from the apex.
Here's a side shot to get a better idea, keeping in mind the tower is around 8' from the apex.
Based on your same logic, I think the peak of the roof is more like 24 ft and that is consistent with a 30 ft tower.
Standard ceiling height today is 9ft,; however, 8 ft. ceilings are common particularly in older homes like this one. (The average was a little under 8 feet in the 1970's. If we assumed a foot (typical) between floors, The roof might be at 8+1+8+1+8 (it looks like a high attic to me)=26 ft. ( I used 1 foot instead of two between floors as that is my experience and brief research supported that.) Adding 7 ft. for the the last tower segment (subtracting about a foot below the peak), I get 32 feet but then I think that attic is probably not as tall as I though, I end up back around 30 feet (not counting the pole on top). I wish you and I could take measuring tapes to the house
I am ALWAYS ready for a road trip!
I have a laser measuring device as well. We can hit it from the ground. At this point SOMEONE, ANYONE has to take a ride there and confirm this height.
The laser measuring tape is a good idea and most of them compute using the simple trigonometry method I described early in this thread. However, I’ve had trouble using mine in daylight outdoors in the sun. Does yours work okay in sunlight?I am ALWAYS ready for a road trip!
I've never tried it outdoors in the daylight. HHHhhhmmm....
or just use the protractor thing, instead of measuring the angle to the sun though (as in the illustration), aim at the top of the tower, get it so it measures 45 degrees by walking towards or away from the base, then measure from that point to the center of the base of the tower.
Lets make our math teachers PROUD ! !
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Joel
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