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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 744608" data-attributes="member: 369937">Most of the failures in the pipe type mounting that I have forund for the BUD's is the fact that they tend to wobble around in high winds, this causes micro fractures in the pipe where it meets the concrete, this occurs over a long period of time.Water getting into these micro cracks will cause the rusting and eventual failure at that location, use of salt to melt the ice (if you have that problem) will cause a failure sooner then normal.Solutions are to coat the exterior of the pipe with a thin layer of auto undercoating or a thin layer of roofing tar to about 200 mm above the level of the concrete base, then filling the mounting pipe with concrete with lessen the wobble. Other solutions are to not bury the pipe in the concrete but to use a base plate (special made for the pipe) and stainless steel &quot;L&quot; bolts, grout is used to keep junk from getting under the mounting plate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 744608, member: 369937"] Most of the failures in the pipe type mounting that I have forund for the BUD's is the fact that they tend to wobble around in high winds, this causes micro fractures in the pipe where it meets the concrete, this occurs over a long period of time. Water getting into these micro cracks will cause the rusting and eventual failure at that location, use of salt to melt the ice (if you have that problem) will cause a failure sooner then normal. Solutions are to coat the exterior of the pipe with a thin layer of auto undercoating or a thin layer of roofing tar to about 200 mm above the level of the concrete base, then filling the mounting pipe with concrete with lessen the wobble. Other solutions are to not bury the pipe in the concrete but to use a base plate (special made for the pipe) and stainless steel "L" bolts, grout is used to keep junk from getting under the mounting plate. [/QUOTE]

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