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A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Wed, Aug 5, 2009 12:20 PM On 2009-08-04 17:18, mamaronecktiki wrote: It is bolted (2bolts) into cement that is in the ground. FWIW, this is precisely how the Lanai tiki was mounted. I think it was 2 or 3 bolts to anchors that went into the concrete pad below. Since the Lanai tiki was next to a building, there was also an anchor bolt in the top of his head. Also, FWIW for anyone interested, the Lanai tiki has been freestanding with no bolts at all in the base or head, for the past 7 years. It sounds risky, especially here in earthquake country. But if you get to know him up close and personal, one realizes just how sturdy he is. He does NOT tip easily. All the same, I'll probably anchor him at some point, but I'm just mentioning this as a testament to the inherent stability of these. I don't know how extensive the rot is at the base of the one in the subject of this thread, but if it's going to fall, the bolts probably aren't preventing that. So I would guess that it's probably still quite stable. The Barney West tikis outside of the Emeryville Vics DID topple though. Or at least I saw them lying down, and don't remember what their current state is. Someone there might have more comment about what happened in their case. -Randy

On 2009-08-04 17:18, mamaronecktiki wrote:
It is bolted (2bolts) into cement that is in the ground.

FWIW, this is precisely how the Lanai tiki was mounted. I think it was 2 or 3 bolts to anchors that went into the concrete pad below. Since the Lanai tiki was next to a building, there was also an anchor bolt in the top of his head.

Also, FWIW for anyone interested, the Lanai tiki has been freestanding with no bolts at all in the base or head, for the past 7 years. It sounds risky, especially here in earthquake country. But if you get to know him up close and personal, one realizes just how sturdy he is. He does NOT tip easily. All the same, I'll probably anchor him at some point, but I'm just mentioning this as a testament to the inherent stability of these. I don't know how extensive the rot is at the base of the one in the subject of this thread, but if it's going to fall, the bolts probably aren't preventing that. So I would guess that it's probably still quite stable.

The Barney West tikis outside of the Emeryville Vics DID topple though. Or at least I saw them lying down, and don't remember what their current state is. Someone there might have more comment about what happened in their case.

-Randy

Post #474791 by aquarj on Wed, Aug 5, 2009 12:20 PM