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So you didn’t use any concrete at all???

Hey, I was wondering if you could possibly give me a link to the fence top rail? I can't for the life of me find it. I can find top rail post which is obviously too large to fit into the PVC pipe. Thank you for your service and thank you for responding if you do.

Thanks for the info Did u get all the materials at Home Depot?

I would not use Sika. When the density of the ground is low during warm seasons, Sika will not weigh nearly enough to compensate for the surrounding loose dirt. You would need to dig the hole wider and deeper to achieve the same results as concrete. Plus the project cost would sky rocket because Sika is so much more expensive. I say this after using Sika on 30" deep post holes for an 8 foot fence. The posts began leaning and I had to go back and put concrete rings around the base of each post. It was because the Sika lacked the weight concrete provided. I would not chance that on a flag pole.

Where do I find sika foam

Happy Memorial Day, 2023. Flag still flying proudly! Pole is still strong as ever.

I see emt pipe which is thicker than chainlink railing....

Question. The only fence railing a can find is 1 3/8 inch. That won't fit into the pvc. Where did you find smaller fence railing?

I personally did not have a good experience with sika for our 20ft telescoping flagpole, the winds we got was brutal on the sleeve and foam, it cause to much wobble in the flag, so we took the foam back out a couple weeks later bought a new sleeve because the first one cracked since the foam didn’t provide a solid support for the sleeve, and got a couple bags of sakrete ready mix concrete and implanted some nice flat rocks on the top while wet to ensure some good side to side strength. Now sika did work wonderfully for our 4x4 mailbox post!

Thank you for your service.

Hey Mister Military man it's not a lanyard. Proper name is halyard. I guess that you were awol the day they taught that in boot camp.

Thank you!!! After proudly installing my flag pole and then sadly having to pull it down due to excessive wobbling and fear of the pole breaking, I came across your video, which saved the day! We went one step further and used a pipe expanding mandrel to flare the joints, decreasing the amount of wiggling of tue joints. I am again proudly flying my flag! Thank you for your service sir!

I have the round led at the top of mine your right nothing like it that flag means all the world to me

I’m in NW Florida and we just went through yet another hurricane (Ida) and the pole is still 100% good as new.

I couldn't use a coupler for joining pvc tubes ( won't fit ) , just gorilla taped them.

Did it ! Great Idea ! Thank you ,and Thank You for your service !

I used the 20 foot PVC and 20 foot galvanized inner reinforcement, as suggested. Then used Quikrete to secure sleeve in ground. Also, flagpole came with 2 foot sleeve but I went and got 3 foot one to use instead. Thanks for posting video and especially thanks for your service 👍

Interesting, I may have to try this out, I see my local hardware store has 1-3/8 size top fence pipe. about 5 years ago I used an electrical medal conduit to build a flag pole in the yard, they come with metal unions at the ends to protect the threads, but you can screw 2 together with the union to make a 20ft section of metal conduit. This has worked for the past 5 years, but the threads on the conduit are starting to rust away, so the top pole is leaning not straight totally anymore, due to the force of the lanyard pulling down and threads weakening.

Sorry for all the questions. Want to get this right. -I have a PVC sleeve already concreted into ground that came with set. -When I put flag pole in, due to the weak material of pole it sways a lot - I Am going to get the PVC & Pipe to run through inside of pole -Once I lift pole and set in PVC sleeve that is in ground there is a slight gap between pole and ground sleeve. *What can I do to fill in space between pole and ground sleeve to better secure pole at bottom?* Looks like you have something sticking out that is filling in gap of yours. Thanks again!

How is the Sika holding up? Any loosening in the ground?

Did u pour the sika foam into the pvc that pole slides into that’s in ground??

Very good instructional video. Did this with mine today that had blown down a couple of times. Thanks for posting, and, more importantly, for your service.

Thanks for a great video, how many bags of the Sika foam did you use?

so where is your light

So is the fence pole going all the way through the entire length of the pvc ? And leaving a section post at the bottom and top ?

I’m almost positive this is the flag pole I bought. Definitely bought it from this site: www.united-states-flag.com/heavy-duty-20ft-residential-flagpole-with-valley-forge-nylon-flag.html

Good ideas thanks for the help. I did the same but put in a metal pipe to hold it up for good.

Notes on install: I dug a 36”+ hole,with a post hole digger, then filled with about 8” of pea gravel for drainage. To keep the Sika Foam off the pole, I ran two Walmart bags up the FIRST SECTION of the flagpole and taped with masking tape (to keep foam off exposed pole section): I taped the bags 8” below what was to be at ground level and then pulled them up and taped them against the pole again at about 24” up that first section, above ground level. Plumbed the first section vertically in the hole, about 2-3” into the pea gravel and then I Sika-foamed it in place - I held it plum for about 5 minutes and then walked away. After an hour it was completely set. I then took a hand saw blade and trimmed the foam off (at ground level) and then removed the protective bag off of the pole by sliding it up and off the top of that first section. THEN we boosted the rest of the flagpole into place over top of that first section that was set in the ground.

I had this exact sound, it turned out to be the alternator bearings.

please tell me if you found out the issue . i have the exact same issue .