Where to get a big pole for an anemometer?

Supercell

I'm finally getting settled into the new house in Loughlinstown so am hoping to set up my weather station here.

The new house is a small bungalow as are the surrounding houses so an anemometer on a tall pole should get a reasonably good wind reading

Ideally I'd like to sink the pole into the garden rather than have retaining wires all over the place - the wifey wouldn't be impressed.

I guess fixed against the back wall might work too?

If anyone has suggestions/ recommendations then I'd love to hear them. I've no idea where even to source a pole nevermind how to get it set up. There is a side passage around the house so getting it into the garden shouldnt be an issue.

Thanks

gbee

I went to Intentional Trading and bought a scaffold pole. There are often offcuts that would suit but they are all fairly long, twenty foot [in old money] and they come in three sizes and thickness's [the middle one is ideal, the heavy one too strong and light one could be fine].

Twenty feet is a lot of pole so you can have fun on the roof, I took one across town on the roof on sponges and red flags etc, but I'd not take it on a long journey that way, if you're sure of your size, bring a good hack saw and cut it down ~ these type of providers don't usually cut the pole to size, they did for me though.

You'd like to sink the pole some five feet, three foot would do and B&Q or similar would have fence post readymix in a variety of sizes that is very tolerance to mixing ~ mix in the hole and it sets in minutes to support the pole with no wind and it's fully done in a few hours.

My prices were €8 for an offcut to €30 for the 2" middle sized pole in full 20 foot length and approx 2x€9 ready mix bags.

Danno

http://www.irelandsweather.com/forum/index.php/topic,1674.msg33769.html#msg33769

http://www.irelandsweather.com/forum/index.php/topic,1674.15.html

I used two 5m steel bars, welded together and mounted to a pier... working well over a year later! Record gust 62mph! this January.