How to secure a tree pit grate

**1859Dame** · 08-10-2011, 10:24 AM

Curious if anyone has had tree pit grates made and more specifically, how they were secured to prevent cut/removal?

Should I box out each leg/corner and pour cement (and to what depth?), or can I have a piece welded that can then be screwed into the sidewalk slab along the 4" pit edge?

Any ideas welcomed; overheard the local scrap man's phone call this AM stating he needed a saw to remove one of mine (he was on the opposite side to my garden fence, not realizing I was less than 5' from him).

**qweezyq** · 08-10-2011, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by 1859Dame

Curious if anyone has had tree pit grates made and more specifically, how they were secured to prevent cut/removal?

Should I box out each leg/corner and pour cement (and to what depth?), or can I have a piece welded that can then be screwed into the sidewalk slab along the 4" pit edge?

Any ideas welcomed; overheard the local scrap man's phone call this AM stating he needed a saw to remove one of mine (he was on the opposite side to my garden fence, not realizing I was less than 5' from him).

Hook up some copper wires to it and an electric socket. That'll learn him.