Satellites and Roof Damage
I’m about to close on a coop that asked me not to install a satellite on the roof for fear of damage with drilling and all. This is totally reasonable as it is a small coop and the roof was recently been replaced at great cost and I would not want there to be any…
I’m about to close on a coop that asked me not to install a satellite on the roof for fear of damage with drilling and all. This is totally reasonable as it is a small coop and the roof was recently been replaced at great cost and I would not want there to be any damage as well. My question is what solutions have others found that is non invasive to the roof or building. Cement bucket? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
All great suggestions, thanks!
we have direct tv and they just linked a cable to a neighbor’s dish. If you see someone a few houses away with the same service, maybe you can just have them do the same thing.
My dish was lagbolted through the sheathing into roof beams. I had a major leak problem with this which caused my office ceiling to start to collapse. Since the roof was overdue for repair, I contracted for a replacement with SuperRoofer. They told me issue was that the DirecTV installers attempted to seal the bolts with silicon, which won’t work on a tar roof. Since then, I had another dish installed and sealed the bolts myself using tar and mesh tape. That was five years ago and I’ve had no problems since.
satellite dishes are seriously tacky. get a different version of cable!
*rob*
i’ve seen them drilled into parapets, drilled into chimneys, and strapped to chimneys.
I do not recall specifically how the one directv installer strapped the dish mount to the chimney (it was 10 years ago) but worth inquiring. Probably similar to strapping an antenna.
drilling into parapet wouldn’t bother me personally.
Parapet wall usually the best solution. lol dittoburg.
However what the coop should really do is let the engineer who oversaw the work (or the contractor) advise the board as to proper placement.
Satellites can certainly cause damage. Why don’t you just install the dish instead?
On the paripet.
I would have them recommend a solution. They can’t restrict them completely that would violate FCC rules. Also, dishes generally need to face southwest. Satellites are aimed towards the middle of the country.