Reaiming My Satellite Dish On My Roof

Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement.

Reaiming my satellite dish on my roof.

In all likelihood the height on the dish setup is still correct and all that is needed is first to make sure the dish is plum then have someone watch over the signal strengths on your receiver or dvr as you slowly move the dish left and right to first lock in a signal then to max it as much as possible. It only intersects with their work area at one location the roof. Or you can do it the hard way as you ve said. The dish assembly and the mounting bracket.

Then after replacing the roof the contractor will also reinstall the satellite in its original spot. Go to the point dish screen on your receiver menu 6 1 1 point dish and type in your zipcode. Fill in your trench and compresd dirt evenly to look natural. Position the base plate flat against the wall or roof in the location you chose.

There should only be a few holes make sure you get them good an full of the caulking. Mount dish on pole tune dish zip tie where needed. Look for a series of holes on the plate for bolts. Hold the dish s mount to your home and mark the screw positions.

The roof won t leak right away but over time it will. Mount the under eave mount using 4 6 lag bolts depending on the mount add the dish to the mount tune the dish. Many who aren t intimately familiar with these systems including roofers might see it as one big hunk of metal. I agree with jester.

A good contractor will gently remove a satellite and its mounting bracket from the roof so that they won t be damaged. A word of advice do not let the roofers mount the dish 99 of the time they do a poor job mounting the dish and the tech has to re mount it putting more holes in your new roof. I see a lot of homes with dishes mounted on the roof. Go to your dish and make sure that the elevation is set properly skew can be checked too but is harder to bash.

The dish s mount is an l shaped rod with a base plate that fastens to your home. As jester recommended use some brackets and mount off the side of the house or on an exhaust vent. Every satellite dish system comes in two or more parts. That is a leak waiting to happen.

When the roof is done call directv and have them put the dish back up is well worth it the 50 00 service fee. You want to use urethane sealant.