Reaiming My Satellite Dish On My Roof

A good contractor will gently remove a satellite and its mounting bracket from the roof so that they won t be damaged.

Reaiming my satellite dish on my roof.

You can purchase this caulking online or at your local hardware store. When the roof is done call directv and have them put the dish back up is well worth it the 50 00 service fee. The roof won t leak right away but over time it will. Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement.

There should only be a few holes make sure you get them good an full of the caulking. Or you can do it the hard way as you ve said. Mount the under eave mount using 4 6 lag bolts depending on the mount add the dish to the mount tune the dish. 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. That is a leak waiting to happen. As jester recommended use some brackets and mount off the side of the house or on an exhaust vent. 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.

I agree with jester. Position the base plate flat against the wall or roof in the location you chose. It only intersects with their work area at one location the roof. You want to use urethane sealant.

The dish assembly and the mounting bracket. The dish s mount is an l shaped rod with a base plate that fastens to your home. Fill in your trench and compresd dirt evenly to look natural. Look for a series of holes on the plate for bolts.

Select dish500 and either 110 or 119 and it will tell you where your dish needs to point. So they often unbolt the footplates and remove the dish. Many who aren t intimately familiar with these systems including roofers might see it as one big hunk of metal. Every satellite dish system comes in two or more parts.

Mount dish on pole tune dish zip tie where needed. Hold the dish s mount to your home and mark the screw positions.