Reaiming My Satellite Dish On My Roof

When the roof is done call directv and have them put the dish back up is well worth it the 50 00 service fee.

Reaiming my satellite dish on my roof.

Many who aren t intimately familiar with these systems including roofers might see it as one big hunk of metal. You can purchase this caulking online or at your local hardware store. The roof won t leak right away but over time it will. A good contractor will gently remove a satellite and its mounting bracket from the roof so that they won t be damaged.

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. Position the base plate flat against the wall or roof in the location you chose. The dish assembly and the mounting bracket. Every satellite dish system comes in two or more parts.

You want to use urethane sealant. Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement. 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. Hold the dish s mount to your home and mark the screw positions.

I see a lot of homes with dishes mounted on the roof. As jester recommended use some brackets and mount off the side of the house or on an exhaust vent. Mount dish on pole tune dish zip tie where needed. So they often unbolt the footplates and remove the dish.

Then after replacing the roof the contractor will also reinstall the satellite in its original spot. It only intersects with their work area at one location the roof. I agree with jester. There should only be a few holes make sure you get them good an full of the caulking.

That is a leak waiting to happen. Look for a series of holes on the plate for bolts. Or you can do it the hard way as you ve said. The dish s mount is an l shaped rod with a base plate that fastens to your home.

Select dish500 and either 110 or 119 and it will tell you where your dish needs to point. Go to the point dish screen on your receiver menu 6 1 1 point dish and type in your zipcode.