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| Thread ID: 114395 | 2010-12-01 11:55:00 | Mounting satellite dish | tombrownzz (16109) | PC World Chat |
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| 1157921 | 2010-12-02 07:25:00 | yeah installing dishes is easy as. makes you wonder why sky installers **** it up so much. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1157922 | 2010-12-02 08:18:00 | My roof is concrete tiles, so should I just get the satellite dish installed onto there? Is there anyway to do it without drilling holes in the tiles and running the cable into the house without chipping away a piece of tile? | tombrownzz (16109) | ||
| 1157923 | 2010-12-02 08:20:00 | Generally 4 long coach screws through the barge board into the 4 x 2 or 3 x 2 timber behind it will hold a hockey stiick for an eternity. A couple of stays are a must though. The cable runs under the tiles, which are just sitting on top of each other. No need to make a hole in them. Prise the bottom of one diagonally above where you want the cable to run and the top of the opposite diagonal tile below using 2 flat pry bars if you want to pull the whole tile out (to assist in running the cable down the wall from above the roof as there's little room in the corners of roof spaces) |
Jester (13) | ||
| 1157924 | 2010-12-02 09:02:00 | Generally 4 long coach screws through the barge board into the 4 x 2 or 3 x 2 timber behind it will hold a hockey stiick for an eternity. A couple of stays are a must though.... Stays! That's what the're called. I couldn't for the life of me remember their name. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1157925 | 2010-12-05 09:16:00 | Generally 4 long coach screws through the barge board into the 4 x 2 or 3 x 2 timber behind it will hold a hockey stiick for an eternity. A couple of stays are a must though. The cable runs under the tiles, which are just sitting on top of each other. No need to make a hole in them. Prise the bottom of one diagonally above where you want the cable to run and the top of the opposite diagonal tile below using 2 flat pry bars if you want to pull the whole tile out (to assist in running the cable down the wall from above the roof as there's little room in the corners of roof spaces) This is what my concrete tiles look like: www.builderbill-diy-help.com If I lift 1 up and put a cable underneath it, how will the tile go right back down if there is a cable preventing this? Should I use the tile right by the gutter like this: www.southfloridaroofing.com Or is the white wood between the gutter and tiles in the way? If a hole was drilled through this white wood would it lead to inside my roof? For safety reasons, does the cable need to be grounded for lightning protection? |
tombrownzz (16109) | ||
| 1157926 | 2010-12-05 18:02:00 | If you lift a tile, I'd be inclined to bung a bunch of silicon under the raised edge. I'm ignorant of tiles, but my gut feeling is to drill a hole for the cable and to leave the tile flat. Still gonna need silicon sealant or a rubber grommet and silicon. Wind can blow rain water up you roof, and under any raised tiles (depending on the gradient). |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1157927 | 2010-12-05 18:25:00 | Do you have a chimney. Run the cable from the dish and under the flashing around the chimney. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1157928 | 2010-12-05 23:55:00 | Generally 4 long coach screws through the barge board into the 4 x 2 or 3 x 2 timber behind it will hold a hockey stiick for an eternity. A couple of stays are a must though. not all barge boards have 4x2 etc timber behind it. you will need to check what there is to screw into. while there is mounts for concrete tile roofs i would not recommend one. i don't know if they got them sorted. trouble is they put to much pressure on the tiles and can end up splitting tiles. last i heard (years and years ago) they where looking at making a packer/stud that went through the tile and the mount sat on that rather than the tile itself. stays can be easy enough mounted through the tiles. cable can sit under tile easy enough or just under the first tile, theres a bit of room inbetweeen first tile and the gutter. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1157929 | 2010-12-06 00:00:00 | Just drill some holes in the tiles and mount it properly. It has to rigid in the wind | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1157930 | 2010-12-06 00:48:00 | Good idea prefect, until the tile cracks halfway through drilling. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
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