Roof Needs To Ne Replace But Satellite Dish

The pole gives the dish more height without it needing to be on the roof.

Roof needs to ne replace but satellite dish.

Of course you do not need an old dish to install a new hd antenna. You may need to do this too if you can t find a clear spot elsewhere. I have been with dish about 17 years. Seriously i hear this every day from people who get new roofs and i don t get it.

Satellite dish installers almost automatically go for the roof to guarantee the satellite isn t obstructed. Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement. I noticed after i bought the home there is a satellite dish on the roof. When the roofers arrived they needed to remove the dish in order to put on the new roof.

Installed the dish on the brick side of my home instead of the roof. Don t forget to buy the dish tech lunch. What does a satellite dish need to work. But remember that hdtv antennas work best when attached to a roof and there are no obstructions.

Allstate replaced the entire roof. This thread is archived. What the dish is not good enough to go on your new roof. It s probably directtv and i was wondering what i can do with this.

The allowed 38 00 for r r of the dish. The satellite that your dish connects with is in a geosynchronous orbit moving the same as the earth somewhere above the equator. If you re in the northern hemisphere the dish needs to point south to receive a signal. A good contractorwill gently remove a satellite and its mounting bracket from the roof so that they won t be damaged.

Here is a small chart for how to connect and combine signals from 2 antennas facing different directions if needed. You can install one in your attic too if you desire. This means if you reside in north america your satellite dish needs a clear and unobstructed view of the southern sky to pick up signals from that satellite. Its ok to install a dish on an older roof but not a new roof.

I called dish prior to the roof repair. So you get a new roof and then got to wait a few years till its old again to be able to mount a dish on it. There was no charge for the service call. After the roof is installed the most common practice is re installing the dish in the same holes.