I am a 20 year Dish customer who just moved to a condo from a house, and now have to deal with association rules. I had an installer come out to give recommendations, and I submitted a request to have a dish mounted on the INSIDE of my balcony railing (with an RV-ladder pressure mount). That request was denied because the railing is considered a common element.
I see two possible permanent solutions: a tripod mount on the floor of the balcony, or an upside-down pole mount from the header beam of the balcony above. The installer indicated that mounting on a pole from above wasn't an option, but it seems it should work; I would rather not take up any balcony floor space, and there is plenty of headroom. Has anyone tried to mount a dish hanging from above? Would it require some hardware that the installers don't typically carry, since most pole mounts are in the ground, not attached to a beam?
Also, in case figuring this out takes a while, I have considered using a bucket of cement and a pole as a temporary solution. What diameter of pole would I need to put in the cement to mount the dish on? I assume that I would have to prepare the bucket, cement, and pole in advance, but that the installer would have the hardware to mount the dish to the pole. Right?
I see two possible permanent solutions: a tripod mount on the floor of the balcony, or an upside-down pole mount from the header beam of the balcony above. The installer indicated that mounting on a pole from above wasn't an option, but it seems it should work; I would rather not take up any balcony floor space, and there is plenty of headroom. Has anyone tried to mount a dish hanging from above? Would it require some hardware that the installers don't typically carry, since most pole mounts are in the ground, not attached to a beam?
Also, in case figuring this out takes a while, I have considered using a bucket of cement and a pole as a temporary solution. What diameter of pole would I need to put in the cement to mount the dish on? I assume that I would have to prepare the bucket, cement, and pole in advance, but that the installer would have the hardware to mount the dish to the pole. Right?