Can Someone Recommend A Roof Mount

[sidekick]

I'm finally going to put my FTA dish back up after moving into a new house. I'm going to have to do a roof mount as the eaves are just too high up and I'm not all that confortable with heights. Can someone recommend a good roof mount to use. I shouldn't have a problem with leakage as I an place it on a portion of the roof that acts as an eave. Thanks!

 

[McGuyver]

Dish mount suggestions

I'm finally going to put my FTA dish back up after moving into a new house. I'm going to have to do a roof mount as the eaves are just too high up and I'm not all that confortable with heights. Can someone recommend a good roof mount to use. I shouldn't have a problem with leakage as I an place it on a portion of the roof that acts as an eave. Thanks!

I recently mounted two 36" dishes for my friend and I didn't want to poke the roof so I made up mounts to bolt on the face of the eave facia board. The facia boards were slanted about 20 degrees so I made them to compensate. here's a pic. They are rock solid too.

One thing I did was add a short piece of pipe inside the lower section of the mast so that the U-bolts wouldn't crush it.

 

[sidekick]

Looks good, but it's too high up for me to think about doing that.

 

[Tron]

I recently mounted two 36" dishes for my friend and I didn't want to poke the roof so I made up mounts to bolt on the face of the eave facia board. The facia boards were slanted about 20 degrees so I made them to compensate. here's a pic. They are rock solid too.

One thing I did was add a short piece of pipe inside the lower section of the mast so that the U-bolts wouldn't crush it.

Great minds... Looks vaguely familiar... very much like the rig my friend in Brooklyn thought up for the install I was involved in. The picture shows an early stage; later on (after I stripped out the bolts in the pole ), we used U-bolts and a 2 3/8" fence post mounted to the frame, very similar to yours!

 

[Anole]

Tron - I remember your posts 'n pix from when you first got back.
I love the contrast between the new shiny hardware, and the old rusty I beam.
Very creative, too

McGuyver - Quite imaginative with that bracketry.
I may have to revisit my boxed-in-eaves, with that sort of idea in mind.
Mine are 1x6's, though. Works better on a buddy's house where they are 2x6's.

Sidekick - some members use non-penetrating roof mounts (NPRM)
That's attractive if you have a near-flat spot anywhere on the roof.
If you are handy with a welder, you could make one out of bedframes.
They often are weighted down with cement blocks for stability.
Here are some pictures of one, holding down a 6 foot dish.

If that's not going to work for you, maybe you could post pictures of the places you had in mind, and the guys with more experience will give you some sage advice.

 

[McGuyver]

McGuyver - Quite imaginative with that bracketry. I may have to revisit my boxed-in-eaves, with that sort of idea in mind. Mine are 1x6's, though. Works better on a buddy's house where they are 2x6's.

In that case you would add some wood reinforcement between the face of the eave and the brackets, a simple drawing will explain better. You could also add wood inside the boxed eave if you have access, there's a number of ways to solve issues, use your imagination.

I used this method once on a friend's mobile home trailer that had sheet metal skin on outside leaving nothing but the wall studs for support, so I put two lengths of 2x4 horizontally, one above the other, on outside of wall with lag screws, then mounted the dish mount on the 2x4's, it was solid when done.

 

[Anole]

McGuyver -

When I put up my Dish antennas, on my eaves, I did double up with another 1x6 ?, which I laminated to the existing facia.
I spanned several studs to make room for two dishes.
I beveled the ends a bit, and painted the heck out of the new piece before lag-bolting it in place.
You really can't see the new wood, which may be 3..4 feet long.

In my particular case, reviewing several years of service with small dishes, I don't think a 36" would stay in place.
And a motor hanging off the bracketry would just be a fool's errand.
At least on my house, even doubled up, the eaves are not a good long-term solution.
Your mileage may vary.