I live in a townhouse so I have to be careful about what I put up and where it goes. We currently have a 3 lnb (i think) HD dish mounted to the wood overhang of our roof. This is the same installation that everyone else is using for their dishes. With this type of install 2 of the 4 bolts are hanging in the air.
When the DirecTV installers came on Friday they said that they could not install the new dish the same way. I had two options. One was to mount the dish to the roof (free) and one was to use a different bracket that looked like a J tube with a plate welded to the side of it. This would be to hoof under the roof and mount to the roof beams (sorry, dont know the tech terms). For this they want 80 dollars! Ive seen entire Dishes for close to this price! Now, the concern with the roof mount is the association rules. I have a letter in to my assoc to see if they mind if I mount directly to the roof. I have no idea if they are going to have an issue but Ill be damned if I have to pay 80 bucks for another piece of equip! Im thinking of making my own extension for the roof that would allow the dish to be mounted in the original position but still utilize the 4 bolts.
Any advice on how to proceed from here?
Thanks
When the DirecTV installers came on Friday they said that they could not install the new dish the same way. I had two options. One was to mount the dish to the roof (free) and one was to use a different bracket that looked like a J tube with a plate welded to the side of it. This would be to hoof under the roof and mount to the roof beams (sorry, dont know the tech terms). For this they want 80 dollars! Ive seen entire Dishes for close to this price! Now, the concern with the roof mount is the association rules. I have a letter in to my assoc to see if they mind if I mount directly to the roof. I have no idea if they are going to have an issue but Ill be damned if I have to pay 80 bucks for another piece of equip! Im thinking of making my own extension for the roof that would allow the dish to be mounted in the original position but still utilize the 4 bolts.
Any advice on how to proceed from here?
Thanks