Well, it's up!!

[drboyddrboyd]

My good friend who can build or fix anything came over this morning at 8:00, and I took the day off work. Together (me holding the ladder more than anything) we finally got this thing up on the roof.

The supporting framework is Unistrut, painted to match the house (this is the back of the house) and the pole itself was bent for me by some friends at work. The purpose of the bend in the pole is to get it back over the roof, so I don't need a parachute when I'm tinkering with it -- seeing as how this is a two-story house.

I've got the dish pointed south, but I don't have the elevation tweaked in yet, This weekend - I just ran out of gas and time today.

Anyway, I'm pretty psyched about how it came out, and I wanted to share it with ya'll and give y'all a big "THANKS!" for all the help and encouragement!!!

 

[Blindowl1234]

Drboyd, Nice install. I love the ingenious way the pipe is bent. That's a one of a kind for sure. Blind

 

[digiblur]

Some sweet LOS there! Watch out for wind though!

 

[mediageek]

thats a great lookin' install there! i like how it's so discreet!

love the avatar, digiblur! FTE!

 

[Mr Tony]

very nice install

 

[drboyddrboyd]

Thanks, all! One of the things not shown on these photos is that the fascia boards are now tied in to the roof supports with steel angle brackets and lag bolts; I don't think the fascia boards were tied in well enough as they were before.

 

[gremlin411]

Look real nice ..... and looks like you have room to expand......

 

[drboyddrboyd]

Well, funny you should mention that! We had a cold front come through today with 40 mph gusts - and it didn't move a bit!

Some sweet LOS there! Watch out for wind though!

 

[AcWxRadar]

My good friend who can build or fix anything came over this morning at 8:00, and I took the day off work. Together (me holding the ladder more than anything) we finally got this thing up on the roof.

The supporting framework is Unistrut, painted to match the house (this is the back of the house) and the pole itself was bent for me by some friends at work. The purpose of the bend in the pole is to get it back over the roof, so I don't need a parachute when I'm tinkering with it -- seeing as how this is a two-story house.

I've got the dish pointed south, but I don't have the elevation tweaked in yet, This weekend - I just ran out of gas and time today.

Anyway, I'm pretty psyched about how it came out, and I wanted to share it with ya'll and give y'all a big "THANKS!" for all the help and encouragement!!!

DrBoyd,

Very nice job! I have to say that I hadn't thought of the problems one might encounter with a tile roof. Not too many folks have a tile roof here where I live. Most all roofs (99.99%) are asphalt shingles around here. Having a tile roof would certainly limit your installation options.

RADAR

 

[McGuyver]

drboyddrboyd, that's quite impressive and very clean looking, the unistrut seems to blend right in. now you can paint the dish blue to blend in with the sky

 

[drboyddrboyd]

drboyddrboyd, that's quite impressive and very clean looking, the unistrut seems to blend right in. now you can paint the dish blue to blend in with the sky

Ha! I actually have been thinking about painting the dish pale blue slash flat white to fade into oblivion....

 

[drboyddrboyd]

Yeah, anything built here in pretty much the last 15-20 years is tile roof. And this one is a 5/12 pitch, so let's just say most of the sphincter muscles in my body get clenched pretty tight on the way up to the dish and back down.

DrBoyd,

Very nice job! I have to say that I hadn't thought of the problems one might encounter with a tile roof. Not too many folks have a tile roof here where I live. Most all roofs (99.99%) are asphalt shingles around here. Having a tile roof would certainly limit your installation options.

RADAR