Rick - you mean install on the fascia, not the roof. Correct? On 8/29/09, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: > I mean dont drill holes anywhere else on top of the roof - just the > area above the soffit. That way if it happens to leak it will drip > straight down through the soffit to the ground. > > The suggestion was correct and is what I do - place coax seal on the > screw and between the mount & roof. Never had one leak yet and I've > been doing installs since '97. Some of my installers a lot longer. > > -RickG > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Josh > Luthman<[email protected]> wrote: >> What do you mean stay above the soffit? Sounds kind of impossible to >> mount >> below it when you're mounting on the roof. >> >> The suggestion I had from the past is to use my favorite material (coax >> seal) on the tip of the screw before you start drilling. This puts the >> sealer in the threads (name?) and a bit below the head, preventing >> anything >> from going through the hole. I do not do this, though I have not needed >> to >> and the person that did this is not installing for me anymore (he moved on >> to what he really wanted, knew this from years back). >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >> improbable, must be the truth." >> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:52 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ya, sometimes you just have to mount on roof. Last resort of course. I >>> was trained by career satellite installers. The trick is putting seal >>> down and running the screws through it. Also, stay above the soffit. I >>> always get the home owners permission. >>> >>> On the brick, I use mortar screws. They work great. >>> >>> So Marlon - you like the Bosch better than the Dewalt? >>> -RickG >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Marlon K. Schafer<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > We mount to the roof when we have to. Last resort but there are times >>> when >>> > it's the only option. >>> > >>> > We put down silicone then run the mounting screws though that. Never >>> > had >>> a >>> > leak. People have been mounting things on roofs for a very very long >>> time. >>> > >>> > As for brick, we use GOOD plastic anchors and longer screws than they >>> would >>> > normally have. None have fallen off yet. When running the cable I >>> > drill >>> > the anchor holes into the mortar instead of the brick. >>> > >>> > I finally broke down and bought a nearly top of the line Bosch hammer >>> drill. >>> > The DeWalt cordless is nice, but it's not really capable of dealing >>> > with >>> > high end brick or concrete. >>> > >>> > laters, >>> > marlon >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >>> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:49 AM >>> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions >>> > >>> > >>> > What's so bad about brick? I would imagine there is lags made for it >>> > (not the mortor). 've always used the saufet ?sp? And gutter to >>> > tuck/hide the cable so there is no damage. >>> > >>> > On 8/28/09, Steve Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> I agree, I will never again install on a roof. That cost me money >>> once, >>> >> not again. Can't even tell you how many homeowners have thanked us >>> >> for >>> >> not >>> >> installing on the roof. They hate their satellite dish being up there >>> and >>> >> are willing to pay extra for anything to keep it off the roof. What I >>> >> hate >>> >> is brick homes. No way to mount no way to run cable and for some >>> >> reason >>> >> those are always the people who have their computers on an inside >>> >> wall, >>> >> are >>> >> tighter than ticks and don't want to pay for anything but the standard >>> >> install. >>> >> >>> >> Steve Barnes >>> >> Manager >>> >> PCS-WIN >>> >> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service >>> >> >>> >> Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through >>> >> experience >>> >> of >>> >> trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, >>> ambition >>> >> inspired, and success achieved. >>> >> - Helen Keller >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> >> On >>> >> Behalf Of Robert West >>> >> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:02 AM >>> >> To: 'WISPA General List' >>> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions >>> >> >>> >> I have a big problem with making holes in a roof. I just don't! >>> >> >>> >> Reason is, any drip or drop then becomes the internet guys fault no >>> matter >>> >> if the roof is 40 years old and missing half the shingles already. >>> >> Too >>> >> many >>> >> people out to "gotcha". And the ones who ask to see our liability >>> >> insurance >>> >> before we do anything....... Red flags! They turn out to be >>> nightmares, >>> >> we >>> >> get permission in writing from those folks for every hole drilled. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> >> On >>> >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >>> >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:21 PM >>> >> To: WISPA General List >>> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions >>> >> >>> >> Tripods like roof hole making tripods? >>> >> >>> >> On 8/27/09, Brian Rohrbacher <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I guess I'm just old fashioned using tripods and 10 ft masts. Channel >>> >>> master. Tripods are $18 and masts are $11. 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