Wow that's a lot of extra work per install!  How high/far are your APs
and what band are you using that needs this extra effort?

On 8/30/09, Mark McElvy <mmce...@accubak.com> wrote:
> If I did not mount on roofs I would not do many installs, most of my
> installs consist of 3ft tripod with 10ft mast or 30ft mast on roof peak
> with guy wires.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
> Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:34 AM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions
>
> 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" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
> 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 <st...@pcswin.com> 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: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
> 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: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
> 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 <br...@reliableinter.net> wrote:
>>> I guess I'm just old fashioned using tripods and 10 ft masts. Channel
>>> master. Tripods are $18 and masts are $11. We charge $30 for the
> tripods
>>> and $15 for 10ft mast including install.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> Scott Reed wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 4" length of strut at the peak.
>>>> 5' length of strut down where ever it falls on the eaves.
>>>> Strut pipe clamp to fit pipe.
>>>>
>>>>                 /\
>>>>                /-\
>>>>              /     \
>>>>            /         \
>>>>          /--------\
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 'splain please!  How is that configured? Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> At 10:50 AM 8/27/2009, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... We now mount 2 pieces of 1-5/8"
>>>>>> Unistrut with 1/4" lags and clamp the pipe to it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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