Mount the under eave mount using 4 6 lag bolts depending on the mount add the dish to the mount tune the dish.
Reaiming my satellite dish on my roof.
There should only be a few holes make sure you get them good an full of the caulking.
Many who aren t intimately familiar with these systems including roofers might see it as one big hunk of metal.
The dish assembly and the mounting bracket.
Fill in your trench and compresd dirt evenly to look natural.
The roof won t leak right away but over time it will.
Select dish500 and either 110 or 119 and it will tell you where your dish needs to point.
You want to use urethane sealant.
Hold the dish s mount to your home and mark the screw positions.
You can purchase this caulking online or at your local hardware store.
Or you can do it the hard way as you ve said.
Position the base plate flat against the wall or roof in the location you chose.
So they often unbolt the footplates and remove the dish.
Mount dish on pole tune dish zip tie where needed.
I see a lot of homes with dishes mounted on the roof.
Then after replacing the roof the contractor will also reinstall the satellite in its original spot.
Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement.
That is a leak waiting to happen.
As jester recommended use some brackets and mount off the side of the house or on an exhaust vent.
Every satellite dish system comes in two or more parts.
When the roof is done call directv and have them put the dish back up is well worth it the 50 00 service fee.
Go to your dish and make sure that the elevation is set properly skew can be checked too but is harder to bash.
The dish s mount is an l shaped rod with a base plate that fastens to your home.
I agree with jester.
It only intersects with their work area at one location the roof.
Go to the point dish screen on your receiver menu 6 1 1 point dish and type in your zipcode.
Look for a series of holes on the plate for bolts.