Roof Needs To Ne Replace But Satellite Dish

If you re in the northern hemisphere the dish needs to point south to receive a signal.

Roof needs to ne replace but satellite dish.

Don t forget to buy the dish tech lunch. I called dish prior to the roof repair. The allowed 38 00 for r r of the dish. This means if you reside in north america your satellite dish needs a clear and unobstructed view of the southern sky to pick up signals from that satellite.

But remember that hdtv antennas work best when attached to a roof and there are no obstructions. Can i hook up a box from amazon to get ota channels. Allstate replaced the entire roof. So you get a new roof and then got to wait a few years till its old again to be able to mount a dish on it.

It s probably directtv and i was wondering what i can do with this. You may need to do this too if you can t find a clear spot elsewhere. We had a hail storm april 2017. What the dish is not good enough to go on your new roof.

Prior to getting the new roof the customer had their dish network or directv dish installed on their roof. Installed the dish on the brick side of my home instead of the roof. Of course you do not need an old dish to install a new hd antenna. I noticed after i bought the home there is a satellite dish on the roof.

Here is a small chart for how to connect and combine signals from 2 antennas facing different directions if needed. After the roof is installed the most common practice is re installing the dish in the same holes. The pole gives the dish more height without it needing to be on the roof. Satellite dish installers almost automatically go for the roof to guarantee the satellite isn t obstructed.

I have been with dish about 17 years. Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement. When the roofers arrived they needed to remove the dish in order to put on the new roof. The satellite that your dish connects with is in a geosynchronous orbit moving the same as the earth somewhere above the equator.

A good contractorwill gently remove a satellite and its mounting bracket from the roof so that they won t be damaged. You can install one in your attic too if you desire. What does a satellite dish need to work. This thread is archived.