Roof Needs To Ne Replace But Satellite Dish

Seriously i hear this every day from people who get new roofs and i don t get it.

Roof needs to ne replace but satellite dish.

Here is a small chart for how to connect and combine signals from 2 antennas facing different directions if needed. There was no charge for the service call. Allstate replaced the entire roof. We had a hail storm april 2017.

Since they typically aren t satellite experts most roofing contractors can only do so much when dealing with a satellite during roof replacement. If you re in the northern hemisphere the dish needs to point south to receive a signal. Prior to getting the new roof the customer had their dish network or directv dish installed on their roof. Don t forget to buy the dish tech lunch.

Satellite dish installers almost automatically go for the roof to guarantee the satellite isn t obstructed. I have been with dish about 17 years. Of course you do not need an old dish to install a new hd antenna. But remember that hdtv antennas work best when attached to a roof and there are no obstructions.

I noticed after i bought the home there is a satellite dish on the roof. Its ok to install a dish on an older roof but not a new roof. When the roofers arrived they needed to remove the dish in order to put on the new roof. The allowed 38 00 for r r of the dish.

The satellite that your dish connects with is in a geosynchronous orbit moving the same as the earth somewhere above the equator. The pole gives the dish more height without it needing to be on the roof. Installed the dish on the brick side of my home instead of the roof. You may need to do this too if you can t find a clear spot elsewhere.

What the dish is not good enough to go on your new roof. I called dish prior to the roof repair. After the roof is installed the most common practice is re installing the dish in the same holes. Can i hook up a box from amazon to get ota channels.

This thread is archived. What does a satellite dish need to work. It s probably directtv and i was wondering what i can do with this. 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.