I am moving into a house and the land lord has told me he would allow an install of a Directv HD system. My question to the wider satellite guys community is a install to the side of a house via a slimline dish, is it possible? There is a corner of the house that has perfectly clear southern line of site (no trees, buildings, etc). The corner of the house has a wide enough section to support the install arm of the slimline. The anchor dipoles can also be secured to that section of the house. I have been doing a fair amount of reading up on acceptable placed for a slimline to be installed by HSPs. My local HSP is Ironwood Communications. I know the roof is a preferred place to install the dish but the house is 2 story which is makes it hard for a roof install. I know a pole install will work but I don't know if my land lord will allow it or not (pouring a concrete slab, etc, etc). If anyone has any recommendations I would appreciate it!
Slimline install possible to side of house?
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The real question I have is "where will teh installer install the dish? I have heard most installers will only install to a roof and not to the side of a house. I am going to try to use an installer that installed my system 2 year ago (if he is installing for Directv still). I just want this move to go smoothly.
D* installer installed mine to the side of the house. It's been my experience that the installer will want to do it as easily possible. Assuming a good line of site, it's easiest to mount from the ground than going up on a roof. I'm sure the installer will put the slimline wherever you want it as long as the line of sight is OK.
That depends upon the type of siding on the house. Ironwood will not allow it's installers to mount to aluminum, vinyl, or shake siding/roofs. The reason for this is potential future damage claims.
Tell the guy that YOU will install it on the side of YOUR house and have him just do the pointing
Jimbo
We often install on the side of a house, using the adapter one of my colleagues developed and manufacturers.
DirecTV AT9/AU9 KA/KU Adapter for old 1-5/8" pole - eBay (item 150206999831 end time Jan-23-08 22:03:00 PST)
The viability of the install depends on the skill of the installer. The mounting foot must be fastened with screws into the studs inside the wall, as should be the "monopole" braces.
DirecTV AT9/AU9 KA/KU Adapter for old 1-5/8" pole - eBay (item 150206999831 end time Jan-23-08 22:03:00 PST)
The viability of the install depends on the skill of the installer. The mounting foot must be fastened with screws into the studs inside the wall, as should be the "monopole" braces.
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