Adding a TV antenna on house

[outdoorspace]

The process of installing the antenna is quite dangerous. You must have insurance. But it can be damaged in the house. Yesterday I vacuumed in the house and caught on the cord of my vacuum cleaner. I fell and it was very painful because I fell right on my vacuum cleaner, which is made of metal. By the way, I decided to buy it when I looked at it at https://devices4home.com/best-upright-vacuum/.

 

[laser3kw]

The process of installing the antenna is quite dangerous. You must have insurance. But it can be damaged in the house. Yesterday I vacuumed in the house and caught on the cord of my vacuum cleaner. I fell and it was very painful because I fell right on my vacuum cleaner, which is made of metal. By the way, I decided to buy it when I looked at it at https://devices4home.com/best-upright-vacuum/.

Kind of an odd response to the subject and it leads to a link for vacumm cleaners? I ain't clicking on the link!
I have to ask myself why is there a link to a vacuum cleaner in a post about TV antennas? kind of spammy to me

 

[BigGarage]

The process of installing the antenna is quite dangerous. You must have insurance. But it can be damaged in the house. Yesterday I vacuumed in the house and caught on the cord of my vacuum cleaner. I fell and it was very painful because I fell right on my vacuum cleaner, which is made of metal. By the way, I decided to buy it when I looked at it at https://devices4home.com/best-upright-vacuum/.

Just imagine how dangerous it would be to vacuum your roof before installing the antenna.

Dennis

 

[laser3kw]

Just imagine how dangerous it would be to vacuum your roof before installing the antenna.

Dennis

during a lightening storm - at night - during an earthquake while dressed in a Kimono

 

[nsula_country]

during a lightening storm - at night - during an earthquake while dressed in a Kimono

With a skull plate in your head!

CT

 

[sberry]

Ot sure if I have a pic of mine, 75 ft. A bud just install some dinky thing from Walmart, about 50$, works good.
I put one up for a bud while back.

 

[volleyball]

during a lightening storm - at night - during an earthquake while dressed in a Kimono

Is that every night or just on those special nights when you are getting frisky with that special someone, or inanimate object, in your life.
Good for you, we don't judge.

 

[BigGarage]

My Brother welded up an antenna mount to a stainless steel plate joined by cables to another stainless plate. They saddle the peak of the roof and are easily adaptable to almost any roof peak since the cables between the plates allow for movement.

We put the mount up yesterday and put roofing cement under the plate holes and then used 2" lag screws to hold the plates to the roof. This is a tall 2 story home so my much-less-fatter-than-me Brother actually mounted it while I shouted encouragement. I just ordered this antenna.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KYXJWRC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I already used one of these antennas and liked it so I bought the same one again. Now I just have to remove the DishNetwork dish mount and another antenna mount off the front of the roof.

I also have to decide whether to run the coaxial cable up the side of the house or go through the attic and come out that nearby roof vent. It's awfully hot up there in the attic with the sun beating on the roof. If I go that route I'll do it early in the morning or wait for cooler weather.

Dennis

 

[Falcon67]

That is a VERY GOOD design ! The length of those wires is VERY important !!

I have the "commercial" version

We have the one with two grids, mounted in the attic. Because we have signals coming from two way different compass points. Works good. We're 20~30 miles from the xmitters.

Not in use - went back to Dish. All that OTA, streaming, DVR, etc got to be a huge pain in the *** to manage and use. And no cheaper.

 

[MattT]

Just imagine how dangerous it would be to vacuum your roof before installing the antenna.

Probably safer than snowblowing the roof.......................

 

[BigGarage]

Just imagine how dangerous it would be to vacuum your roof before installing the antenna.

Dennis

Probably safer than snowblowing the roof.......................

I have helped to snowblow a roof. It was in Kalkaska, MI. back in 2015. It is the "snowbelt of Michigan and we were trying to remove at least 2 feet of snow with an electric snowblower. What a waste of time. Don't know if I can get any pics.

Dennis

 

[SGKent]

Just imagine how dangerous it would be to vacuum your roof before installing the antenna.

Dennis

I've been doing it wrong. I see now, you vacuum before putting the antenna up, not after. Should have figured that one out. The cables and guy wires always got in the way afterwards.