Patch Roof After Removing Satellite

Sometimes the water shows up at a ceiling spot distant from the leak.

Patch roof after removing satellite.

I am seriously thinking about removing my direct tv dish from the roof of my house but really worried about leaks after its taken down. There must be a million. While you can pay the satellite company to come to your house and remove your dish the process is simple enough that you may want to save a few bucks and try it yourself. Some roof leaks are tough to locate.

Sorry for the voice over. Had some issues with the wireless mic but i didn t want to waste the video. If your ceiling has a plastic vapor barrier between the drywall and the attic insulation push the insulation aside and look for flow stains on the plastic often water runs to openings in the vapor barrier such as at ceiling light fixtures. Sealing the hole left behind from the screws are very important.

When i remove it how do i patch up any holes that will be left behind. Fix roof after satellite dish removal. They make roofing tar for a caulking gun. 1 for the roof cement.

You ll be able to purchase this in any home store. But if the shingles are going on top of the lag bolts i d remove them and fill the holes with some extra roof cement. For this reason most people choose to remove old satellite dishes from their home after they get rid of their satellite cable. The dish was already there when i purchased the house but not really liking it there.

You don t want anything sticking up that would wear out the shingle from below. Fix roof after satellite dish removal showing 1 8 of 8 messages. Bmitch sep 3 12 at 21 59. Will i have to replace the shingles after i remove it or is there something i fill in the holes with that s not noticeable.

After the roof is installed the most common practice is re installing the dish in the same holes but there s a far better practice that doesn t involve potentially causing needless damage to the newly installed roof and minimizes the amount of time customers go without television service.