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Originally Posted by bgoodz
The install I think I would prefer is the dish attached to the chimney, 4 cables through the roof, routed through the attic, out the side wall then down and into a lower house vent then to the four room locations. I would do all the running an routing both attic and under the house if needed. Of course the easiest way would be a fascia or soffit dish install and down the side wall then under the house. I know I don't want 4 individual cables running around the house and through the side walls into the rooms.
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I only mount dishes to chimneys if:
a) the walls are not suitable (ie: vinyl siding or stucco)
b) I need the extra height to clear trees
...and I NEVER drill through the roof deck for cables - that is an absolute no-no. Too risky for leaking.
I suggest mounting the dish on the wall with the cable running down to under the house, but its hard for me to say that without seeing your place.
If you end up with the dish mounted on the chimey what you do is run the cables down the roof (neatly tacked to the shingles in between the shingle grooves for appearance sake) and then over the eavestrough, along the soffit to the wall and down. Now, if the chimney is in the middle of the roof then its a long way down the roof deck to the eaves - use a cable colour that matches the shingle colour as closely as possible (its available in black, grey, white and sometimes ivory). Try to run the cables behind the ridge capping shingles so that they are not visible from the street. Little things to make the
installation more eye-pleasing.
kat