Markus10L
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Starlink install
Hopefully I am not the only person who has or had this question but. Is anyone having problems finding a way to safely mount your starlink?
I have a flat concrete roof with pretty big eaves so the wall mount doesn't seem like it will work. I have the Gen 2 dishy that comes with the four
leg mount which I dont have a whole lot of faith in. I ordered the sloped roof mount but it does not have an opening to slide in a pvc pipe to drop
into the house.
I live in Todos Santos and see lots of starlinks coming into the shop I send my mail to. Little worried about when there is some strong wind don't
want it to rip out of the roof.
Does anyone have any suggestions or possible pics of how they installed theirs? Specifically looking for roof mounting solutions.
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mjs
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There are holes in the legs of the provided mount. Use some 1/4" anchors into your concrete roof (assuming you have a clear view of the sky). That
was enough to get us through Kay.
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I would use the supplied base, some tapcons or lags+shields with a good sealent. Or if you don´t want holes, cement blocks or sand bags.
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Markus10L
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Quote: Originally posted by mjs  | | There are holes in the legs of the provided mount. Use some 1/4" anchors into your concrete roof (assuming you have a clear view of the sky). That
was enough to get us through Kay. |
Did you use the blue concrete screws? Or did you get the plastic anchors with 1/4 bolts?
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Markus10L
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| Quote: Originally posted by chippy | | I would use the supplied base, some tapcons or lags+shields with a good sealent. Or if you don´t want holes, cement blocks or sand bags.
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Think if you filled 4 cmu blocks with concrete and attached one leg to each that it would be sturdy enough for high winds?
Guess it wouldn't rip any holes into the roof which is a big bonus.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Markus10L | | Quote: Originally posted by mjs | | There are holes in the legs of the provided mount. Use some 1/4" anchors into your concrete roof (assuming you have a clear view of the sky). That
was enough to get us through Kay. |
Did you use the blue concrete screws? Or did you get the plastic anchors with 1/4 bolts? |
Use wedge-type expansion bolts for concrete anchors (e.g. red head trubolts)
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| Quote: Originally posted by Markus10L | | Quote: Originally posted by mjs | | There are holes in the legs of the provided mount. Use some 1/4" anchors into your concrete roof (assuming you have a clear view of the sky). That
was enough to get us through Kay. |
Did you use the blue concrete screws? Or did you get the plastic anchors with 1/4 bolts? |
Mine is on a wood roof so I used some ss screws. But I would use tapcon (blue concrete screws) on a concrete surface.
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Use one of these weighted with concrete blocks
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Markus10L
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I like this idea the best. Going to have to order one in the CA and grab it. Looks like you could get around 6-8 blocks on it.
Been thinking for the temporary. Drilling out 3/8 holes into the sides of 4 cmu blocks throwing in a stainless bolt and washer and filling the blocks
up with concrete and put one for each leg using a washer on top and stainless steel locking nut on top. Thinking an 8x8x16 may be around 50lbs each if
I can get some at home depot.
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you are overthinking it... just bolt it down with plastic anchors
dont buy anything
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B&S,
Agreed, we have a Gen 1 dish in SF it’s on a flat roof mounted with 4 screws. Wind blew 65mph last night the dish is still there and working.
The dish in Cerritos is just sitting on top of the generator house wind blew 55mph there it didn’t move or stop working.
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