Bringing Cable through a Tile Roof ?
Stacey
cable through a typical tile roof (without adding leaks!)? I'm
guessing just loop the cable under a tile and then tear a hole in the
felt .. but it just sounds a little messy and unprofessional !
Grunff
If you can bring it in though a hole in the soffit/fascia, this is
preferable to disturbing the tiles.
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Grunff
Lurch
wrote:
>Does anyone know a standard way of bringing something like an aerial
>cable through a typical tile roof
Yes, open Yellow Pages, look for rougharse aerial fitters section
>(without adding leaks!)?
Not sure about that bit!
>I'm
>guessing just loop the cable under a tile and then tear a hole in the
>felt .. but it just sounds a little messy and unprofessional !
That's a bit messy and unproffesional!
I would enter the roof space through the soffit instead, or through
the gable end wall.
SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.
Andrew Gabriel
Slide it through the felt overlap -- no need to puncture it.
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Andrew Gabriel
BigWallop
"Stacey" <st...@accessviolation.co.uk> wrote in message
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You don't touch the roof at all, but you can bring the cable down to the
edge of the along the copping stone and then in through the eaves behind the
guttering. You should find plenty of gap there to take a coaxial cable.
The Natural Philosopher
Thts how its done.
You can seal it up with silicone if it offends thee...
Harry Bloomfield
Push it through an overlap in the felt then out between the tiles.
Leave a good loop down the roof to ensure water doesn't run inside from
the cable (drip loop). Drop the cable inside as soon as possible, so
that the cable exposed to the elements is short. Also make sure the
cable cannot abraid itself on the tiles due to the wind blowing it
about, lead/copper/alloy strips will help hold it in place and help to
prevent this.
Add a plug and socket once the cable is into the roof, to make the
outside section more easily replaced.
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Simon Avery
Hello Stacey
> S| Does anyone know a standard way of bringing something like
> S| an aerial cable through a typical tile roof (without adding
> S| leaks!)? I'm guessing just loop the cable under a tile and
> S| then tear a hole in the felt .. but it just sounds a little
> S| messy and unprofessional !
It's common practice and doesn't seem to cause any leaks. (If slate it
might). It's not a problem.
Easier, if near to a gable, to poke it through the wall there.
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Dave Plowman
Think I'd run the cable down to the gutter and get into the roof that way
- there is an air gap there.
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