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Mounting Sky Dish on a Patio mount

  • 09-03-2020 8:50pm
    #1
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,837 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm looking to mount a pole on the Patio in my garden to put a Sky Dish on, I'm thinking this:

    https://www.satworld.ie/patio-ground-mount-sky-dish-900mm-x-33mm-3-x-1-1-4.html


    Reason being the wall of the house is EWI, and Sky won't go near it, and the wife is worried about anyone esle touching it too.

    I assume Sky won't have an issue putting it on the pole, once the pole is in place (and in the right place) but I am not sure if I need clamps (or something else) so that Sky can attach their dish to the pole. I assume they'll need everything ready on my side as it isn't a standard installation.

    Anyone have any idea what clamps, or similar, I would need for such a pole so that Sky could do their thing.

    *getting the cabling into the house isn't an issue, there is pre-wired access on the side of the house Sky can (and have in other houses in the estate) hook in to. So my issue is purely getting Sky to set up the dish itself, on the patio pole mount.


Comments

  • #2
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    The usual brackets that come with the dish should be OK. No need for you to supply any other than the mount pole itself.
    presumably you checked the location has a good view of the satellite https://www.dishpointer.com/ enter your address and select 28.2E Astra as the satellite


  • #3
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,837 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    cheers.


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Do yourself a favour and get a proper dish. The sky muck rusts faster than you would believe.


  • #5
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Gerry Wicklow wrote: »
    The usual brackets that come with the dish should be OK. No need for you to supply any other than the mount pole itself.
    presumably you checked the location has a good view of the satellite https://www.dishpointer.com/ enter your address and select 28.2E Astra as the satellite

    In addition make sure you have a good solid lump of concrete to mount the pole to ...... even if it requires some extra work putting in a 'foundation' for it.

    ;)


  • #6
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    In addition make sure you have a good solid lump of concrete to mount the pole to ...... even if it requires some extra work putting in a 'foundation' for it.

    ;)
    Yup it is easy to under estimate windage.


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