Run Coax Along Roof

Comcast is coming out this weekend to install tv and internet in our new to us house.

Run coax along roof.

Don t secure the coax. Here s a creative idea. This means only the antenna and dongle. Secure it once it leaves the roof.

There is plenty of coax in the house as the previous tenants had a dish on the roof still there but as. Place a little as possible on the roof. It s the standard type of cable used for all conventional cabled tv and internet hookups in homes and rentals. Either use two people or very short pulls and trips to the other end to check to be sure that the cable is not getting kinked as you pull it when you can t see the other end of the pull.

Coax cable or coaxial cable is familiar to most homeowners and property managers. If there is a connector on the cable it s several times more difficult and you need a bigger hole. But i d worry about it ripping shingles off in high winds. This would nog only be cheaper but more importantly much more convenient since you can still reach the raspberry pi.

Mount a long j pole on the side of the second story and hope the reception is good enough. I am still trying to educate myself on that topic. Lay out your cable run so that it will run along the face of a stud or perpendicular to the studs so that the cable staples or cable strap nail are driven into a stud and not just the wall. If i was called in to do it i d fish it thru the soffit which is hollow.

It is often said that all coax should run all the way to the ground for grounding lightning protection and then come back up to the shack so you ll have to weigh the pros and cons for all that. I would run the coax cable around under the eaves around the house. Placing a active usb cable between dongle and raspberry pi. For now i m going to try 5.

In that application there is no need to fasten the coax to the roof. You want a good long section of tape run the long way not a little ring at the end. Here are some of the tips reported by homeowners landlords property managers and anyone who happens to be running coax cable through a residence to provide telecommunications hookups.