Tech left 6 1/4" Holes in roof after ODU relocate.

...because he forgot and didn't do anything. Clear silicone on a roof when he has the right stuff on the truck? I'm not buying what he's selling.

 

Yeah, not much you can do. I'd check his work (or have someone do it for you if you're not feeling up to it) in the coming week or so just to be sure.

 

Ditto, and this is my third house with D* and they've all been roof mounted.

 

Each time I've had a tech out to realign the dish or whatever, they always leave me their cell numbers so I can call if I have problems. Maybe its just the D* installers in my area or who knows.

 

If you were looking up at the holes and could see light there could have been silicone in the holes. If the light was shinning down through the holes on to the floor or something, there was likely nothing in the holes.

 

Uh, question, why would you tip the guy? I have had 3 dishes installed in my life (which required about 5 or 6 trips from DTV installers to get right) and they've never done anything to deserve a tip. Maybe the first guy who was willing to slap a coat of paint on the cables to match the eaves, but it took him 3 trips to get the install right, so I called it even.

I tip waitresses (unless the service is bad), the girl that cuts my hair, and the guy at the car wash.

 

Probably cause he made it all up.

Plywood is not transparent brother. Nor can you stick a wire through it .

 

The plywood is what the holes were through. It is extremely transparent at those spots.

 

I'll sure agree with that!

 

Oh he was lying all right. If light was coming through as you said it was, he didn't use anything. Oh well, at least you got it fixed.

 

I would look on that roof, Directsat employees are poorly trained, they are commonly given the answers for any and all certification tests (including SBCA) You should never remove the footplate because if it was installed correctly the tarpatch is sealed to your shingles so odds are if he removed the footplate he removed some of your shingles as well.
Get a roofer up there and get an estimate for repair if the shingles cant be perfectly matched oops you should get a new roof btw directsatusa is self insured if they dont want to pay call directv OOP "office of the president" and tell everyone you know about the piss poor craftsmanship and lack of skill

 

"fed-up-installer"

 

You said you stuck a wire completely through the hole and there was no silicon on it. I'd say that's proof enough.

- Merg