[Meglos]

Just had to share this one.

A couple of days ago, I happened to be up on the roof of an office building we're moving into in a few months.

Noticed a really great (and recent, by the looks of it) installation on an adjacent building.

I'll be curious how long that thing lasts before the tenant requests realignment.

Not shown: the mount base was attached to the wood with only two screws (who needs all four?)

No support struts, as you can see. And the screws just went into one of the two 2x6 wood skids that the A/C unit was sitting on.

I like the artistic placement of the cinder blocks, too.

Hmmm... now that I think of it, perhaps this isn't a dish installation at all. Perhaps it's a "modern sculpture."

And just tossing the old dish off to the side was a nice touch, too. I mean, why remove it?

 

[Mertzen]

God that is terrible. Plus it would be easily grounded to the AC unit.

 

[jefbal99]

I stoped by my aunt and uncles last night and they werer upgraded to the slimline in the last 6 months. Noticed that it had no monopoles. They have had any issues, but i mentioned that if they lose alignment and have to place a service call, to tell the CSR and whomever they send out to add those.

 

[xzi]

The only things it has going for it is that high lip on the edges should keep the wind load low enough that you don't need the struts, and you'd never see it anyway.

All in all, I don't fault em too much

 

[JoeF]

I'm sure the A/C guy will move it out of the way when he needs to get at his unit. If you look in the background, you can see the remnants of the first setup.

 

[spartanstew]

If you look in the background, you can see the remnants of the first setup.

From the OP

And just tossing the old dish off to the side was a nice touch, too. I mean, why remove it?

 

[Meglos]

I'm sure the A/C guy will move it out of the way when he needs to get at his unit. If you look in the background, you can see the remnants of the first setup.

From the OP

And just tossing the old dish off to the side was a nice touch, too. I mean, why remove it?

No need to deny JoeF the joy of rediscovery. I can understand how everyone would like to savor the details.

 

[Meglos]

While I'm at it, here's another photo I took at about the same time.

I like the trowel that a roofer left stuck to the turbine vent.

I was going to remove it, but the thought of that thing just spinning and spinning over the next few years motivated me to just leave it there.

 

[br408408]

Very few people take any pride in their work today...."not mine...why should I care". What a shame. No wonder our country is in the shape it is.