Run Coax Along Roof

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.

Run coax along roof.

Coax cable or coaxial cable is familiar to most homeowners and property managers. Comcast is coming out this weekend to install tv and internet in our new to us house. This would nog only be cheaper but more importantly much more convenient since you can still reach the raspberry pi. 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.

I would recommend not running the coax over the gutter or for that matter over any exposed roofing material period as the cable will be exposed to uv radiation and break down faster as well as trapping leaves and other foreign matter. I use clips like these which make it easy to fasten the wire in many places. You want a good long section of tape run the long way not a little ring at the end. In that application there is no need to fasten the coax to the roof.

It s the standard type of cable used for all conventional cabled tv and internet hookups in homes and rentals. Here s a creative idea. 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. This means only the antenna and dongle.

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. I am still trying to educate myself on that topic. Secure it once it leaves the roof. For now i m going to try 5.

If there is a connector on the cable it s several times more difficult and you need a bigger hole. Place a little as possible on the roof. I would run the coax cable around under the eaves around the house. Mount a long j pole on the side of the second story and hope the reception is good enough.

But i d worry about it ripping shingles off in high winds. There is plenty of coax in the house as the previous tenants had a dish on the roof still there but as. If i was called in to do it i d fish it thru the soffit which is hollow.