Run Coax Along Roof

Don t secure the coax.

Run coax along roof.

If i was called in to do it i d fish it thru the soffit which is hollow. You want a good long section of tape run the long way not a little ring at the end. 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. Comcast is coming out this weekend to install tv and internet in our new to us house.

Coax cable or coaxial cable is familiar to most homeowners and property managers. Secure it once it leaves the roof. Mount a long j pole on the side of the second story and hope the reception is good enough. This would nog only be cheaper but more importantly much more convenient since you can still reach the raspberry pi.

Bring it under and attach it to the soffit. This means only the antenna and dongle. 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.

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. 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. Place a little as possible on the roof. There is plenty of coax in the house as the previous tenants had a dish on the roof still there but as.

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. But i d worry about it ripping shingles off in high winds. Placing a active usb cable between dongle and raspberry pi. It s the standard type of cable used for all conventional cabled tv and internet hookups in homes and rentals.

In that application there is no need to fasten the coax to the roof. I am still trying to educate myself on that topic. Here s a creative idea.