[TowerTalk] Mounting roof-top tower on tile/shake roof

[Charles Mills]

Glenn Martin makes some "non penetrating" roof mounts.  Look at their
RT-8900 and RT-5505.  The RT-8900 specifically lists it for flat roofs.
Chuck / W3YNI

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Michael Fox (K5MEF) <k5mef at mefox.org>
wrote:

> I would like to mount a Glen Martin roof-top tower
> http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page14.html
> on a Hardishake roof.
>
> (Hardishake is no longer made but it is a lightweight flat shake that sort
> of resembles slate but is made of some composition of materials.)
>
> Anyway, the point is, I can't simply sit the tower legs on it and bolt it
> down like with composition shingles because it will crack the tiles/shakes.
>
> So, I need to install some sort of mounting points that allow the tower to
> sit on the mounting points and not put pressure on the tiles.  I'm not a
> roofer, but I presume I'd need some sort of commercial product that
> incorporates flashing to direct water around the mount point.
>
> Has anyone done this?  And, if so, what commercial product did you use?
>
> I've seen some commercial products for mounting satellite dishes, such as
> CommDeck http://www.rstcenterprises.com/our_products/commdeck.phtml but I
> don't know if that will fit the bill or not.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael K5MEF
>
>
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