satellite dish: Would You Want To Inherit This When You Buy A House? - 11/25/16 04:25 AM
Would you want to inherit this when you buy a house?
Old antennas and satellite dishes are common on houses, at least in this area.
I suggest that antennas be removed as they are simply lightning rods, and never grounded properly.
But satellite companies encourage subscribers to leave their dishes on the house when it is sold in the hopes that the new buyer will simply re-up with that company if/when they want a direct TV service.
But what about this?  Would you want that on the roof?
And if the seller removes it, will the holes left behind be properly sealed?
It seems a problem to … (5 comments)

satellite dish: Famous Last Words - "But I Caulked It!" - 03/21/12 08:51 PM
Within a couple of months of moving into a house, a couple started having water leaking from the light fixture on the edge of the sitting room off the kitchen. 
The builder came out and there was no issue in the roof near or over the area or light fixture.  They were puzzled.
Mighty Mo was called to the scene and saw residual moisture.
But the builder was right, there was no evidence above that the roof, or gutter, had an issue.
What nobody knew was that the water was also making its way into the floor below.
This was going … (74 comments)

 
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