Satellite dish removal

[Innkeeper]

Hi the van came with a dish on the roof. We have never used it (stream stuff) so was thinking of taking it off. Question is are they fitted with screws would removal leave holes in the roof. If so is there a water proof fix?

 

[PeteH]

We have a "dome" type, which appears to be Bonded Down?. On my Last Rapido it had been removed. But there was a large Alloy? plate, again Bonded to the roof. No sign of any screws?.

 

[tonyidle]

A small blob of Sika flex pushed into each hole will do it. If your roof is, as most are, of foam sandwich construction the foam is closed-cell and waterproof anyway. If your dish is on an aluminium base screwed to the roof and can be removed leaving the baseplate still attached then consider simply leaving the base on the roof.

 

[MikeD]

I would just take the sat dish off and leave the mounting plates on the roof.

 

[Skez]

We did exactly this on our old van. By far the safest way was to leave the old base plate on - it was only about 2cms high above roof level then.

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[Minxy]

You could do the 'quick and easy' method of removal by putting it up and finding a low bridge to drive under ...

 

[Simon Meadwell]

Ours has a metal plate over the hole where the dome used to be sealed with silicone or similar

 

[Innkeeper]

Thank all. It's not the dome sort will leave base plate on. Will definitely try not to go with Minxy Girls idea LOL.

 

[PeteH]

Thank all. It's not the dome sort will leave base plate on. Will definitely try not to go with Minxy Girls idea LOL.

The upside of that is IF you store it and want to sell. You can offer it as being available?.

 

[obanvanman]

Why not use the German method we witnessed yesterday on our site on Sicily. They drove in a bit too quickly and used the branch of a tree to rip theirs off.

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