What we look at
We look at the roof type, pitch, eaves, wind and where the sky is clear.
Under-tile mount
On tile, the under-tile mount's bracket fixes to the side of a roof truss and the tile slides back over it, so no tiles are drilled.
Tripod
On Colorbond, the tripod is fixed with longer roof screws at the existing screw spots.
Completed jobs in Somerville and Safety Beach used Astrogear tripods so the roof did not need a hole. Cranbourne West used a tripod on a double-storey corrugated metal (Colorbond-style) roof.
Wall mount
Some homes suit a fascia or wall mount. Before a fascia mount we check the fascia: timber gets coach bolts, sometimes with a spacer, and Colorbond fascia gets a timber or metal backing plate.
Cable route
On a brick-veneer home with a clear gap between the brick and the stud wall, the cable goes in under the tiles at the eave, down the wall cavity between the brick and the stud wall, past the noggin, to a wall plate on the plaster side. That is included in the standard install.
On cladded, rendered foam or Hebel walls with no gap, the noggins are drilled through. That is $150 extra.
If the cavity can't be used, we agree on an outside cable route. External cable in conduit costs 99 for up to 5 m. Longer runs are quoted.
We don't run the cable through internal walls.
Questions
- Do you supply the tripod?
- When the quote lists it. Circl jobs use the hardware Circl specified. Direct jobs can use a tripod you already have if it is suitable — we will say if it is not.