How To Remove Old Wire Pole From Roof

Using some components left over from a former satellite install made converting to an off air antenna rather easy.

How to remove old wire pole from roof. I m pretty sure this antenna is for television reception but we have cable so this isn t an issue for us. They will make a message report and be out the same day. Sometimes cable backfeeds into the jack to send the telephone to other parts of the house. Basically i just bought a house and there is what i suspect to be an old overhead bt phone line that runs from a pole beyond the boundary of my back garden to my house.

There s a thick gray cord coming from the antenna down the side of the house and into the house though i m not sure what it connects to. If i knew for sure they were old phone and cable i d just cut them loose from the house carefully move them back to the pole coil them up and staple them to the pole. Throw them in the garbage. Roofers don t need to worry about damaging the roof upon removal which is otherwise a major concern for dish removal projects.

It s tethered to the roof with five or six cables. The cables will be attached just inside the plastic housing and you can loosen them with the 7 16 wrench or an adjustable wrench. The previous homeowners had a giant antenna installed on one side of the roof. It s a good question one i ve pondered as i hate all the ugly wires cluttering the outside of my house.

Any wires that are on the customer side of the network interface device belong to the customer. Call the utilities and request removal the same way you would have to if you were putting new siding on your house and needed then removed temporally. Cut the wires at the boxes and at the pole. From there it runs along the wall just below the roof for several metres then it hangs for a couple of meters and abruptly ends.

A safe way to get rid of all those old cable and phone wires. Your best bet is to walk into the local comcast customer office off chad drive. Yes you can remove them but make sure you are not using them. A reader wants to remove cable wires from the side of a home.

Call the local telephone company. Tell them that wires are down in your yard where children can play with them. I m positive it s legal for you to remove the cables you don t want it is your house. Now let s see what we can pull in from 45.