Successful roof install - corrugated

[janabedford]

Hi all, just thought I would share the successful install of my Christmas motif on the roof. This was my first time installing anything more complex than tree lights. I got the idea from this page from @Cranzy so thanks

Our roof is corrugated and obviously didn't want to drill holes in to roof etc so went with the cable tie/silicon approach. Made the conduit frames out of 32mm pvc piping. The marine grade silicon stuck to the roof no problem at all, but came off the cable tie mounts easily as it had these foam stickers on it and that just didn't work that well. So we then had to peel the stickies off re-siliconed and then for added strength siliconed over the top of the mount on to the roof. Worked a treat. Then a sand bag for just one extra level of security but probably completely unnecessary.

Really stoked with the result for our first display

 

[james_o100]

Nice work!

Looks like it should hold reasonably well, pending no cyclones! ;-)

 

[tooms]

If you're using 32mm conduit, just get 32mm saddles and take out the tek-screws holding down the iron sheets, insert saddle and screw back down .. that's pretty much how I do most of my props on the roof, nothing has blown off yet!

 

[bpratt]

If you're using 32mm conduit, just get 32mm saddles and take out the tek-screws holding down the iron sheets, insert saddle and screw back down .. that's pretty much how I do most of my props on the roof, nothing has blown off yet!

+1 to that..... just don't buy the saddles at Bunnings though.... you'll have stacks by buying them from places like sparkydirect.com.au ... getting a box of 50 or 100 saddle clips would be cheaper than buying 30% of a box at Bunnings.

 

[Katekate]

I do worry about wearing out the screwholes putting them in and out twice a year.

I put up solar rail to bolt stuff down to. A bit OTT but you can't argue with how solid it is

 

[janabedford]

I do worry about wearing out the screwholes putting them in and out twice a year.

I put up solar rail to bolt stuff down to. A bit OTT but you can't argue with how solid it is View attachment 19106

That looks great. The pitch of our roof does mean this would be really visible in the non Xmas light season but it would be good to have something more secure!

 

[Katekate]

yeah, because we have a flat roof that slopes away from the street you can only just see the edge of the front rail.