Any idea what this is???

[palmettoinspect]

This was a metal cap installed between two townhomes built in 2007. It's not a roof vent. The only thing I can think is a cap for a firewall wall or something???

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[emalernee]

A cover for the cables that were run down the roof to get them to the exterior wall on what looks like a screened-in porch.

Ezra Malernee

Canton, Ohio

[palmettoinspect]

A cover for the cables that were run down the roof to get them to the exterior wall on what looks like a screened-in porch.

Ezra Malernee

Canton, Ohio

That's what I thought too but you can see the satellite cables to the right of the dish. Guess it could be though. Have you seen one like this before?

[Steven Hockstein]

Never saw a wire cap like that for the antenna wires but I often see the satellite dish brackets installed this way. It makes me angry that a roofer that does the job right conceals almost all of the fasteners and then the dish installer thinks nothing of bolting through the roof surface.

Just curious if anyone has seen roof leaks caused by this type of installation?

[Brandon Whitmore]

Just curious if anyone has seen roof leaks caused by this type of installation?

I've seen some dampness on the sheathing, which would qualify. Never seen any drips or big problems as a result.

[Ben H]

It's a rain deflector to keep the neighbors water off each other...[] I have no clue really.

[John Kogel]

A cover for the cables that were run down the roof to get them to the exterior wall on what looks like a screened-in porch.

Ezra Malernee

Canton, Ohio

That's what I thought too but you can see the satellite cables to the right of the dish. Guess it could be though. Have you seen one like this before?

Makes sense to me. The roofers put it there, and the dish installers ignored it. Typical.

[robert1966]

I have seen similar metal tracks used on commercal roofs and parapet walls our apartment roofs for routing conduit and wiring.