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Question: How is the roof mount?
Document: Worked just fine. I mounted mine to a pole and it was relatively simple. Definitely need to people to mount it on the pole. Instructions for roof mount looked complicated.
if you're going to mount this on a roof that has a 12/12 pitch it might work but I had to rig it to work on the 4/12 garage roof. need over twice the angle bracket than what you get.
We also bought some roofing cement to cover any gaps on the roof. You can opt to have a professional mount it for you if you do not want to climb on the roof with ladders to secure this thing. We recommend you figure out the rig before mounting it on the roof. The rim is relatively painless to mount once you have the backboard mounted on the roof. The kids are playing for an hour everyday after school. See my other review of the rim and backing board we bought with these brackets.
I can see this mount working very well for wall or pole mounting. Would be perfect if the pitch on the garage was steeper but I had to use some spare angle iron to replace (lengthen) some of the parts. I only used about half the parts in the kit for roof mounting. Better grade bolts could have been provided. If I were to do it again, I would have just used angle iron from the hardware store for my specific application.
The picture of this bracket being used on a garage-mounted backboard is very misleading. The universal mounting bracket does not have enough parts to mount this backboard out far enough over the gutters of a house. The picture shows it mounted as such- but with close examination of the picture, there are actually two of these mounting brackets being used. So, if you are planning on ordering this bracket for wall-mount or pole-mount you will be fine. But, if you are mounting to a roof that has gutters that project out past the roof, you will need two of these brackets to mount as the picture shows.
After buying both kits we salvage enough parts from each to securely mount the rig on the roof at the correct pitch and angle; with enough clearance. This turned out to be cheaper and better than buying a more expensive rig. We will post the final photos soon. If you are mounting on a roof you need at least 2 people, several power tools and you must buy the long screws and nuts to secure it to the roof properly. We used several pieces of 1x2s with washers on the inside of the roof for security.
This bracket kit is very well made, and the instructions are good. We needed to mount it on the garage roof, we have a very small yard and cannot keep moving a pole mounted set up. We decided to mount it on the garage roof. First I called Spalding to be sure it was the right bracket, they recommended another model that looks very large and it pops off the roof a lot, We did not think it was very sturdy, so we opted for this one. The picture at Amazon does not match the photo on the box, we had a gutter coming off the roof, so we had to purchase 2 sets of this bracket since the ones that come on one kit did not fit properly on the roof, not enough clearance (not long enough).
If you're trying to mount a backboard on a low pitch roof and over a rain gutter, you will need lots more parts. Being a retired mechanical engineer with 40 years product design I headed to my nearest hardware store and purchased 18" long angles and drilled them to fit. I used the included short angles to extend the support arms so they could reach my 3 pitch roof and hold the backboard vertically. Unless your roof is steep and there is no rain gutter, I suggest you don't buy this kit and head to your nearest hardware store (not a big box home improvement store) and ask for advice to complete this job.
perfect for mounting on my roof angle right over my garage. kids are loving it, and I am living it too
Bought this to hang my daughter's Lifetime back board. The installation went pretty smoothly, but the spacing between the upper and lower mounting point on the backboard is bigger on the Lifetime than what is allowed by the arm connecting the upper and lower bracket. I substituted the arm that is supposed to be for roof mounting, and everything worked out.
Answer: yes