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Lots of good suggestions.
The only thing I might add is the following.
Remove all the outdoor connections and carefully examine the center conductors and dielectric foam for any corrosion or contamination while you are at it.
You should always use a butyl rubber tape to seal all outside connections when you are done.
And you should always use a solid copper center conductor coax when possible.
This is especially important when using a line powered preamp like the 8700 and others.
Many low cost RG6 cables use a copper coated steel center conductor which not only can rust, but because steel is a very poor conductor of electricity, on longer runs, you will have a voltage drop to the preamp that may effect performance.
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