What price for an aerial installation?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV In responses to the guideline I posted about how much having a new aerial fitted should cost, Ian Grice posted: "£40-£50? Every aerial fitter I contacted wants at least £150+VAT considering you can get a class 3 aerial for under £10 and a class 2 for under £15 and cable is 40p a metre why are they charging so much for 30 minutes work?"
OK, for some places putting up a TV aerial is hard work, such as multi-story properties. As many people will simply be exchanging a Group A, B, C/D, E or K aerial for a wideband type, often without changing the supporting pole or cable, a high price cannot be justified.
I am concerned that some companies will exploit vulnerable groups (such as the elderly).
So, I what prices have you been quoted for aerial installations? What price have you paid for installation?
Do you know of any companies to avoid? Do you know of any companies that are good value for money?
Or do you work for a great aerial installation company?
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Saturday, 28 April 2012
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Terry6:41 PM
Ilford
Could you help, we have virgin cable tv in 2 rooms which is perfect our daughter has a freeview tv in her bedroom which again is fine. Our problem is our HD tv in our kitchen which is not working we have tried various aerials with little success. We believe we need an out side aerial but like many people don't want to pay a fortune to watch a tv in the kitchen. Any advice you can offer would be great.
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Terry's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb387:07 PM
Terry: If your daughter has Freeview in her bedroom and you have a Freeview TV (HD or otherwise) in the kitchen, then why not just run a cable from the bedroom to the kitchen? as you should have a really good signal from Crystal Palace, and so all you would require to do is fit a two way splitter in the bedroom and feed one of its outputs to the kitchen.
By the way a loft aerial should suffice at your location.
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Stephen P8:34 PM
Terry you say HD TV in kitchen. HD or HD Ready? What tuners? Does it work if you take it to daughter's bdrm? Or vice-versa? Did it work on analogue? What aerial?
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jb389:28 PM
Stephen P: Yes! a valid point, as the TV might actually be faulty.
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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Stephen Singer9:22 PM
I purchased a Humax PVR-9150T (refurbished)which works OK most of the time but sometimes the sound and picture fluctuate so that they become very weak for a short time then jump back to normal, then weak again.The suppliers have agreed to take it back, but is it likely to be the box at fault, or what might it be? My local transmitter is Crystal Palace
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Mark Fletcher9:45 PM
Halifax
Stephen Singer.Difficult to say without a full postcode preferably,or at least a nearby location as such,to ascertain whether the refurbished Humax PVR-9150T set-top box as you specified in your earlier post is at fault,or whether you are getting your signals actually from Crystal Palace main mast or a relay mast as such.Is your aerial horizontal or vertical polarisation and if so is it a group A aerial (tipped red) or a group W wideband aerial (tipped black).
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Stephen P10:41 PM
SS - sounds more like a marginal signal than a bad box.
Could you try it elsewhere, or a different one where you are?
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jb3811:21 PM
Stephen Singer: Apart from whats already been mentioned, but by the fact of you having used the word "local" when referring to the station could suggest that you are not that terribly far away from the transmitter, and as such are possibly receiving an excessively high level of signal which is partially blocking the Humax's tuner, albeit this in an intermittent fashion as this would result in exactly the symptoms you have mentioned.
Should this situation apply to you, then if you have any type of aerial booster fitted it must be by-passed, but if you do not have a booster then for a test try a short piece of wire (about 12") pushed into the inner part of the Humax's aerial socket and giving an update on the results.
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Friday, 4 May 2012
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robert 9:25 PM
i require an roof aerial to be refixed back on to chimmney on a 4 in a block building bracket only to be done rest ok. What price?
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Saturday, 5 May 2012
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jb3811:07 AM
robert: Any aerial installers viewing your posting cannot really reply without knowledge of your locality, something which you haven't given, and as this site covers from John O'Groats to Land's End (and beyond) prices charged can be radically different depending on where one resides.
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