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?
Help with TV/radio stations?
Saturday, 17 September 2011
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Mazbar8:37 PM
Ormskirk
steve p you should never put a wall bracket on a chimney, a chimney is only one brick thick and has very little strength the only times i see a wall bracket on a chimney 99 out of 100 times it has been fitted by a cowboy sorry but that's the way it is
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Mazbar8:42 PM
Ormskirk
mark have you seen the SAC black and white shotgun coax white on one side and black on the other why carn't all cable be like that would save me from having to carry different coloured cable and from having to run cable one coloured on the outside then having to either put a j box or a conector on the inside
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Hi Maxbar,
I saw a sample of it a while back, I thought at first it was a wind up ! I've never seen it at any of the wholsalers since. I carry 4 rolls of cable on my van, 1 white rg6 1 black rg6 for those that want a cheaper job & 1 black & 1 white wf/ct100 / h109 for those that are willing to pay for better quality and for first fix & commercial work.
Back on the issue of drilling chimney's, there is the issue of gas flues that can be damaged or even blocked by falling masonary inside the chimney caused by the drilling. These days I only fit stack straps.
Mark Aberfan Aerials
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Steve P11:21 PM
It's a very solid chimney with a T shape that provides strength; and IIRC the bracket goes round a corner so fixations at 90 degrees.
I do understand the concerns you express, but we are talking 1753 building standards not modern rot.
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
KB Aerials Sheffield
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Sheffield
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Hopefully once every one has switched over to digital the cowboy who want to earn a quick buck will move onto other pastures !
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Tom Fletcher10:44 AM
Ive used ssb's for years a 3 foot pole and a 10 element aerial are ok drilled into the bricks,if the chimney is solid enough there is no problems at all,I would not dream of putting a massive jbx aerial on one, though ive seen it done a few time, some chimneys are very dangerous and stepping off the latt ladder can be very dangerous if there is slimy green moss around, I drive past aerials I fitted on ssb's twenty years ago and they are still there not every thing the CAI say is true,talking about the CIA the phone book once printed me an advert and it said CIA member I got some funny comments from that one. Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield
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Tom Fletcher11:01 AM
KB
I class you as a new comer you are still wet behind the ears mate, wait till you have been in the trade thirty odd years,I must admit though there is a lot of johnny come lately's in the trade hoping to make a quick few quid, may be when the DSO is over they mite go back to selling insurance or conning old people into having there roofs done or something,when I first started in Sheffield there were about five other aerial fitters around no Action aerials or any thing like that,wooden ladders and them lat ladders that go in the gutters were the norm, health and safety was never heard of then, fifteen quid was a good price for an aerial fit then.
Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield.
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Steve P11:49 AM
Hard? Tha thinks that were hard?
When I started in't trade 't aerials were gert big H and Xs and t' gafffer med us fit em come rain sleet or snow. Latt ladders - they were for poofs. We had old ladders with missing rungs, and if they were too short we had t' shin up drainpipe.
No radios for adjusting. Gaffer would short the coax outer to the mains. We had to hold on up top. One shock for left, two for right.
If t' gaffer were rild wi' us he'd tek ladder away and mek us jump off roof into t' rose bush.
Tha doesn't know the're born.
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Steve P12:31 PM
Just been outside and looked up and pondered the chimneys as a fixing point for ssbs.
A single chimney which is just a square of single thickness brick is clearly dubious, the more so the higher it gets.
But the ones here are 3 or 4 flues per chimney made of interlocked brickwork; so incredibly strong, and where the fixing is has 6 foot more brickwork before the pots.
The pots themselves are 4 ft tall and it would take a strong man to lift one unaided.
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Mazbar12:59 PM
Ormskirk
The size of chimney doesnt make any difference the only thing holding up the aerial is 2 one inch square bits of steel hammered into the sand and cement.
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