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HeidiHole
Beginner October 2003

TV aeriel installation

HeidiHole, 30 January, 2009 at 16:06 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 9

We've got freeview built into our tv and are sick of paying out 50 jibs a month to Sky just so we can watch TV, even then only in the sitting room as I refuse to pay for multi room.

Does anyone have any recs (we are in Essex) for getting an aerial installed on your house? I am guessing we would need a digital aerial rather than an analogue one. A rough idea of price would be helpful too.

I have googled, but there is a plethora of websites out there and I don't know where to start. Thank you ?

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Latest activity by Bohemian Raspberry, 30 January, 2009 at 18:30
  • Flowery the Grouch
    Beginner December 2007
    Flowery the Grouch ·
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    Have a look in the yellow pages for tv aeriel installation. You should find loads of independent types. or try yell.com if it must be on line Smiley winking

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  • HeidiHole
    Beginner October 2003
    HeidiHole ·
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    Thanks, Flowery, I have tried those avenues, but there are honestly so many of them I'd probably pick a cowboy and end up on TV or something, crying that he'd wrecked my life ?

    It's personal recs I'm after really.

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  • A
    Beginner August 2007
    alison76 ·
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    HH - you could probably get away with an indoor digital aerial; we did that for our new tv in the bedroom.

    Cost £30 and the reception is briliant - we got one of the ones that amplifies and boosts the signal.

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  • HeidiHole
    Beginner October 2003
    HeidiHole ·
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    Thanks, Alison, we've tried one of those in my son's room and it's no good at all. We really are out in the middle of nowhere. The cuntry has it's downsides ?

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  • Flowery the Grouch
    Beginner December 2007
    Flowery the Grouch ·
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    Ah, if i didn't know anyone local to give me recs I would probably just chose the 1st in the list ? And i always used to forget that the yellow pages existed and moan when i couldn't find something on-line ?

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  • A
    Beginner August 2007
    alison76 ·
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    Ah - bugger.

    I've used a website called Rated People before - it searches for the tradesman you want in your area and you can search for reviews on them. Maybe try that?

    I used it and got a sparky to come out for a tiny job on a Sunday and it only cost us £60. He was with us over an hour as well.

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    allthatglitters ·
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    Just do what everyone on my mates estate does and tap into the neighbours sky dish.....?

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  • Morrigan
    Beginner July 2008
    Morrigan ·
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    You could try here: http://www.rdi-lb.tv/public.html

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  • Kebab thief
    Beginner August 2008
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    HH - have you looked into getting Freesat at all? You need to buy a receiver box then it gets its signal from your existing Sky dish. After the initial layout you don't pay anything.

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  • Bohemian Raspberry
    Beginner July 2009
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    HH, I cancelled our Sky TV a couple of months ago and because we'd been with them more than a year we can still watch freeview channels through the Sky box and dish. They just cancelled the channels what you actually pay for like Challenge, Sky 1 & 2 etc.

    Edit: Serves me right for reading too quickly, just seen you want it for a few rooms.

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