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Freddyfruitba... |
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Posted: 19:15 - 24 Nov 2022 Post subject: Stitched up for a new TV antenna? |
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My other half's mum, who's 90 and lives alone about 3 hours away, had someone round today to fix her poor TV reception. Just discovered that she's coughed up £500 to get this done. I'm gobsmacked and outraged at the amount, but before pursuing this I'd appreciate the expertise of the BCF massive - is there any possible way it could have legitimately reached this figure?
What I know is this... reception had recently become poor, especially on some channels. Aerial Man said that her roof antenna was well past its sell-by and definitely needed replacing (not going to argue with that). And apparently there was 'something in the attic' which he also said needed changing (guessing an amplifier or something? Even if it really needed renewing unlikely to be very expensive, surely?) I don't know if he also decided to renew all the coax cable.
The house is an ordinary 2-bed detached with a tiled dormer roof; ie no particular issue with installing a roof antenna; ie checked the local signal strength at https://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview-channel-checker and all 131 channels check out as 'good', so I can't even see why an amplifier would be needed. Thoughts, from anyone who knows more about this stuff than me? ____________________ KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS->R1250RS |
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Approach who did the work and ask for a breakdown of the receipt? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 20:39 - 24 Nov 2022 Post subject: |
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Seems a bit extreme:
https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/tv-aerial-installation-cost/
£250 would be more like it unless there was something particularly unusual about the install.
My mum recently got quoted £500 (seems to be the magic number at the moment.) Apparently the cam belt on her car got missed in the last service and really needs doing. This on a car that's done 17,000 miles Thing is it's one model on from my Skoda and that was rated as 60,000 for a new belt. (I left it till 80,000.) ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 20:52 - 24 Nov 2022 Post subject: |
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Easy-X wrote: | Seems a bit extreme:
https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/tv-aerial-installation-cost/
£250 would be more like it unless there was something particularly unusual about the install.
My mum recently got quoted £500 (seems to be the magic number at the moment.) Apparently the cam belt on her car got missed in the last service and really needs doing. This on a car that's done 17,000 miles Thing is it's one model on from my Skoda and that was rated as 60,000 for a new belt. (I left it till 80,000.) |
Yeh... because Cam belts are age critical as well as mileage because the rubber perishes. Just because you got away with it once doesn't mean it was the right decision! ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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Posted: 10:13 - 25 Nov 2022 Post subject: |
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2 years ago had new aerial installed, a splitter, and excess wiring to the attic to allow me to provide signal to future locations in the house. £160. Seems good so far still. I'd have done it all myself anyway but I don't have a ladder tall enough to get to the roof- moreover I can't do heights. EDIT: And actually, I told him to go all around the top of the house and remove all the old coax cables criss crossing all over the place making it look ugly. ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
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Posted: 12:58 - 25 Nov 2022 Post subject: |
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In the majority of places, an attic aerial with a masthead amplifier does the trick nicely. It's what I installed when Freeview pretty much took over and I'm in a weak signal area in a drystone house with thick walls.
This is what I installed. No need for roof access and the coax was already in place.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/labgear-log-megaboost-tv-aerial/799jr
£46.78 inc VAT. Labour would have been an hour tops. |
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Posted: 13:41 - 30 Nov 2022 Post subject: |
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She's been done. If he didn't even get on the roof she's be doubly done.
Roof assaults are not for the faint hearted to be fair but a guy that does this all day every day should take an hour or two and 50 quid parts ..
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 146 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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