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"Moldy" k wrote in message ... A couple of years ago we spent £120 on getting a rooftop aerial to receive Freeview. We are now moving to a new house which has an ancient useless loft aerial which cannot even get C5. Is it financially worth getting the existing aerial moved or just get a new one fitted to the new house. They are within 5 miles of each other and both use Crystal Palace. TIA If you have sold your old place, then it seems like a nasty trick to play on the new owners by removing the aerial. I suggest that if you can afford it, you get a completely new system set up in the new place rather than using an older one. -- MESSAGE ENDS. John Porcella |
"Moldy" k wrote in message ... On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:20:58 +0100, "squish" wrote: Half that, and i'd say that's reasonable. The aerial itself is very cheap, it's the labour you pay for. 25 mins work for £100 or above? Ridiculous; look at about £75 max Thought I was conned at the time... Humph... got their number from the DTT website too! If your new one includes a complete rewiring, then it does not sound so bad. -- MESSAGE ENDS. John Porcella |
On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "John Porcella"
wrote: "Moldy" k wrote in message ... A couple of years ago we spent £120 on getting a rooftop aerial to receive Freeview. We are now moving to a new house which has an ancient useless loft aerial which cannot even get C5. Is it financially worth getting the existing aerial moved or just get a new one fitted to the new house. They are within 5 miles of each other and both use Crystal Palace. TIA If you have sold your old place, then it seems like a nasty trick to play on the new owners by removing the aerial. I suggest that if you can afford it, you get a completely new system set up in the new place rather than using an older one. As I have said, we have not even put the house on the market yet - just making plans! -- Moldy Elim - Web Design, Custom Build PCs and Software http://www.elim.co.uk http://webdesign.elim.co.uk http://software.elim.co.uk http://custombuild.elim.co.uk |
On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:30:24 +0100, "Informer"
wrote: "Moldy" k wrote in message ... A couple of years ago we spent £120 on getting a rooftop aerial to receive Freeview. We are now moving to a new house which has an ancient useless loft aerial which cannot even get C5. Is it financially worth getting the existing aerial moved or just get a new one fitted to the new house. They are within 5 miles of each other and both use Crystal Palace. If your house picks up Crystal Palace then you are selling your home for a minimum of £200,000 and you want to take a £20 aerial with you. What a tight arse! You're a pleasant chap aren't you! The question was more to do with how much the aerial cost as part of the £120 vs fitting. I agree that if it is only £20 and the other £100 was fitting then yes, I am happy to leave it behind. I truly hate people who hide behind Usenet to throw stupid insults around without thinking. -- Moldy Elim - Web Design, Custom Build PCs and Software http://www.elim.co.uk http://webdesign.elim.co.uk http://software.elim.co.uk http://custombuild.elim.co.uk |
On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "John Porcella"
wrote: "Moldy" k wrote in message ... On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:20:58 +0100, "squish" wrote: Half that, and i'd say that's reasonable. The aerial itself is very cheap, it's the labour you pay for. 25 mins work for £100 or above? Ridiculous; look at about £75 max Thought I was conned at the time... Humph... got their number from the DTT website too! If your new one includes a complete rewiring, then it does not sound so bad. Well, the original £120 was just the aerial on the side of the house, up a pole (you can tell I know nothing about this huh!) and a cable drilled through to the loft where there are 3 cables already coming up from the three rooms which have wall sockets (it's a newbuild and we had sockets put in specific rooms). I then bought a consumer booster thingy to split the cable he laid to the loft to the three down cables to the rooms. In the new place it will probably be a complete re-wire. Two properties in one building (granny annex with my inlaws) with wall sockets in 4 rooms in one and probably 2 in the other... could cost a bit more than £120 I guess! -- Moldy Elim - Web Design, Custom Build PCs and Software http://www.elim.co.uk http://webdesign.elim.co.uk http://software.elim.co.uk http://custombuild.elim.co.uk |
In article , Moldy wrote:
In the new place it will probably be a complete re-wire. Two properties in one building (granny annex with my inlaws) with wall sockets in 4 rooms in one and probably 2 in the other... could cost a bit more than £120 I guess! An alternative would be to get the professionals to do just the specialised and dangerous bit, i.e. climbing on the roof and fitting the aerial and a feed through the loft to one room, and you could add the splitter amplifier and wiring inside the house for the other rooms on a DIY basis at your leisure. Either way, the overall cost is likely to be peanuts compared to the sums of money that will change hands in connection with the house move, probably well under 50 quid for the aerial itself, including fittings. Rod. |
In the new place it will probably be a complete re-wire. Two
properties in one building (granny annex with my inlaws) with wall sockets in 4 rooms in one and probably 2 in the other... could cost a bit more than £120 I guess! Get a good outdoor aerial installed with the cable into the loft, and do the amp and cables yourself. Bill -- Lots of aerial bits and pieces on ebay. See seller name tvaerialguy |
I truly hate people who hide behind Usenet to throw stupid insults
around without thinking. I agree, and the interjection was also inaccurate and ill-informed. Bill -- Lots of aerial bits and pieces on ebay. See seller name tvaerialguy |
On 18 May 2004 22:29:28 GMT, romise (Bill)
wrote: I truly hate people who hide behind Usenet to throw stupid insults around without thinking. I agree, and the interjection was also inaccurate and ill-informed. The stupid thing is, I did exactly the same in a Usenet rant just a few hours after posting this! Work does strange things to you through a day ;-) -- Moldy Elim - Web Design, Custom Build PCs and Software http://www.elim.co.uk http://webdesign.elim.co.uk http://software.elim.co.uk http://custombuild.elim.co.uk |
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