how much should this cost??

Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:29:04 GMT, "Colin Mckechnie"
wrote:

Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?

Are both aerials pointing to the same transmitter?

Geoff Lane

"Colin Mckechnie" wrote in message
...
Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from
the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?



I assume that someone's coming to your home and risking their neck up a
ladder, and if the aerials have been up there for a number of years he could
probably find himself confronted with a sea of corroded aluminium and maybe
even water-filled and brittle coax cable. In which case I would tend to
think that a quote of £40 sounds a little on the low side, so beware!

In message , Colin Mckechnie
wrote


Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?

What figure do you think is reasonable?

To get any tradesman to come to your home would cost the same. It's not
just the 30 minutes at your home but perhaps the other 30/60 minutes to
travel there through the traffic to get there and the cost of running
the business (office/van/petrol/VAT/pension/ect.)

Is it just a changing over the cable? Cable deteriorates over time and
moving an old cable may not be the simple job you envisage. Furthermore,
it may be better to change the poor quality cable that was used a few
years back for a CAI approved satellite quality CT100 cable that has
better screening and a better specification.

http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/coaxcablequalityhmdim.htm




--
Alan

Sounds a bit cheap.

Bill

In article , Alan [email protected]
acleod.clara.co.uk writes
In message , Colin Mckechnie
wrote


Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?

What do you work for then?.

What figure do you think is reasonable?

Seems cheap to me!.

Look at it another way, consider the money spent of the aerial system as
an investment over say 10 years or so, good value eh?.....

--
Tony Sayer

Colin Mckechnie wrote:
Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?


Sounds low to me. Just getting a 1/2 decent aerial company to come out
round here costs £49. To have new high gain fringe aerial fitted on long
mast cost me £150. I wouldn't risk my life for that. Apart from height,
loads of wasps came out of cavity when he started to drill hole for
cable; never seen anyone come down a ladder so quick.

"Colin Mckechnie" wrote in message
...
Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from
the
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?

I'll do it for a tenner cash.


How do you know the aerial is bad?
Sounds lilke the coax isbad in which case u r puuting bad coax on a 'good'
aerial.

Colin Mckechnie wrote:
Ok have 2 aerials on the roof (semi).. 1 of them is a decent aerial that
picks up Freeview well the other only gets the 5 main stations (when try
using freeview it cant really get a signal) I want to get the coax from t=
he
bad aerial put on the good one ( i was thinking this was a simple job just
switching the coax) But im getting quoted over 40 quid?

This is typical of the ideas that thinking customers have. In reality
it's never that simple. Anyone quoting =A340 is thinking that the job
will almost certainly turn into a new aerial or an amplifier or
something, so the =A340 is a loss leader really.

The expensive part of aerial installation work is getting the man onto
your roof, since this includes overheads. My honest advice to anyone
with a variety of old aerials and cables is to have the lot ripped down
and replaced with one new aerial and an amp. Don't muck about.=20

Bill

" wrote in
oups.com:


The expensive part of aerial installation work is getting the man onto
your roof, since this includes overheads.

Oh Gawd, Bill, you're getting worse


;-)

mike