Aerial installation cost

Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

"sPoNiX" wrote in message
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Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

Very roughly probably around the £150 - £175 mark. Totally depends on what
kind of height / bracketry / aerial is needed and how straightforward the
installation is etc. That would be everything new at chimney level + a new
cable run to one TV point with a socket inside.

Don't forget that some riggers will use the cheapest materials available
(contract aerials @ less than £1, pressed chimney brackets @ 60p each, DIY
store coax cable, 1" ungalvanised masts etc etc.

Those that do it properly spend about 10 times more on materials and
therefore won't be the cheapest quote.. .......but will use good quality
aerials (Triax / Antiference / Wolsey / Fracarro) fully galvanised cradle
brackets & galvanised or alumninium masts of a decent thickness / dia, and
decent cable / screened wallplates etc.

"sPoNiX" wrote in message
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Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

Sorry just read that you said strong-medium, and not weak-medium.

Say £120 upwards........

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-GB-Carpy wrote:

"sPoNiX" wrote in message
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Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

Very roughly probably around the £150 - £175 mark. Totally depends on what
kind of height / bracketry / aerial is needed and how straightforward the
installation is etc. That would be everything new at chimney level + a new
cable run to one TV point with a socket inside.

Don't forget that some riggers will use the cheapest materials available
(contract aerials @ less than £1, pressed chimney brackets @ 60p each, DIY
store coax cable, 1" ungalvanised masts etc etc.

Those that do it properly spend about 10 times more on materials and
therefore won't be the cheapest quote.. .......but will use good quality
aerials (Triax / Antiference / Wolsey / Fracarro) fully galvanised cradle
brackets & galvanised or alumninium masts of a decent thickness / dia, and
decent cable / screened wallplates etc.

In 1977, when I moved house, I did it myself with good quality bits and
pieces. I had 2 uhf aerials, on different transmitters, combined, and
amplified and a vhf/fm aerial. It cost about 100 pounds in bits.

It's still up and delivering decent signals, although to get DTTV I had to
disconnect the second uhf aerial. Worth every penny.

--
From KT24 - in "leafy" Surrey

Using a RISC OS5 computer

"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
-GB-Carpy wrote:

"sPoNiX" wrote in message
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Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

Very roughly probably around the £150 - £175 mark. Totally depends on
what
kind of height / bracketry / aerial is needed and how straightforward
the
installation is etc. That would be everything new at chimney level + a
new
cable run to one TV point with a socket inside.

Don't forget that some riggers will use the cheapest materials
available
(contract aerials @ less than £1, pressed chimney brackets @ 60p each,
DIY
store coax cable, 1" ungalvanised masts etc etc.

Those that do it properly spend about 10 times more on materials and
therefore won't be the cheapest quote.. .......but will use good
quality
aerials (Triax / Antiference / Wolsey / Fracarro) fully galvanised
cradle
brackets & galvanised or alumninium masts of a decent thickness / dia,
and
decent cable / screened wallplates etc.

In 1977, when I moved house, I did it myself with good quality bits and
pieces. I had 2 uhf aerials, on different transmitters, combined, and
amplified and a vhf/fm aerial. It cost about 100 pounds in bits.

It's still up and delivering decent signals, although to get DTTV I had
to
disconnect the second uhf aerial. Worth every penny.

--
100 quid is probably 500 these days. cheaper to get proffesional in

In message , charles
writes
In article ,
-GB-Carpy wrote:

"sPoNiX" wrote in message
...
Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

Very roughly probably around the £150 - £175 mark. Totally depends on what
kind of height / bracketry / aerial is needed and how straightforward the
installation is etc. That would be everything new at chimney level + a new
cable run to one TV point with a socket inside.

Don't forget that some riggers will use the cheapest materials available
(contract aerials @ less than £1, pressed chimney brackets @ 60p each, DIY
store coax cable, 1" ungalvanised masts etc etc.

Those that do it properly spend about 10 times more on materials and
therefore won't be the cheapest quote.. .......but will use good quality
aerials (Triax / Antiference / Wolsey / Fracarro) fully galvanised cradle
brackets & galvanised or alumninium masts of a decent thickness / dia, and
decent cable / screened wallplates etc.

In 1977, when I moved house, I did it myself with good quality bits and
pieces. I had 2 uhf aerials, on different transmitters, combined, and
amplified and a vhf/fm aerial. It cost about 100 pounds in bits.

It's still up and delivering decent signals, although to get DTTV I had to
disconnect the second uhf aerial. Worth every penny.

Following on from this, I live in a place with good WH reception and
fair to good Moel-y-Parc reception with two aerials running through a
combiner.

Can I run through the same combiner if I try to get M-y-P digital?

The whole set-up is about 15/20 years old so should I start again from
new.

Mike
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M.J.Powell

test. ignore.

On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:47:11 +0000, "M. J. Powell"
wrote:

In message , charles
writes
In article ,
-GB-Carpy wrote:

"sPoNiX" wrote in message
...
Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

sponix

Very roughly probably around the £150 - £175 mark. Totally depends on what
kind of height / bracketry / aerial is needed and how straightforward the
installation is etc. That would be everything new at chimney level + a new
cable run to one TV point with a socket inside.

Don't forget that some riggers will use the cheapest materials available
(contract aerials @ less than £1, pressed chimney brackets @ 60p each, DIY
store coax cable, 1" ungalvanised masts etc etc.

Those that do it properly spend about 10 times more on materials and
therefore won't be the cheapest quote.. .......but will use good quality
aerials (Triax / Antiference / Wolsey / Fracarro) fully galvanised cradle
brackets & galvanised or alumninium masts of a decent thickness / dia, and
decent cable / screened wallplates etc.

In 1977, when I moved house, I did it myself with good quality bits and
pieces. I had 2 uhf aerials, on different transmitters, combined, and
amplified and a vhf/fm aerial. It cost about 100 pounds in bits.

It's still up and delivering decent signals, although to get DTTV I had to
disconnect the second uhf aerial. Worth every penny.

Following on from this, I live in a place with good WH reception and
fair to good Moel-y-Parc reception with two aerials running through a
combiner.

Can I run through the same combiner if I try to get M-y-P digital?

The whole set-up is about 15/20 years old so should I start again from
new.

Mike

The digital channels may be out of band for the combiner &/or aerial.

Marky P.

In article ,
dave wrote:

100 quid is probably 500 these days. cheaper to get proffesional in


Yes, in the short term. But the installation has lasted 27 years. I doubt
if many professional ones would last that long.

--
From KT24 - in "leafy" Surrey

Using a RISC OS5 computer

sPoNiX wrote:
Can any of the riggers on this forum give a very rough price of
installing an aerial in a strong-medium reception area?

Aerial in loft = DIY = £10 upwards

Aerial on eves = cheap aerial rigger = £40

Aerial on chimney = maybe better aerial rigger = £80

They're the prices around here (Bedfordshire) for basic single aerial
installations. Very few people have aerials on their chimneys because
the signal is so strong.

In Nottinghamshire, my mum paid £180 for two aerials, diplexer and
masthead amplifier five years ago. This seemed very expensive at the
time, but it worked much better than the previous rubbish (which I now
realise was a terrible installation) which cost half as much two
decades previously.

There are people who will charge you twice as much again and do a
terrible job. It's a minefield.

Cheers,
David.