TV aerial and amplifier supply + fit

HUFCsteve

Just had the following bill through and now need a sit down (wasn't expecting any cost like this). Supply and erect quad UHF aerial with wall brackets, mast, bolts, co-axial aerial downlead, distribution amplifier, AER, SAT, R/F inst etc, combiner, fly leads, plugs and 2 x AER soc, supply mains extension. £372!!! Is this reasonable or have I been ripped off?:(

christineperseus

Tesco - £150 all in:D

Spank

christineperseus wrote: »

Tesco - £150 all in:D

Doubt that includes fitting

neilwoods

Hard to say really, would say normal cost is between £120 - £190 for a standard installation, aerial, bracket, cable 15-20 metre), single point. But your list shows a distribution amp (how many outputs does it have), mains extension (why that is included, no idea), how long was the run of cable.

The £150 from tesco is a basic installation, aerial, fitting, cable and single point

HUFCsteve

It's an 8 way amp.

Power cable was needed cos' they fitted a mains powered amp instead!

The aerial is fitted on the side of our house and the cabling literally runs 1m or so and through to the attic.

It was a new build house and so all the rooms were cabled up already with all the leads bunched together in that side of the attic.

Lucero_2

It's possibly fractionally high, but because you needed a distro amp and power, I can see why it was as expensive as it was.

Inner_Zone

So you did not get at least one quote first and preferably three from CAI accredited installers first?

HUFCsteve

They didn't fit a plug, they literally left me an extension lead which I used to plug the amp in through the hatch!

HUFCsteve

No, didn't get round to getting different quotes - big lesson learned!

neilwoods

Forgot the combiner, assume you have satellite as well, to feed the tv & sat down the down the cables.

So say £180 for aerial and installation, plus £40 for the 8 way amp, £5 for combiner.

My opinion would be, yes overpriced.

Out of curiosity, the Quad UHF aerial, is it a big aerial and do you live in a poor signal area (or don't you know).

HUFCsteve

We do live in a poor reception area - the aerial is larger than what we've had in other areas.

Yes we have Sky. It took them aaaages to fit and had to call them back a couple of times cos' it wasn't working properly. But I don't see why I should be paying them extra to put things right?!?

At the very least I am tempted to ask them for a proper breakdown of costs cos' that what I have written in my original post is all the detail I have!