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Sky dish replacement
nick5573
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Im moving soon, When I move house I would like sky to put a new dish in.
The house currently has a manky old dish that must be 10+years old and their install was awfull with the cable coming in at a random place in the middle of a wall then run around picture rail with no clips or anything (Shocking)
Will they fit a new one as part of their home moving.
Could I just whip the old one off the wall before they come and pretend it was never there
The house currently has a manky old dish that must be 10+years old and their install was awfull with the cable coming in at a random place in the middle of a wall then run around picture rail with no clips or anything (Shocking)
Will they fit a new one as part of their home moving.
Could I just whip the old one off the wall before they come and pretend it was never there
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Kurtis_Blue wrote: »Of course you could.
That's the spirit mate! Think ill run in all the satellite cable inside too save them bodging it!!0 -
Will they fit a new one as part of their home moving.
They did when we moved.0 -
Same here, new dish/new cabling despite those already being there.
(Thankfully as they were pretty dated.)Herman - MP for all!
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When you call sky to move your services just tell them that you will only stay with them if they replace the dish and wiring - they will due it without any problem (they even take the old dish and cable away)My user name is SkyInsider... I worked for Sky quite some time ago, also worked for Virgin Media and a few other tech companies as a consultant. All views are my own
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Even if you are just getting an upgrade you can get a full overhaul.
I got another multiroom and told them I was changing all the rooms in the house.
They agreed to recable completely wherever I wanted as part of the £60 callout and I persuaded the engineer that my dish was a bit bashed up so that was changed as well.0 -
Kurtis_Blue wrote: »Sky and their installers are not consistent, I wouldn't take the risk, at a minimum cut a chunk out of the cable in a few places and give the dish a great big whack or bend it.
Haha cracking advice. I think ive found the solution here0 -
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