Tesco freesat company Euro aerials will not install cable above gutter level

WTFH

delboy_rodney wrote: »

sorry that is not from this product description please check again

All i did was click on the link in your first post and read the first 3 lines under the section "product details" it's not made up, it's not hidden twenty clicks away, it's int the first paragraph of the page you linked to in your first post!

Product Details

The Manhattan freesat HD install bundle offers everything you need to start watching freesat HD on your TV from scratch in one easy and affordable package: * Manhattan Plaza HD-S freesat HD receiver. * Standard installation by freesat approved specialists, including all necessary cables, clips and brackets and satellite dish.

cookie365

So they're offering to send someone out to climb up onto your roof, at considerable personal risk, to do a professional cable installation, and only charge you £42?

That seems like ridiculously good value to me.

delboy_rodney

one thing we can agree on is that "standard installation" is not the same for all companies, every company has their own individual list of requirements for standard installation, here is this company's list:



the link to the web page does not break it down as above in detail, the above is taken from the box you purchase


http://www.tesco.com/direct/manhattan-plaza-hd-s-freesat-hd-installation-bundle/731-1041.prd#AIYQRjL3f24wRFVR.99

C_Mababejive

I consider it poor practice to pass cabling over the roof. What happens is that it rattles back and forth in the wind,gradually rubbing away the outer sheath. This lets water in and turns your cable into a hose pipe for rain water..the rest is obvious.

delboy_rodney

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I consider it poor practice to pass cabling over the roof. What happens is that it rattles back and forth in the wind,gradually rubbing away the outer sheath. This lets water in and turns your cable into a hose pipe for rain water..the rest is obvious.

they could instead put the wire through the wall (below gutter)raise it into the loft and then bring into the room

wealdroam

delboy_rodney wrote: »

they could instead put the wire through the wall (below gutter)raise it into the loft and then bring into the room

Have they ruled out that solution then?

If so, why?

George_Michael

wealdroam wrote: »

Have they ruled out that solution then?

If so, why?

It could well be that taking the cable into the loft and then running it to the room it's needed in is not what they class as "standard installation"
After all, if every property needed a different sort of installation, it couldn't really be called standard.

System

I'm assuming that you will want it going into a ground floor room on the other side of the house?

Well, I would think that the route over the top of the house and then down 3 floors to an entry into a ground floor room require more than the standard installation cable length of 20m. if you wanted it to go into a first floor room then that is not standard.

delboy_rodney

wealdroam wrote: »

Have they ruled out that solution then?

If so, why?

they never gave me that as a solution I have just thought of that myself

delboy_rodney

!!!!!! wrote: »

I'm assuming that you will want it going into a ground floor room on the other side of the house?

Well, I would think that the route over the top of the house and then down 3 floors to an entry into a ground floor room require more than the standard installation cable length of 20m. if you wanted it to go into a first floor room then that is not standard.

it needs to go into the attic (3rd story) if they can get the wire into the loft from drilling underneath the gutter that will be the best solution