Freesat signal being blocked

PPPv2

Some in our street are having new roofs, last week one side of mine had the scaffolding up and new roof now the other side put up scaffolding and we got home to find no signal. Can't move the satalite due to not enough cable and nowhere else for it to go. Ive tried changing the angle but they ain't shifting. They can not move the scaffolding and we don't know who to go to first. The scaffolding company, the contractor or the council.

iniltous

PPPv2 wrote: »

Some in our street are having new roofs, last week one side of mine had the scaffolding up and new roof now the other side put up scaffolding and we got home to find no signal. Can't move the satalite due to not enough cable and nowhere else for it to go. Ive tried changing the angle but they ain't shifting. They can not move the scaffolding and we don't know who to go to first. The scaffolding company, the contractor or the council.

This happened to me when a neighbour got work done on their roof, reputable firms these days shouldn't work from ladders but use scaffolding, so there is nothing you can do while it's there, you could ring Sky and ask them to credit you for the period you have no signal, but if it's only a few days or a week , it's hardly worth pursuing with the scaffolders or neighbour , they won't take it down just so your Sky TV comes back on , and moving the dish for such a short time seems over the top

PPPv2

It's Freesat. I don't see why we should have to have no TV when it's not of our doing. There is no telling how long scaffolding will be up for. Our next door neighbour whose went up first has been up for a week and their roof is completed from what we can see but still up.

Robisere

If you still have an aerial and a coax cable, you could return to Freeview for a while. I know it's an imposition, but under the law there is nothing you can do. Did the neighbour advise you of the work? They probably didn't even consider your dish and the effect it would have on your Freesat. Very unneighbourly.

robin58

First world problem. Can't watch Love Island then? :rotfl::rotfl:

Owain_Moneysaver

The cables connect to the dish (actually the LNB) with standard F connectors, so you can extend them quite easily.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/satellite-lead-f-plug-to-f-plug-1m/61186

you may also need

https://www.screwfix.com/p/labgear-f-plug-to-f-plugs-pack-of-10/95730

The dish needs to be pointing quite accurately at the satellite, so waving it around won't help. Most scaffolders will have scaff mounting dish clamps of some form, as it's quite a common requirement.

PPPv2

Thank god no one in this house watches that. I'll have to try get the guys to extend the scaffolding so there is a chance

macman

What exactly do you expect the council to do about it? Last time I checked, Freesat reception was not a universal human right.