DIY Stable Renovation: Need Your Advice and Ideas!

FreeBear

Any filler used will want a coat of primer. No need to do the whole wall again, just the filled areas.

sujsuj

I am trying to put TV aerial as well to the stable block, Not expert but quick search given this Screwfix £12.99 item with reasonable feedback . I am in a place with reasonable signal. anything else to look out..? Please help.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/labgear-yagi-tv-aerial/209jr

I may have to buy this as well I think…

Boohoo

https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/do-i-need-aerial

Check this out.

Do you have an existing aerial for you current home next to the stable?

If you do and get reception then that's a start.

Only issue you may have is ( not knowing the building height) is putting the aerial high up on the side of the building to get a line of sight.

Another option is as your putting in internet cabling to the building why don't you buy a Freely TV as you can use the internet for TV.

Research is needed by you though to be sure

sujsuj

OK let me go through this. Thanks.

My house aerial is in the loft and gives good reception, though it looks like an old type. The house has two floors (ground and first). The stable aerial will be 50 m away from the house aerial. Stable hight is half of house. I planne to place aerial on one side of stable.

Internet and catch-up TV will be available there as I have ethernet connection planned. I just wondered whether it's worth putting up an aerial if it costs less than £20, as I have already spent a huge amount on the stable conversion..

Thanks.

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82158168#Comment_82158168

Unless you're in a very good signal area an aerial on the side of a single-storey building (stable) is likely to give you a poor viewing experience.

This is one of the reasons why putting a duct in the trench was a good idea - if you decide you want a TV aerial signal to the stable you could just pull a suitable low-loss coax cable through the duct and hook the house end up to a splitter/amplifier, knowing you've got a good signal there already.

Is the 150m figure correct? When you were asking about the mains supply wasn't the house-stable distance more like 40m? If it is 150m then you probably will need a separate aerial, but may need a tall mast (post) to raise it to a level you'll get a decent signal.

Boohoo

I think the 150m is a typo.

OP said they were going to put CAT6a(not sure if I have that correct )cable in but I thought the run limit was 100m but that could be for another type.

Freely TV or box will do.

OP could spend £50 for all the bits and see if it's a goer but no idea how much aerial masts and brackets are.

sujsuj

Sorry it is around 50M from house to stable.