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Hi,

I am rewiring a house in a couple weeks and the customer wants some coax ran in for t.v points, however there is no aerial in the property as the last owner didnt have a tv.

Is installing an aerial a pretty straightforward job or am i best telling him to get someone else in to do that?

Thanks
 
That's a daft decision IMHO ........... at least he should have the cable runs in and blanked off.....

But that costs money and not many customers are forward thinking enough to know its a good idea.
 
But that costs money and not many customers are forward thinking enough to know its a good idea.

I then point out how much more it would cost (assuming its practical) after the rewire, decorating and new carpets are down ..........

Then leave them to ponder.

I write a spec for such jobs, so the requirements are agreed room by room and for things they don't want, I list them at the bottom ....... so they can't say it wasn't discussed!
 
For small jobs like this I generally fit an aerial in the loft. My insurance with Hiscox is quite specific and doesn't insure me to go onto roof to install an aerial.

This app is pretty good ( for Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.crazyhatter.aerialalign

Aerial installation is a specialist job and at the minimum requires a digital signal strength meter costing three figures. Lofts are often bad places for aerials especially if they have foil in the roof lining.

Leave it to the professionals but by all means run the coax. Don't use the cheap brown stuff, use type 100 satellite grade cable.
 

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