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This type of Installer will destroy the Aerial business

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  • #352
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    zg3409 wrote: »
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    Here is another non recommended setup. It looks as if a rusty dish has been replaced, with a rust resistant one, but someone skimped on replacing the bracket. Now the first thing to fail will be the bracket, why not replace both at the same time? and a bit of tape on the coax wouldn't do any harm neither. And it being a very seaside location, a performated dish was never going to last more than a few years anyway.
    Great bracket placement to be fair....Can anyone find a trace of the cable ? :)


  • #353
    Extinction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭Extinction


    dodzy wrote: »
    Great bracket placement to be fair....Can anyone find a trace of the cable ? :)

    Hole drilled into attic, cable in, cable through hollow arm on bracket, attach arm to wall covering the hole, face arm upwards so water gets to the inner of the arm which isn't treated, wait for rust to set in and drip down the wall destroying the paint and finally make sure you assembled the bracket with the long arm out. Pretty dire IMO.


  • #354
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Extinction wrote: »
    Hole drilled into attic, cable in, cable through hollow arm on bracket, attach arm to wall covering the hole, face arm upwards so water gets to the inner of the arm which isn't treated, wait for rust to set in and drip down the wall destroying the paint and finally make sure you assembled the bracket with the long arm out. Pretty dire IMO.

    Yeah, sarcasm on my part. My mistake was the :), and not the :rolleyes:

    ;)

    Long arm out though, not a problem usually, albeit unnecessary in this instance.


  • #355
    Extinction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭Extinction


    Yeah I tried to equal your sarcasm, long arm out would be forgivable if the basic assembly of the bracket was correct and there wasn't rust running down the wall. But even more to the point, shocking that the arm wasn't replaced when its so obviously rusting. Another few quid for a cowboy I suppose when he has to come back and charge for a new bracket.


  • #356
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Extinction wrote: »
    Yeah I tried to equal your sarcasm, long arm out would be forgivable if the basic assembly of the bracket was correct and there wasn't rust running down the wall. But even more to the point, shocking that the arm wasn't replaced when its so obviously rusting. Another few quid for a cowboy I suppose when he has to come back and charge for a new bracket.
    Similar situation to previous pics IMO. I'd wager that this ( and others ) are DIY jobs by the homeowner.


  • #357
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    Extinction wrote: »
    Hole drilled into attic, cable in, cable through hollow arm on bracket, attach arm to wall covering the hole, face arm upwards so water gets to the inner of the arm which isn't treated, wait for rust to set in and drip down the wall destroying the paint and finally make sure you assembled the bracket with the long arm out. Pretty dire IMO.

    I have visions of the water running down that arm and into the hole in the wall with the cable as it's probably not sealed.


  • #358
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,130 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    It looks like a cheapass Ross dish, like those FTA kits. Damned sure it's not rust-proof! And no way would any installer worth his salt leave that mess behind. The coaxial cable isn't even secured in any form.

    Maybe the person got rid of Sky and put in that Ross FTA setup, that they got in B&Q.


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