Sky

LMC

Anyone else having problems - no satellite service? Rang sky did all the usual but still not working

eigrod

Chances are your dish has moved (even slightly) and/or the LNB on the dish is damaged.

sinkadinka

Hi there, our sky has gone too, anyone able to recommend a good local engineer ? Many thanks

sysconp1

Sky is working fine, the likelihood is that your dish was knocked out of line by the wind and rain and needs to be reset.
Try Radek on 0851489611, he lives in Charlesland and is much cheaper than Sky.

sinkadinka

sysconp1 wrote: »

Sky is working fine, the likelihood is that your dish was knocked out of line by the wind and rain and needs to be reset.
Try Radek on 0851489611, he lives in Charlesland and is much cheaper than Sky.

Many thanks !!

Raven_SK

having problems with sky i think it could be the dish due to the wind the signal is coming and going sky are looking for 60 euro to fix rip off

Charlie-Bravo

Satellite finder comes in handy if you know someone with one

Cerco

If you cannot get a satellite finder then there are some free apps available for iPhone on the AppStore.

Raven_SK

Cerco wrote: »

If you cannot get a satellite finder then there are some free apps available for iPhone on the AppStore.

thanks , ill take a look at them

toxytag

Just a quick question Sky are coming out on Tuesday to install a dish and broadband as now cheaper then upc. Has anyone had there dish put on there chimney? As I can't put it on the front of the house and don't want it in the back garden also is there new broadband any good? Thanks in advance!

Cerco

If they put it on your chimney make sure they use a lashing kit. Do not allow them to drill and fit a bracket as this can be unsafe.

toxytag

Did sky install it on the chimney for you??

Raven_SK

i got mine put on the house, they don't put on the chimney anymore thats what they told me

toxytag

Did you install on the front of your house? Other words mine would have to go on the garden wall and I don't want to be looking at that out the back window

jayobray

To put a satellite dish on the front of a house technically requires planning permission, to the side or rear of a house is allowed as exempted development.

toxytag

Yeah I thought that alright so really the chimney is the only place I can put it I just hope the will do it for me

Cerco

toxytag wrote: »

Yeah I thought that alright so really the chimney is the only place I can put it I just hope the will do it for me

They should be able to determine the best spot signal wise. I have seen brackets , like a swan neck, mounted on the rear of a house under the gutters. The dish would then point up over the roof towards the satellite.
This would be far preferable than mounting on chimney.

HappyDaze007

Cerco wrote: »

They should be able to determine the best spot signal wise. I have seen brackets , like a swan neck, mounted on the rear of a house under the gutters. The dish would then point up over the roof towards the satellite.
This would be far preferable than mounting on chimney.

We had ours fitted this way as the guy said it might not be that safe to mount to the chimney as they are false chimneys

toxytag

I think it's safe if they use the lashing kits that nearly tie around the chimney. Think it was digi Web who used that on my chimney before I just hope they attach the dish onto that