Satellite installers and dish repairs in Chertsey

Sky and Freesat dish installers and repairers in Chertsey

Chertsey sits low by the river, and some aerials struggle. A dish facing south-east usually gets a clear view over the rooftops. Our satellite engineers fit Freesat and Sky, and move dishes on period homes so they are out of sight from the street.

Near the river, Chertsey dishes suffer from damp in the outdoor cable, which shows up as breaking up in wet weather. In Ottershaw and around Thorpe, growing trees often block a dish’s view, and we move or raise the dish to clear them.

Repairs are as big a part of our satellite work in Chertsey as new dishes. On older homes the usual fault is cable that has cracked where it runs along the wall, letting water in. On bungalows, low dishes are the first to lose signal as hedges and trees grow up into their view. Our engineers repair Sky and Freesat dishes whoever fitted them: realigning, replacing LNBs and brackets, and fixing the cable to each room.

From Chertsey the satellites sit about 25° above the horizon at roughly 145° on a compass. That is lower than most people expect, so a neighbour’s tree or a new loft conversion can block a dish that has been fine for years. Our engineers check the line from Chertsey town to Thorpe and Lyne before choosing a spot.

Period homes get a slimline dish placed where the street can’t see it, with cable routed through the loft instead of down the face of the house. Bungalows have little height, so we look for the gap in the trees and hedges and fix the dish on whichever wall has the clear view. Rural homes with poor aerial reception often switch to Freesat. One dish can also feed outbuildings over a long cable run.