Satellite installers and dish repairs in Shepperton

Sky and Freesat dish installers and repairers in Shepperton

By the river, trees and low ground weaken aerial signals, and Freesat is a popular alternative. Our satellite engineers fit compact dishes on bungalows, riverside homes and even houseboats.

Near the river at Lower Halliford, Shepperton dishes and LNBs suffer from damp, and the picture breaks up in wet weather. On bungalows in Upper Halliford and Littleton, growing trees block dishes, and we move them higher or to another wall.

Repairs are as big a part of our satellite work in Shepperton 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 Shepperton 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 Shepperton village to Littleton before choosing a spot.

On older and listed buildings we keep the dish small and out of sight, on a rear wall or low on a side return, and run the cable inside rather than across the front. With a low roofline, the challenge on a bungalow is clearing next door’s trees. A short pole on the gable often does it. Terraces usually take the dish on the back wall or the rear chimney, with the cable brought in once and split to the rooms that need it.