TV aerial repairs in Cobham
TV aerial repairs in Cobham, Oxshott and Stoke d’Abernon, from storm damage to aerials the trees have grown in front of.
TV aerial repair engineers in Cobham
The most common Cobham repair is an aerial that worked well when fitted but has slowly lost signal as trees grew. Raising it on a taller mast often brings the picture back. Large houses also have long cable runs and old amplifiers, and those fail before the aerial does.
Cobham repairs are often on large houses in Fairmile and Stoke d’Abernon, with aerials on tall masts feeding many rooms. Long cable runs and old amplifiers are frequent faults. In Church Cobham’s older cottages, low aerials hemmed in by trees are the other common call.
Most Cobham aerials point at Crystal Palace, about 16 miles east-north-east. Some homes do better on the Guildford relay, so our engineers test both before deciding. We carry a signal meter on every job, so the fault is found at the TV, in the loft or on the roof before anything is replaced.
Big houses run many TVs from one aerial, so a failed amplifier or splitter can knock out several rooms at once. In period houses the fault is usually decades-old coax, not the aerial. New cable through the loft usually cures it. Rural aerials sit on tall masts with long cable runs. Wind, damp and the odd squirrel are the usual culprits.
What’s wrong with your TV picture in Cobham?
Tap what you’re seeing. Our Cobham engineers find the cause with a meter before anything is replaced.
Picture breaks up or pixelates
- Likely cause
- A weak or noisy signal: corroded connectors, old cable, a misaligned aerial or new trees in the way.
- What our engineer does
- Measure signal quality, replace the weak link and realign the aerial if it has moved.
Some channels missing
- Likely cause
- The TV needs retuning, or one transmitter frequency is too weak or overloaded at your house.
- What our engineer does
- Retune and check each multiplex; adjust or replace the amplifier or aerial if needed.
Worse in wind or rain
- Likely cause
- A loose mast or bracket that moves in wind, or water getting into a joint when it rains.
- What our engineer does
- Re-secure or replace the bracket and lashings, and seal or renew the cable.
Aerial bent or hanging after a storm
- Likely cause
- Wind has snapped the lashings, bent the mast or broken the aerial elements.
- What our engineer does
- We secure it first, then mend or renew it and line it back up. Keep clear and send us a photo from the ground.
What’s gone wrong with your Cobham aerial?
Tap the part of the house that matches what you’re seeing, and we’ll tell you what we usually find and how we put it right.
Storm damage repairs
After a gale we see snapped chimney lashings, bent poles and aerials hanging by the cable. Our Cobham engineers make the aerial safe first, then straighten or replace the mast, refit the lashings and realign it on a meter.
Pixelated or breaking-up picture
When the picture breaks up, our engineers read the signal level and error rate on each multiplex. Pixelation in Cobham is most often down to water in a joint, a worn aerial or one that has slipped off line, and each has a simple fix.
Aerial blown out of line
Even a few degrees of movement can lose channels. If wind has turned your aerial away from the Crystal Palace mast, we re-secure the bracket so it can’t slip again and realign it on a meter, not by eye.
Failed amplifiers and splitters
Loft amplifiers and splitters wear out, and a power cut can finish off a tired one. We work out which one has failed and fit a quality replacement matched to the signal at your house.
Water in the cable and corroded plugs
Cracked cable and unsealed joints let rain in, so each wet spell makes the picture a little worse. We replace the run with double-screened cable and weatherproof every connector.
Lost channels after a retune
If channels vanished after a retune, the TV may have locked on to the wrong transmitter or one multiplex is too weak. We check each one and fix the aerial or the settings.
Repair or replace your Cobham aerial?
Most aerials we see can be repaired. Tell us what you can see from the garden for our first view, which the engineer then checks on the roof.
How old is the aerial?
Did the problem start suddenly?
Looking from the ground, is it rusty, bent or broken?
Our first view
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Cobham aerial repair questions
Do you repair aerials all over Cobham?
Yes, including Cobham village, Fairmile, Stoke d’Abernon, Downside, Church Cobham and Oxshott.
Will you fix it or just sell me a new aerial?
We fix what’s broken. A meter reading at the TV, in the loft and on the roof shows which part has failed, and you hear what we find before anything is replaced.
Why might my Cobham aerial be pointing the wrong way?
Most Cobham aerials should face Crystal Palace, about 16 miles east-north-east. Some do better on the Guildford relay. If yours was fitted to the wrong one, or has been turned by wind, realigning it is often the whole repair.
Do you repair storm-damaged aerials in Cobham?
Yes. Snapped lashings, bent masts and aerials hanging off the chimney are made safe first, then repaired or replaced and realigned. If the damage came from a storm, we can send you photos of the damage to pass to your home insurance.
Why does my TV picture keep pixelating?
Pixelation means the signal reaching the TV is too weak or too noisy. The aerial may have moved, a plug may be corroded or the cable may have let in water. We measure the signal to find which, rather than guessing.
My aerial has been blown out of line. Can it just be turned back?
Usually, yes, but the clamp or bracket that let it move needs tightening or replacing too, or it will drift again in the next wind. We realign it on a meter so every channel comes back.
My picture went after a storm. Is it safe?
Stay well back from anything dangling, and snap a picture of it from the garden for us. Bent poles and slipped lashings are among the most common storm repairs we do.
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Aerial repairs near Cobham
Cobham postcodes
KT11 Cobham, Church Cobham, Oxshott borders, Stoke d’Abernon, Downside
Nearby towns we cover
Esher, Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames, Leatherhead, Addlestone, Shepperton