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Specialists in all domestic aerial requirements

Electro plus Aerials experience covers all aspects of domestic TV aerial requirements, and has done for many years. From advice to aerial installations from trained fitters, you can rely on our quality assured service

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Services include:

  • Digital TV aerial (Freeview)
  • FM aerial
  • High Definition TV
  • DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) aerial
  • Freesat
  • Extra points
  • Multi-point systems
  • Sky/ Sky+ / Multi-room
  • Integrated Reception Systems (IRS)
  • European and other satellite systems.
  • Motorized satellite systems.
  • New builds
  • Refurbishments
  • Listed buildings

Estimate Price list For Aerial Installing

We install all types of aerial and believe that we offer quality and value. Unfortunately most people don't know what to look for in a quality aerial and buy solely on price. If there are a number of companies offering to install aerials they call round and find the lowest price. If people don't know what to look for in an aerial they might as well pick the lowest price. The companies competing only on price must cut their costs as much as possible, using the lowest cost materials and doing the job as quickly as possible. So I'd like to set out why our aerials are worth the little extra by describing our digital aerial installation.

A digital aerial to feed one point is comprised of an aerial, pole, brackets, fixings, and cable

The Aerial
For quality reception a good aerial is required. We only use CAI benchmarked aerials. Before the CAI started benchmarking aerials we had little idea which aerials performed best, the manufacturers produced figures but we couldn't rely on these as they often seemed to be exaggerated and there were no independent checks on their validity. Of course from experience we did built up a knowledge of which aerials seemed to work better. However aerials that work well in some locations don't work so well in others and for digital much higher standards needed to be achieved. The CAI benchmarking scheme means that we know which aerials have come up to certain standards. To learn more about CAI bench marked aerials visit CAI Benchmarked Aerials 

The cable

There is a huge range of qualities for coaxial cable and there are many factors that are difficult to assess that contribute to a good cable. 

A poor cable 
Will have greater loss – could cause snow on analogue or picture break-up on some digital channels.
Not as good screening - which will allow interference to get picked up causing a degraded picture or on digital picture freezing or no digital.
Poor quality insulation - Causing the cable to wear through if abraded at all in windy conditions

Again the CAI has come to the rescue with their Cable Benchmarking scheme. There are a number of cables that have passed their stringent tests however we generally only use Webro WF100 cable as it has the toughest outer insulation as well as being CAI benchmarked. To learn more about the CAI cable benchmarking click CAI Benchmarked Cables 


The Pole
The pole selected to support a given aerial must be strong enough to take the strain of the highest winds. After high winds we repair lots of aerials installed by other companies and it is generally the pole that has failed. We normally only use galvanized steel poles as they don't rust and are stronger than alloy for the same diameter. In situations where a cranked alloy pole is required we use a larger diameter alloy. We keep the poles we use as short as possible which improves the appearance of the installation and the shorter it is the stronger it is.

Brackets
Many aerial installers fit painted brackets to cut their costs. The painted brackets generally available always rust and in the future will be an unsightly mess with rust staining the wall. We only use fully galvanized brackets, they cost a little more but result in a job that will look good not just at the time of installation but also in many years time.



Installation
The quality of the materials is very important but so is how they are installed. We align the digital aerials we install with TVexplorer Signal Analyzer and  meters. By this method we achieve the optimum position for the aerial. Often the best position is lower rather than higher. On your receipt we also give the strength and carrier to noise figures measured before they connect to your receiver. Locating the aerial and cable as discretely as possible is also a high priority for us. Before we begin we always discuss the options with our customers of where we suggest locating the aerial and cable, we don't begin the installation until we have agreed the locations.