Satellite dishes in Chatham
From the hilltop estates at Walderslade to the flats at Chatham Maritime, we fit and repair satellite dishes for Freesat, Sky and TV from abroad.
Established 2000. £5 million public liability insurance. Dishes fitted, moved and repaired across ME4 & ME5.
Freesat, Skyand TV from abroad
What we do with dishes in Chatham
New dishes, repairs, Freesat, Sky and channels from abroad, all from the same Chatham engineers.
Freesat in Chatham
Over 170 channels, including the main ones in HD, with no monthly bill. It uses the same satellites as Sky, so an old Sky dish can often be reused.
What we doWe check or fit the dish, connect a Freesat recorder or the Freesat tuner inside your TV, then sort the channel list and series links.
Sky dishes in Chatham
Sky Q still runs from a dish in millions of homes. Moving, replacing or adding a box all need the dish and LNB set up correctly.
What we doWe move and replace Sky dishes, fit wideband LNBs for Sky Q and run cable for extra mini boxes.
Repairs and realignment in Chatham
A dish knocked a fraction of a degree out of line, a failing LNB or a wet cable will all cause “no satellite signal” messages.
What we doWe test the dish, LNB, cable and box in turn, fix only what has failed and realign the dish on a meter.
TV from abroad in Chatham
Channels from Poland, Turkey, Romania, the Middle East and beyond come from satellites such as Hotbird, Türksat and Nilesat.
What we doWe fit a dish for the satellite you need, or one dish with two LNBs so you keep Freesat as well.
Multi-room and flats in Chatham
One dish can feed several rooms, or a whole block of flats, so the walls aren’t covered in separate dishes.
What we doWe fit quad and octo LNBs for multi-room homes, and multi-switch systems for converted houses and blocks.
Getting dish placement right in Chatham
Chatham is built on steep hills, and in the valley streets, the hill to the south can block the view to the satellite. Mounting the dish higher, on the roof or chimney, usually solves it. On the hilltops at Walderslade and Lordswood, the view is clear and placement is easy.
The flats at Chatham Maritime and around the waterfront usually share a communal dish. If yours has stopped working, the fault may be in the shared system or in your own cable. We can test both and report to your managing agent.
Satellite dish questions from Chatham
Satellite questions we hear in Chatham. Anything else, just ring.
My street in Luton is steep. Can a dish still see the satellite?
Usually from higher up. The ground rising to the south can hide the satellite from a low wall bracket, so we often fix the dish to the chimney or gable top instead.
Our Chatham Maritime block’s dish has stopped working. What now?
Ask a neighbour first. If they have lost it too, the shared dish or switch has failed and the managing agent needs to act; we can test it and send them a report. If it is just you, we fix your flat’s cable.
Is there much demand for Freesat in Walderslade?
Plenty. Up on the hill the view south is wide open, so a small dish gives a strong signal with no monthly bill.
Which way does a satellite dish point in Chatham?
For Freesat and Sky, towards the Astra 2 satellites: a bearing of about 146°, which is south-east, tilted 25.7° above the horizon. Anything tall in that direction, such as a tree, a gable or the house opposite, will block it, so we check the view with a meter before fixing the bracket.
Quicker with a picture
Snap the aerial or dish from the garden, or the error on the TV, and WhatsApp it to us with your postcode. An engineer looks at it and replies with the likely fix and a price.
WhatsApp a photoWe also fit dishes around Chatham
Each town has its own satellite page. For aerials and everything else in Chatham, see the Chatham area page or Chatham aerial repairs.
Talk to a Canterbury engineer
Ring the office, or WhatsApp us a picture of the roof, the dish or whatever your TV is showing. Most of the time we can say what the fault is and give you a price there and then.
WhatsApp us- Our base
- Canterbury, since 2000
- Open
- Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm
- Where
- Every part of Kent: Thanet, the coast, Medway, Maidstone, Ashford and the Weald
- Cost
- Repairs from £99. Fixed quotes for everything else