Satellite dishes in Deal and Walmer
Deal’s seafront and conservation areas need careful dish placement, and the sea air needs good fittings. We provide both, for Freesat, Sky and TV from abroad.
Established 2000. £5 million public liability insurance. Dishes fitted, moved and repaired across CT14.
Freesat, Skyand TV from abroad
What we do with dishes in Deal
New dishes, repairs, Freesat, Sky and channels from abroad, all from the same Deal engineers.
Freesat in Deal
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 Deal
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 Deal
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 Deal
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 Deal
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 Deal
In the Middle Street conservation area, the houses are close together and the streets are narrow, so we look for a spot on a rear wall or roof slope that can see over the neighbours. The satellite is quite low in the sky, so we take a meter reading before drilling anything.
Along the seafront from Deal Castle to Walmer, dishes take a lot of salt spray. We use stainless fixings and sealed LNBs, which last much longer than standard fittings. If your dish is rusty or the picture is breaking up, we can usually replace just the parts that have failed.
Satellite dish questions from Deal
Satellite questions we hear in Deal. Anything else, just ring.
Can you hide a satellite dish in Deal’s conservation area?
Usually yes. We look at rear walls, roof slopes facing away from the street, and garden positions, and take a meter reading before fixing anything.
Why is my Deal satellite dish rusting?
Salt spray from the sea. Standard dishes and brackets rust quickly on the seafront. We can replace them with stainless or powder-coated parts.
Can you set up foreign TV in Walmer?
Yes. We fit dishes for Hotbird, Türksat and other satellites, and can set up a dish to receive two satellites at once.
Which way does a satellite dish point in Deal?
For Freesat and Sky, towards the Astra 2 satellites: a bearing of about 147°, which is south-south-east, tilted 26.2° 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 Deal
Each town has its own satellite page. For aerials and everything else in Deal, see the Deal area page or Deal 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