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Satellite dishes in West Malling
West Malling’s Georgian High Street is a conservation area, so dishes need careful placement. We fit and repair Freesat and Sky dishes across the town and villages.
Established 2000. £5 million public liability insurance. Dishes fitted, moved and repaired across ME19.
Freesat, Skyand TV from abroad
Dishes for every need in West Malling
New dishes, repairs, Freesat, Sky and channels from abroad, all from the same West Malling engineers.
Freesat in West Malling
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 West Malling
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 West Malling
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 West Malling
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 West Malling
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.
Satellite reception in West Malling
On the High Street and Swan Street, a dish on the front of a building is almost never acceptable. We look at rear walls, courtyards and outbuildings, and take a meter reading to confirm they can see the satellite.
Leybourne and East Malling have fewer restrictions, and dishes can usually go on a side or rear wall. We fit quad LNBs for homes that want Freesat in several rooms.
What West Malling customers ask about dishes
Satellite questions we hear in West Malling. Anything else, just ring.
Would a dish be allowed on Swan Street?
On the front, almost certainly not. A rear wall, a yard or an outbuilding normally can be, and we confirm the view with a meter before drilling.
How long does a Freesat install take in Leybourne?
Around two to three hours for a new dish and one room, longer if we are running cables to several rooms.
My dish faces the wrong way since the roof was retiled. Can you fix it?
Yes. Roofers often knock dishes when they move scaffolding. We realign it on a meter and replace the bracket if it was bent.
Which way does a satellite dish point in West Malling?
For Freesat and Sky, towards the Astra 2 satellites: a bearing of about 146°, which is south-east, tilted 25.8° 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 photoSatellite work close to West Malling
Each town has its own satellite page. For aerials and everything else in West Malling, see the West Malling area page or West Malling 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