TV aerial repairs in Maidstone
Kent’s county town is big and varied, and we repair aerials in every part of it, from Bearsted’s period homes to the flats by the river.
Established 2000. Repairs from £99. £5 million public liability insurance. Engineers in Maidstone most days.
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Why aerials fail in Maidstone
Maidstone sits in the Medway valley a few miles south of Bluebell Hill. Most homes get a good signal, but streets in the valley bottom, especially near the river, can be partly shielded by the slopes. In those streets, a higher aerial or a more sensitive one makes a real difference.
In the newer flats along the river and in the town centre, TV usually comes from a communal system. When one flat loses its picture, the fault is usually in that flat’s socket or cable. When everyone loses it, the shared system has failed, and we report to the managing agent.
Repairs we carry out in Maidstone
We carry the common parts on the van, so most Maidstone repairs are finished on the first visit. You get the price before we start.
Realigning a turned aerial
Wind and slipped clamps turn aerials off the transmitter. We re-aim on a meter and fit new clamps.
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New cable and connectors
Cracked coax and corroded plugs replaced with double-screened cable and sealed compression fittings.
Amplifiers and splitters
Failed, overloaded or unpowered loft amplifiers tested, adjusted or replaced so every room works.
Storm damage
Fallen, bent or hanging aerials made safe, then refitted on a stronger pole, with photos for your insurer.
A new aerial when it’s beyond saving
If the aerial itself has failed, we fit a new one aimed at the right transmitter and test every channel.
Satellite dish faults
No satellite signal on Sky or Freesat? See our Maidstone satellite page.
Diagnose your Maidstone TV fault
Choose what your screen is doing. The panel shows the usual culprit and lights up the part of the house where it normally is.
Every channel says “No signal”
- Usual cause
- Usually a connector that has worked loose behind the TV or at the aerial, a loft amplifier that has died, or an aerial knocked off its bearing by the wind.
- What we do
- We check the signal at three points, the TV socket, the loft and the mast, so we replace only the part that has gone.
Pixelating or freezing when it’s wet or windy
- Usual cause
- Rainwater getting into tired coax, connectors eaten by salt air on the coast, or a mast clamp that has slipped so the aerial rocks.
- What we do
- New double-screened cable, sealed compression fittings and the clamps done up properly.
A handful of channels have vanished
- Usual cause
- An aerial made before the frequency changes, one pointing at the wrong mast for your street, or 4G and 5G from a nearby phone mast swamping the amplifier.
- What we do
- A meter reading on each multiplex tells us which. Then it is a realign, a filter or a modern wideband aerial.
Freesat or Sky can’t find the satellite
- Usual cause
- A dish nudged off target by a gale or a ladder, a failed LNB (the part on the arm), or a waterlogged cable.
- What we do
- We peak the dish on a meter, then swap the LNB or the cable if they have failed.
One room has a picture, another doesn’t
- Usual cause
- A loose wall plate, a dead output on the splitter or amplifier, or damage somewhere along that room’s cable.
- What we do
- We follow that cable from the room back to the loft and repair the fault we find.
Seeing something different? Send us a picture of the TV and an engineer will have a look.
Maidstone aerial repair questions
Local answers for Maidstone. If yours isn’t here, ring and ask.
My Maidstone flat has no TV signal. Who should I call?
If your neighbours are fine, the fault is probably in your flat, and we can fix it. If everyone has lost signal, contact your managing agent, or we can test the system and report to them.
Do you repair aerials in Bearsted and Loose?
Yes. We cover all of Maidstone, including Bearsted, Loose, Barming, Allington and Penenden Heath.
Can you fix a loft aerial in Maidstone?
Yes. We test the loft signal and move or replace the aerial if needed. Sometimes moving it outside is the best fix.
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 photoAerial repairs near Maidstone
Each town has its own repair page. For everything else we do in Maidstone, see the Maidstone area page or our Maidstone satellite page.
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.
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- 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