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TV aerial repairs on Romney Marsh
The Marsh is flat, windy and a long way from the transmitter. We repair aerials across New Romney, Littlestone, Greatstone and Lydd, and set them up to cope with all three.
Established 2000. Repairs from £99. £5 million public liability insurance. Engineers in New Romney most days.
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Why aerials fail in New Romney
Because the Marsh is so far from Dover, aerials here need to collect every bit of signal they can. A small knock off line, a corroded connector or water in the cable makes a much bigger difference than in a town close to the mast. That is why picture problems on the Marsh often seem sudden: the signal was only just enough, and a small fault tipped it over.
Many homes at Greatstone and Littlestone are bungalows and chalets close to the shingle, with aerials on poles at the gable end. Those poles take a battering in winter. We fit thicker, galvanised poles with two brackets, and use aerials with fewer, sturdier elements that hold their shape in strong wind.
Repairs we carry out in New Romney
We carry the common parts on the van, so most New Romney 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 New Romney satellite page.
Diagnose your New Romney 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.
New Romney aerial repair questions
Local answers for New Romney. If yours isn’t here, ring and ask.
Why does my picture keep dropping out on Romney Marsh?
You are a long way from the transmitter, so there is little spare signal. Any small fault makes channels disappear. We check the aerial, cable and connectors, and often fit a high-gain aerial to give more margin.
Can you repair aerials on holiday chalets at Greatstone?
Yes. We repair aerials on chalets, park homes and holiday lets. We can arrange access with the owner or site manager.
Do you go out to Lydd and Dungeness?
Yes. Lydd, Lydd-on-Sea and Dungeness are covered. Allow a little extra time, as they are at the far end of the Marsh.
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 New Romney
Each town has its own repair page. For everything else we do in New Romney, see the New Romney area page or our New Romney 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