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TV aerial repairs in Sittingbourne
From the old streets of Milton Regis to the new estates at Iwade and Kemsley, we fix Sittingbourne aerials quickly, usually the same day you call.
Established 2000. Repairs from £99. £5 million public liability insurance. Engineers in Sittingbourne most days.
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Why aerials fail in Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne has a strong, clear line to Bluebell Hill, so when the picture fails here it is rarely the signal itself. Far more often we find a cable that has been crushed by a loft conversion, a wall plate that has been painted over and cracked, or an amplifier that has died after years of running day and night.
Iwade and the newer parts of Kemsley are flat and open towards the Swale, so aerials catch a lot of wind off the water. We see bent elements and slipped clamps after storms, and some aerials that were fitted with only one bracket where two were needed.
Repairs we carry out in Sittingbourne
We carry the common parts on the van, so most Sittingbourne 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 Sittingbourne satellite page.
Diagnose your Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne aerial repair questions
Local answers for Sittingbourne. If yours isn’t here, ring and ask.
My Sittingbourne picture went after a loft conversion. Why?
The builders probably moved, crushed or cut the aerial cable or the loft amplifier. We trace the cable through the new loft, reconnect it and test every room.
Do you repair aerials in Iwade and Bobbing?
Yes. Iwade, Bobbing, Borden, Tunstall and Bapchild are all covered from Sittingbourne.
Do I need an amplifier in Sittingbourne?
Often not. The signal from Bluebell Hill is usually strong here, and an amplifier can make things worse. We test first and only fit one if it helps.
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 Sittingbourne
Each town has its own repair page. For everything else we do in Sittingbourne, see the Sittingbourne area page or our Sittingbourne 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.
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