TV aerial repairs in Strood
Strood sits on the west bank of the Medway, with the Hoo Peninsula stretching out behind it. We repair aerials across the town and the villages beyond.
Established 2000. Repairs from £99. £5 million public liability insurance. Engineers in Strood most days.
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Common aerial faults around Strood
Frindsbury and the streets on the hill above Strood have a clear view of Bluebell Hill, but homes lower down by the river can lose part of the signal to the slope. If you are in a lower street and losing channels, we may recommend a taller pole or moving the aerial to another part of the roof.
Out on the Hoo Peninsula, at Hoo St Werburgh, Wainscott and beyond, the land is open and exposed. Aerials there take more wind, and we often repair slipped brackets and broken lashings after storms.
From a loose plug to a new aerial in Strood
We carry the common parts on the van, so most Strood 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 Strood satellite page.
Match your Strood fault to a fix
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.
What Strood customers ask about repairs
Local answers for Strood. If yours isn’t here, ring and ask.
Why is my Strood picture worse than my neighbour’s up the hill?
Homes lower down can be partly shielded from Bluebell Hill by the slope. A taller pole or better aerial usually fixes it.
Do you repair aerials on the Hoo Peninsula?
Yes. We cover Hoo St Werburgh, Wainscott, High Halstow, Cliffe and the rest of the peninsula.
Do you repair aerials in Cuxton and Higham?
Yes. Both are part of our regular Strood area.
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 photoNeighbouring towns to Strood
Each town has its own repair page. For everything else we do in Strood, see the Strood area page or our Strood 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