Aerial & TV Points

justbmad

Hi Guys,
I want to install tv points in my house, builder never installed these as requested when building 10 years ago so there is tv sockets on the walls but no cable behind them except for living room & builders no longer exist so cannot follow them up.
1. How can I do this, will I have to break open plasterboard and install cables to each tv point I need and then direct them to a central point?
2. Is there a central point in the loft for the cables from each room to meet or how do I find out ?
3. What do I connect these to before they are connected up to the aerial on the roof, Is there an adaptor or box or something?
4. Will 1 aerial/satellite dish on the roof be enough for the 5 tv points.
5. I then want to get a saorview / free sat combi box for the living room for digital pictures there and eventually I want to get same box for each room to have digital in all with no monthly subscriptions.
6. Will it be expensive to get the tv points & new aerial installed from scratch with skilled professional installer.
Apologise for all questions but want to know what I am doing before ringing installers.

Ronnie Raygun

You already posted this in satellite.

aerial man

You need to run the cables back to a central point, eg, in the attic, that can be easily accessed. Do not run a cable from one socket to the next as this can run into major problems!
-Run at least two to every point (one for Satellite, one for terrestrial) and i would advise 4 for the main room ('s) eg for recording, or RF2 etc
-Is there empty conduit left for running cables?
-Also consider running CAT 5e for Smart tv etc to the tv point, you might aswell run it when running TV cable as you never know when you might use it.

coylemj

Ronnie Raygun wrote: »

You already posted this in satellite.

and cable

PauloMN

Aerialman has covered it well there. As regards putting the actual cables in, you need to run them down the gap between the plasterboard and block from the attic. What I did was this (my house is a bungalow mind - this won't work for downstairs in a two storey):

- Work out where you think the cable would run down the wall from the attic roughly (make sure you have access in the attic to the point directly above where you imagine the cable running down from - there no point in cutting holes in your plasterboard if you cannot directly access the point above. Measure three times, cut once).
- Cut a small opening in the plasterboard where you want the socket.
- Place a small torch in the hole or as near to the hole to light it up.
- Go up to the attic to the point above the hole and you should "see the light"!!
- Using a long piece of nylon cord or similar with a thin weight attached (I used a small thin strip of metal from the back of an old PC card flattened out), work this down towards the light and have someone (usually the poor wife/girlfriend) try to wriggle the weighted piece out through the hole in the plasterboard.
- Once you are through, firmly secure your coax or CAT5 cable to the end of the nylon cord in the attic and pull it down through to the bottom.

Hope it helps!

NewHillel

PauloMN wrote: »

Aerialman has covered it well there. As regards putting the actual cables in, you need to run them down the gap between the plasterboard and block from the attic. What I did was this (my house is a bungalow mind - this won't work for downstairs in a two story house!

This is another area where the ISAA could differentiate their services - by providing properly wired in-home installations. Once the wall is dry lined, or a studded partition, it is relatively straightforward to feed the cable from the attic, even in a two story house. The problem can be timber cross members, that block the drop. A tool is available for professional installers, think drill on end of cable, to get around this. (I used one, borrowed from a sparks, just recently.)

Many people dont want cables down the outside their home, let alone holes through the outside wall. Provide an alternative, with a reasonable charge. Make it a condition of ISAA membership that all installers are competent, in this area.

Cesium Clock

NewHillel wrote: »

This is another area where the ISAA could differentiate their services - by providing properly wired in-home installations. Once the wall is dry lined, or a studded partition, it is relatively straightforward to feed the cable from the attic, even in a two story house. The problem can be timber cross members, that block the drop. A tool is available for professional installers, think drill on end of cable, to get around this. (I used one, borrowed from a sparks, just recently.)

Many people dont want cables down the outside their home, let alone holes through the outside wall. Provide an alternative, with a reasonable charge. Make it a condition of ISAA membership that all installers are competent, in this area.

As a regular reader of boards over the years (not a poster) I am now compelled to comment,

1. New Hilliel are you a member of ISAA ?

2. New Hilliel are you the owner or member of one of the other recognised bodies that you fail to mention in any of your anti ISAA posts?

3.New Hilliel are you aware that your thread wrecking posts spoil the experience for many members and readers of boards ?

4. New Hilliel on reading of your other posts in various forums it is clear that you have an agenda against anybody who is more qualified or has a better understanding of the subject matter than you.

Hotblack Desiato

PauloMN wrote: »

- Using a long piece of nylon cord or similar with a thin weight attached (I used a small thin strip of metal from the back of an old PC card flattened out), work this down towards the light and have someone (usually the poor wife/girlfriend) try to wriggle the weighted piece out through the hole in the plasterboard.

Tip: get a metal measuring tape and (keeping hold of the end) feed a loop of tape through the hole into the void, allow the line/weight to drop through this loop and then retract the tape.

NewHillel

Cesium Clock wrote: »

As a regular reader of boards over the years (not a poster) I am now compelled to comment,

1. New Hilliel are you a member of ISAA ?

2. New Hilliel are you the owner or member of one of the other recognised bodies that you fail to mention in any of your anti ISAA posts?

3.New Hilliel are you aware that your thread wrecking posts spoil the experience for many members and readers of boards ?

4. New Hilliel on reading of your other posts in various forums it is clear that you have an agenda against anybody who is more qualified or has a better understanding of the subject matter than you.

What exact part of my post are you taking exception to?

I made a number of suggestions as to how the ISAA could differentiate its services from the competition. All were perfectly valid, and are much more positive than all the negative 'Rogue Traders' posts.

I have made no anti- ISAA posts.
I did raise valid points, that were supported by other posters.

I suspect that it is you that has the agenda.
To date, allegations of thread spoiling, requests to close threads etc., have all come from ISAA members.

(It's NewHillel, by the way. )