New Satellite Help

Hello

Some help please if you would....

I have recently refurbished a house. The electrician chased cables for 4 tv points around the house where various tv's will be going. All his cables just end in the attic.

I have to get a satellite dish. As I live on the coast I would want one that doesnt rust easily. Also brackets and fixings need to be rust free too. Any suggestions?

The tvs will only be for Freeview.

Many thanks

steveon

You should invest in a fibreglass based dish, the triax ones are excellent.. Dap711? i think from top of my head is the model no U will also need a solid wall bracket to hold it and an lnb, U will also need a terrestrial aerial for your irish saorview channels should you want to receive them, this may work in your attic depending on your location and local transmitter etc...

Thanks Steveon

Is there a such thing as rust proof brackets and fixings?

steveon

TheTorment wrote: »

Thanks Steveon

Is there a such thing as rust proof brackets and fixings?

Nothing is rust proof forever...make sure its hot dipped and galvanised and it should last for years and you can always paint the bracket again with Matt finish Hammerite Paint should it start to rust..(Do not use gloss paint)

An average sky dish wont last more than a yr due to the salt in the air in costal areas..

mickdw

steveon wrote: »

Nothing is rust proof forever...make sure its hot dipped and galvanised and it should last for years and you can always paint the bracket again with Matt finish Hammerite Paint should it start to rust..(Do not use gloss paint)

An average sky dish wont last more than a yr due to the salt in the air in costal areas..

Yep right on the mayo coast here and 1 year the sky dishes last. I have a triax dish and it's as new after a number of years but I've fitted a fair few dishes for family and friends and they always end up sticking up sky dishes and sure enough one year later, the house is destroyed with rust and the dish has collapsed.

Just googled that dish....its not cheap!!!

Cant find any irish stockists either. Any suggestions?

hallo dare

You can buy galvanising spray that you may be able to spray onto an ordinary dish and brackets, but weather it would disturb the signal i don't know, someone here may be able to answer that.

steveon

You can spray a dish but it would need to be smooth and of a matt finish....better off with a tub of hammerite anti-rust paint or equivalent...

hallo dare

You can buy galvanised spray that you may be able to spray onto an ordinary dish and brackets, but weather it would disturb the signal i don't know, someone here may be able to answer that.

mickdw

hallo dare wrote: »

You can buy galvanised spray that you may be able to spray onto an ordinary dish and brackets, but weather it would disturb the signal i don't know, someone here may be able to answer that.

Denso tape does a brilliant job of protecting arms and brackets etc.
At a minimum you should buy a good wall bracket that will last years.
Even if you then fit a sky dish, it's easily replaceable once a year.

jjf1974

I have fitted about 50" triax td54" dishes with galvanised brackets in the last few years.All of these were in a costal area in connemara. None of them ever rusted or moved in stormy weather.

winston_1

TheTorment wrote: »

The tvs will only be for Freeview.

Many thanks

In which case you need an aerial pointed at the UK or NI not a dish.