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Soarview antenna on chimney

  • 14-02-2018 02:48PM
    #1
    511
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    I would like to get a Saorview antenna installed on my house, we have external cladding insulation so it would have to be on the chimney, but we rang an installer, he said antennas on the chimney are illegal. Is this true?

    I can really put the antenna anywhere else as I believe my satellite dish is too down to receive line of sight with 3 rock.


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  • #2
    Tony
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    No its completely untrue. You might have difficulty fixing the cable to the insulation though so perhaps a route through the attic might be an option. Although you need line of sight for satellite this is not always necessary for saorview reception.

    Owner: satellite.ie



  • #3
    ei9go
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭ei9go


    Try in the attic. In reasonable signal areas, there is usually no problem.


  • #4
    martin6651
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    Had mine attached to the chimney last month no problem, couldn't get a good signal in attic which surprised me as we live in Galway city.


  • #5
    The Cush
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    511 wrote: »
    I would like to get a Saorview antenna installed on my house, we have external cladding insulation so it would have to be on the chimney, but we rang an installer, he said antennas on the chimney are illegal. Is this true?

    Class 4 Exempted Development, perfectly legal
    CLASS 4

    (a) The erection of a wireless or television antenna, other than a satellite television signal receiving antenna, on the roof of a house.

    The height of the antenna above the roof of the house shall not exceed 6 metres.

    (b) The erection on or within the curtilage of a house, of a dish type antenna used for the receiving and transmitting of signals from satellites.

    1. Not more than one such antenna shall be erected on, or within the curtilage of a house.
    2. The diameter of any such antenna shall not exceed 1 metre.
    3. No such antenna shall be erected on, or forward of, the front wall of the house.
    4. No such antenna shall be erected on the front roof slope of the house or higher than the highest part of the roof of the house.

    S.I. No. 600 of 2001


  • #6
    miketheDIYman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭miketheDIYman


    Go to the Saorview site and put in your address - it will tell you which direction to point your antenna ( nearest mast ) most of these aerials are quite light so shouldn't cause a problem affixed to outside cladding


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
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    If it's a semi-d and a shared chimney then check with the neighbour

    Drilling into an old chimney for a big aerial may not be such a good idea, but you can get lashing kits with cables that go around it so no drilling needed which may also help with neighbours concerns.


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