Sky, Freesat & satellite dishes in Brentwood

Brentwood is a green commuter town, with large gardens, mature trees and woodland such as Thorndon and Weald Country Parks. That's lovely to live with, but trees are the most common reason for poor satellite reception here. A dish needs an unobstructed path to the south-east, and a tree that's bare in winter can block the signal completely once it's in leaf.

We check the line of sight carefully, looking ahead to summer, and choose a position that will work all year. That might be a different wall, a higher point on the roof or a pole mount in the garden.

Brentwood homes often need Sky or Freesat in the living room, bedrooms, a home cinema, a gym or a garden room. We fit the right LNB for the number of boxes, run good-quality cable to each room and can combine satellite with aerial and network cabling in one tidy installation. If you're renovating or extending, we can plan cable routes before the walls are closed up.

Extensions, loft conversions, new roofs and solar panels are common in Brentwood, and they often mean the dish has to move. We take it down, refit it in the best new position and realign it. If wind or roof work has knocked your dish, a realignment usually restores the picture quickly.

• Second box or room not working

  Likely cause

  The LNB doesn't have enough outputs, or the cable to that room has failed.

  How we fix it

  A multi-output LNB and a new cable run to each box.

• Worked in winter, fails in summer

  Likely cause

  Trees coming into leaf between the dish and the satellite.

  How we fix it

  Move the dish to a position with a clear view all year.

• Sky Q box can't find the signal

  Likely cause

  An older LNB that isn't the wideband type Sky Q needs.

  How we fix it

  Fit the correct LNB and check every feed.

• Dish in the way of solar panels or an extension

  Likely cause

  Building work where the dish is fixed.

  How we fix it

  Take it down, refit it in a clear spot and realign with a meter.

• Some channels missing

  Likely cause

  A weak or noisy signal where only the strongest channels get through, often a corroded connector.

  How we fix it

  New weather-sealed connectors and cable, and a meter-checked alignment.

• Told the dish can't go on the front

  Likely cause

  Conservation-area or listed-building rules about dishes facing the road.

  How we fix it

  We find a compliant position at the side, rear or below the roofline.

For new builds and major renovations, we can also install a full TV distribution system that sends satellite, aerial and network signals to every room from one central point, so new rooms are ready to use as soon as they're finished.