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Lordy those types of plates have not been common in the states since the early 90’s 😬 Shielded balanced splitters took root from the mid 90’s on and plates were only ever used as a single connection point instead of a daisy chain device. Even then some creative techs used the same theory to daisy chain “tapped” splitters. We were animals in the day 😅

Aerial Facing the wrong way, Deflectors Wrong Way, Blocking a window they would now struggle to open - Lazy Scammers. Always best to use lack cable outdoors, its made up of diff properties and therefore does not split. So joing black on to white again lazy. Its like he has connected it to an existing sky cable who do now use white at times, Looks like there is an existing pole and aerial on the side apex. Just run a fresh wire directly, Just complete Lazyness. Not nice to see people getting ripped off, At least youve sorted it now

Great videos. Just found you today and watched all your tv hanging jobs. Your really good at the footage and enjoyed watching them. I'm a heating Engineer so very different to my job. Some help if you don't mind. Moving home in August and wanting to create a cinema like room. 75inch plus tv, maybe up to 98inch. Not decided yet. Took your advice about the brackets you use too. We have a ps5 and a fire stick to work and use on our tvs. Never knew about hdmi points so that was very helpful. Any advice regarding ps5 etc. Maybe hdmi point into a cupboard to hide it? Also need a router. Will look more into hdmi points but great tip. Thanks for sharing and taking time to film. Appreciate it. Liked and subscribed. Thanks

Hiya, how much do you usually charge for something like this? Thanks

Pleased to see you back hopefully aerial work picks up love your new adventures looking forward to more videos on the channel 👏😎

Sorry for your bad luck. Wishing you the best of luck for the future. I love all the aerial stuff so will keep a look out for those videos.

Looks neat, Where did you get the HDMI Sockets from ?

Can I ask your advice what the best areial do you recommend for outside installations in poor signal area.

What wall mount did you use?

2:16 it’s a Televes Infinito UHF 21-69 aerial. Ive seen a lot of them around. Also I noticed they are mounted on heavy steel poles! I believe they were installed in the 00s and until the digital switch over in 2012.

Could do with more people like you to be honest. Some people are a proper cowboy.

Weirdly I really enjoyed this video😊. Thanks for the guide, I'll be using this to put up a weather station on my chimney with that ratcheting bracket. Thank god I dont have to drill into the chimney

Looks good but how did you do it?

Very helpful. Would be interested to see how Ethernet over coaxial cable could be installed. Rather than use the multi core cable.

I was quoted for an aerial install in the loft. It was fair but too expensive so I did it myself after watching your videos and others. Took me several days and a lot of work as I have multiple room sockets, cables to fish down walls, mast head amp, triplexer for DAB, FM and UHT aerials. Also lots of time spent researching the best aerials for my region. Buts done with great signals and 100% quality (whatever that really means). Cost was half of what I was quoted. Yes there was a time cost but it was interesting work.

Hi mate, What type of meter are you using ? Is it Televese H30 ? Would you recommend it? How much would it cost to purchase one of the H30 meters? Thanks in advance

How long will zip ties last for your bird spikes? Will you need to replace them after 12 months?

Curious how much u charge for a job like this mate? Great video.

Nice fixing with the pole piercing the felt, 😮

With 40 years in the trade , most people do really appreciate what you're doing. I like the customer who says "no-one has touched anything behind the tv, you look over the top of the tv and there isn't a spec of dust....anywhere. Someone has been dusting , catching cables etc.... Or the customer who moans at you for doing your work too quickly "you've only been here 20 minutes and you're done!" My reply....."would you like someone who knows what they're doing and takes 20 mins or an idiot who turns up scratching his head and is still there in 3 hours time?" My dad had a saying......"There's only one thing worse than a customer.......2 of the bastards!" There is so much that Joe Public doesn't appreciate about this industry..... 1. Dealing with customers 2. Dealing with the technical problem 3.Dealing with the height / danger issue

The scumbag that did that should be in JAIL.

Your not paying for my time your paying for my experience and fixing the problem Richard head i think i would have said.

I don't think beforehand such customers understand the cost of running a Van, holding all the stock parts ready to install. The fact that every year you need do accounts or pay someone to do them. It's very typical naivety of a proportion of the public. Not to mention the exorbitant cost of everything and the fact that your also subjected as a buyer in your business to all those rising costs not the creator of them. Clearly you do an excellent job and know the subject well enough but we can't have every skillset and maybe you come accross the wrong way. I mean your straight and good at the job which really as long as you know you done a great job is good for you but we know in the world as it is today the customer seems to thrive on BS rather than honesty. I personally prefer the truth alas the public often seem to opt for BS those such customers won't use such as you alas. You may say their loss which I'd agree with. Doing a good fair job is much more important.

I went to a call for a repair one time for a TV aerial that was hanging off the wall, after fixing it with the propper fixings I asked for payment which was agreed beforehand. The woman asked me why do I have to pay, don't you guarantee your work, I said yes I do for 5 years. She said wait a minuite my husband is coming, lo and behold a Police van arrives and her policeman husband arrives and tells her that I didn't install it in the first place. Some people are unbeleiveable!

Please tell me you took the labels off the camera especially the yellow ones

Do you just work in domestic properties ? Im not sure what areas you cover but sometimes i get works on IRS systems that need a analyser rather than just my old horizon meters to get it sorted especially when sky refuse a install due to a transponder failing

People want to pay you less for being good at your job as a tradesman, if you fix something or diagnose a fault quickly they want to pay you less, where as joe bloggs who would spend all day messing around theyll feels justified in paying them more for being there all day, people pay for a tradesmans skill as well as time

I was taught as a kid that if you had anyone come round to do work you welcome them and throughout you look after them. Offer drinks, biscuits etc. If they are there over lunch you ask if they would like some. End result is if I have a bit of an urgent job and I get in touch with them they are normally more than happy to come round and help me out at a fair price. Yes, I'll try to haggle the price down but only up to the point of accepting it. After that in my book the price can only go up (if for example an unseen problem is found and they have to do extra work). Folks also need to take into account the amount of time, effort and money that a lot of tradesmen have to put in to maintaining their qualifications.

Lets be honest Quotes dont stop the Boats and Customer's are like Marmite

There is always one. I was booked to do a sky dish re-alignment. unknown to me the customer had phones around a few companies. One of them(the worste one in my area known for ripping people off) showed up 1 hour before me and did the job. That evening i got a phone call from the customer's son screaming and swearing at me because the thing had gone again. I tried to explain that i didnt do the job even though i was booked. I didnt even get over the doorstep nor did i get paid for the call out either...they were having none of it. I actually had to tell him to F off and go speak to the cowboys that did actually do the job.warn him with police if he continued to threaten me and bad mouth me and my business. Some people are just so nasty

Get it all the time mate !! Give them a price and because of the amount of time it takes me to do the job they try and haggle oh try to make it uncomfortable for me trying to make me feel guilty !!!! That’s the price (before I turn up on site no matter how long it takes ) I have re locked the door on a couple of occasions and walked away leaving them where they started and me out of pocket 👋 I’m an autolocksmith it’s honestly rife that kinda of “customer” behaviour in my trade

There's always the odd customer that pisses you off by haggling AFTER they accepted the original quote.

I had no idea those ratchet lashing kits existed, awesome. Do you know if they'd cope with the loading of something like an X50 dual band VHF/UHF amateur radio antenna?

Hi really good video and well presented on how to manage peoples expectations. Always, cost first and agreed as you have done. with you 100%

If you don't ask you don't get, but moaning about a price you've accepted is wrong.

Great video 📹 I get it, the rant etc Says more about him, than you Sometimes its not worth the headache etc The cost of time, the frustration, the negative energy of customers like you described There's plenty of appreciative clients Look after the ones that look after you If he thinks its expensive to hire a professional Tell him wait till he hires a cowboy, Pay cheap, pay twice etc Not to mention, stock, fuel, etc all been price increased Affect on us all Hes also paying for your experience, use of meter, knowledge, built-up over years What an unappreciative, selfish p#×@!k I'd of left a quote, let him digest over his lunch And then make him wait, reschedule him Not worth the headache

Excellent video as always, my late uncle used to put TV aerials up in the 50s and 60s and some of them were heavy and huge compared with today's types.

Job is always great apart from the customers. Definitely no need to reduce the agreed price, not the sort of customer you want to deal with too often!

I don’t think people generally understand the skill needed to troubleshoot and do a proper job to ensure an aerial is working efficiently and delivering the best quality signal using quality kit. Roof work alone is a real skill let alone juggling with hardware at the same time as staying safe. You do right to be irritated when someone disrespects your skill and time which has a cost and why should you compromise when met with negativity. Keep up the good work. n

Always get one mate 🙄😎

Good job, but it would be far more useful to show you doing the installation

Interesting comment on no insulation between the joists - is the insulation in the roof structure itself behind those chipboard panels? It can be done either way here in the USA, but you need an insulation layer, and if its foil-back the reception is almost non-existent. Looks like its not a problem in your case as you went ahead with the installation of the aerial (we call them antennas!).. Interesting to see the differences and similarities between the UK and USA (I'm in Los Angeles, California). Cheers and Merry Christmas!

Greetings from Los Angeles! I've got it much easier, all the major broadcast television channels come from one mountain top so easy to align an antenna and get a good signal as long as no big buildings or heavily tree'd area in the way. I noticed the antenna right away, interesting that you only have UHF signals as the broadcasters here in the USA use both UHF and VHF bands, and the channels have been changing bands ('repacking') due to expanding use of hi-UHF for cell phone and 5G wireless transmission. Any areas where the broadcast signal comes from different directions so a dual antenna system is needed? Anyway, interesting to see this from another country. Cheers!

Fair play mate 👏 👍

What a fabulous gesture. Good man.

Fair play to you. Though, I’d be curious as to why you did it for free?

A lovely gesture that won’t be forgotten 👍🏼

Great thing to do in these times, well done! Neil

That's really kind of you. 😊

when one door closes another one opens, congrats!