hamyam

Hi do you know if its possible to route sky cables from the dish along the ground or below a path?Will the installer let you?

hectic

Run 'along' a path NO.. health and safety issue/ trip hazard.. but you CAN bury then in conduit (even plastic wastepiping from B&Q etc)
HTH

hamyam

thanks they will be underground just they are installing monday morning and im working until then hopefully they will let me put them underground after they leave?

hectic

not really .. Ideally .. dig a bit of a trench... get some plastic conduit .. or ... run the risk they'll 'cry foul' at H&S etc and scarper quick....

ru'

I found the bloke who did ours (admittedly not underground) was only too happy to let me do some of the work. In my case this involved running the cable through the loft etc.

They aren't allowed to go in lofts, so I got him to drill through the gable end and feed loads of cable through while I was in the loft pulling it.

He gave me some connectors, and was happy to leave!

gotmashed

They ran it in our loft as dish is on the front of the house and living room at the back

hectic

some 'subbys' will go in lofts Sky Engs wont unless its fully lit and boarded.. (right to the edge) Ive happily let customers do the loft work it keeps everyone happy and saves me time, too

alistair

Sky's own installers won't go in a loft - an independent company will and sub-contractors to sky may, but shouldn't....

I know a few people who did the same as ru' and ran that bit themselves - they'll drillthe holes & supply the cable, but they're not insured to go in lofts as too many of the clumsy gits fell through.

You can always buy some cable of your own and run it wherever you like - it's not hard - good quality co-ax and f connectors. Somewhere like Satcure will have everything you need.

hectic

see post #7..... and believe it or not B&Q sell everything, too and Ive NEVER gone through a loft YET (hardly likely to now either )

alistair

Give me a break - look at the post times - I'm slow - it took me 3 mins to type it & look up the Satcure link

bartmanuk

if you do it yourself use the foam filled cable, its much more robust for outdoors, and it does make for a better picture

BM

hectic

point taken , but still PMSL

OllyK

Sure, but B&Q are expensive compared to the likes of satcure.

hectic

true but B&Q are down the road and easily accessable for most people

OllyK

And satcure are on t'internet and deliver pretty much next day

hectic

pretty much 'next day' is a long way from 1/2 hour down B&Q . or 'stop me and buy one ' from a Sat installer

Leslie

It shortens the cable life if you bury it directly in the ground, but fine in plastic conduit as long as you keep the water out. That's bad for it too if it is lying in water permanently.

Les