Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

TIA

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:20 +0100, BodgeIt wrote:

Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

TIA

Remember if you are getting a Sky+ box they need twin cable.





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"BodgeIt" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

Sky use a shotgun cable like these

http://www.aerialshack.com/cables-cl...B4wodJ05TAQThe installer will use your cables if you ask, however if they don't workyou may have a problem.You can run a pair of cables if you don't have the shotgun cable.I did this using ct100 from toolstation (my install is probably worse thansky do as I just stretched it along the car port roof). TIA

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:06 +0100, Stuart B
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:20 +0100, BodgeIt wrote:

Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

TIA

Remember if you are getting a Sky+ box they need twin cable.

The lounge will have a Sky HD box and the the main bedroom will have a
sky+ box. So how will this affect the cabling requirements from the
dish?

"BodgeIt" wrote in message
...
Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

TIA

I did exactly the same when NTL installed at my house, I wanted to route the
cables very specifically, so I spoke to them, and they said it was fine and
supplied me with all the cable and asked me to call them when I was ready
for them to connect it all up!

Toby...

"BodgeIt" wrote in message
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Remember if you are getting a Sky+ box they need twin cable.

The lounge will have a Sky HD box and the the main bedroom will have a
sky+ box. So how will this affect the cabling requirements from the
dish?

both boxes require 2 cables. The dish will end up with 4 cables at its LNB

"BodgeIt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:06 +0100, Stuart B
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:20 +0100, BodgeIt wrote:

Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

TIA

Remember if you are getting a Sky+ box they need twin cable.

The lounge will have a Sky HD box and the the main bedroom will have a
sky+ box. So how will this affect the cabling requirements from the
dish?

Sky fit a quad LNB and you need to run two cables to each box.

If you want more boxes sky have an octal LNB too.

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:08:07 +0100, BodgeIt wrote:

The lounge will have a Sky HD box and the the main bedroom will have a
sky+ box. So how will this affect the cabling requirements from the
dish?

Probably a good idea to run two cables to every point that may want a
DSAT box. You need two for the abilty to "watch one channel, record
another" that the Sky+ box will let you do.

Does a "Skymulti room" installation just install a multiple outlet
(Quad or higher) LNB with home runs to each room or do they install a
quattro LNB and a proper multiswitch? I suspect the former as it's
the cheaper, quicker and simpler for the Sky engineers (I use the
term loosely) to fit.

As you are doing all the hard work of installing the cables why not
do the whole job of dish/quattro LNB and a multiswitch? It's not
difficult.

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Dave.

Toby wrote:

"BodgeIt" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

I did exactly the same when NTL installed at my house, I wanted to route
the cables very specifically, so I spoke to them, and they said it was
fine and supplied me with all the cable and asked me to call them when I
was ready for them to connect it all up!

Me too (again NTL) though I'd already used my own cable. They were Ok
with it subject to disclaiming responsibility if my cabling was
inadequate etc etc (which of course it wasn't!)

David

Exactly as I did. I hate dishes - with an enormous passion, but hate
visible cabling even more. I ran draw wires in my house, before the install
date. Even a new phone socket behind the TV. When the engineer turned up,
he actually did another install before mine across the road, took him an
hour to install. Then on to me. I told him I wanted to drill out the loft
through the gable end, and for him to mount the dish where the cable came
out. He was delighted, full install of Sky done in 25 minutes. He even got
a bit of lunch off me for a good job!

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"BodgeIt" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm planning to have sky multiroom installed shortly. I've seen
some wretched looking installs, cables just thrown over the roof and
guttering et.c and I want to make sure the cabling is as neat and
unobtrusive as possible.The logical install is to traverse the house
front to back through the attic and drop cables from the attic into
the rooms. But a local aerial installer tells me sky engineers aren't
allowed to work in peoples attics anymore so all cabling is external.
So my plan is to run all the cabling myself so all the sky engineer
has to do is mount the dish and terminate the cables at the dish and
at the sky boxes. Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it? What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

TIA

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wrote
What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

cable
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/articles/coax-cable-quality-hmdi-m.html

http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page8.htm

Note: Satcure are possibly not the cheapest source
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After serious thinking BodgeIt wrote :
Anyone done this? Are sky OK with it?

A few years ago, but yes.


What's the
exact spec of cable to use from the dish to the boxes.

CT100 at about £20 for 100m, from an electrical wholesaler.

Remember the dish needs to be located where it will be able to get a
clear view of the sat. Our first installer had it on the wall looking
up at the roof eaves, with the sat partially hidden from its view.

Unlike a terrestrial antenna, height is not important. It will work
equally well mounted at ground level. Ours is 8' of the floor, hidden
and not at all obvious if you don't know it is there.

The entire installation is really not that difficult. I use a sat
system when touring with the caravan. I can usually have it set up and
aligned in just a few minutes.

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