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Hi Lucid, thank you for your help so far, I wanted to update you after the last few weekends messing around. Sorry its a long one. Using a labgear signal meter ive realigned the aerial maybe a few degrees to achieve a stable 60db signal. Before the adjustment it was indicating an unstable 50/60...

Affirmative on both those The aerial is pointing at the main transmitter. I double checked the compass bearing and it also matches my neighbours which is next to it. When we bought the house it had the same model aerial with a masthead amplifier but it got damaged during a loft extension. The...

Sorry im using my phone to get the screenshots so space is limited. More info attached. the aerial is mounted on a 4 foot pole on top of the chimney stack. House is a bungalow, located at top of a large hill but there is a large wooded area behind us where the aerial is directed.

Hi lucid. Good signal strength and crystal palace is the recommended transmitter. UPDATE If the amplifier is removed i get nothing at all. Zero signal and maximum bit error rating on all tv channels I've had another look at the aerial and it appears to be very slightly off horizontal, don't...

Hi lucid, on my samsung tv i have 2 measurements, signal strength and bit error rate. On all the good channels I'm getting no bit errors, on the poor channels its fluctuating between 0 and 2.

Evening all hoping for some help with our annoying freeview tv issues. Basically i have intermittant (more often than not its bad) issues with loss of signal for all tv channels on UHF Channel 26/514mhz. All other channels are perfect which im struggling to solve. Our setup is quite basic...

Thanks. I wasnt planning on going with the dark grey but the wife has now insisted.

Evening everyone I will be painting some alcoves with a dark grey dulux trade vinyl matt shortly. The walls have been recently skimmed and mist coated with white dulux trade supermatt. Can i go straight over the white with the top coat or should i put a darker undercoat on first? Thanks

hi, whilst renovating I've found some areas of loose internal sand and cement render, the worst being above an internal door. I've removed the loose render back to brick, am i ok to use bonding plaster to patch them before the room is skimmed? at its thickest it would be about 25mm. thanks

I am currently lifting floor boards to insulate between the joists in my living room. Does anyone know if there are specific regulations for insulating under floorboards around a constructional hearth for an open fire? We are intending on fitting a wood burning stove at some point and wanted...

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Hi, just a quick one for the plumbers here. I want to add an extra radiator and just wondered if it matters whether the 15mm feeds come through the wall at the same level as the main flow and return pipes? The main flow/returns are below the floorboards suspended under the joists, i can easily...

we are planning to narrow the opening by installing a short stud wall either side off of the remaining brickwork and install bifolds or french doors and then laminate flooring all the way through. it is very noisy when walked on and does move under foot.

Hi all, looking for some advice again. The previous owners removed an internal wall and after lifting the lamjnate flooring i have exposed a cracked and loose scar of concrete where the wall would have stood. Just wondered what my options are. The floor is a suspended timber floor on honeycomb...

hi lucid just re read your reply. so if the signal i am getting is from the coax, i can safely say either the psu or the mast head amplifier is faulty as when plugged in the signal is no better? either way as i said its old equipment and now inaccessible. its a converted bungalow so i can easily...

hi yes sorry. i meant to say when i unplugged it before. interestingly i can disconnect the psu and plug straight into the wall socket and still get a weak signal but it just keeps pixellating. it looks ancient but is a labgear psu. the amplifier was unbranded as far as i can remember

Hi Lucid, thanks for your reply. I was thinking of future proofing a little. no doubt we'll have sky put in at some point. To be honest i included the amplifier because there is one there already so assumed it must be required. the signal is certainly weaker without it judging by the tv picture...

I have been having issues with my tv signal after some building work. I have checked the cables as best I can and can't find anything wrong so I've decided to replace it whilst I can run the cables under the floor boards. Currently I have a old inaccessible 4 way masthead amplifier with the...

Thanks for the reply. Sorry i missed off the boiler, heres an updated layout if it helps. The boiler is in yellow located in the kitchen and has 22mm flow and return until the first elbow. The rad on the far right is in an older extension and tees off the pipe in the living room. This has a new...

Hi. Just to clarify this isnt actually part of the extension, its the hallway in the existing building. there is insulation in there. The extension is all done and finished