New build - no aerial?

[Roger465]

Just moved the daughter in law into a new build, plugged the coax cable from the telly into the wall socket, and... no channels.

Is it normal practice to build these sockets into new houses, but not connected to anything?

There aren't any aerials on other houses in the development.

Thanks

 

[mikehammer69]

It’s on the way out anyhow

It’ll be all online soon enough

 

[Murdochcat]

It’s on the way out anyhow

It’ll be all online soon enough

Not sure I agree with that. There are still an enormous number of people reliant on aerial based free view

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Normally , or at least in the past (20 years or so), there would be a coax cable fitted from the living area up to the loft, then the new owner is expected to fit an aerial.

 

[Lucid]

Normally , or at least in the past (20 years or so), there would be a coax cable fitted from the living area up to the loft, then the new owner is expected to fit an aerial.

^ This.

It's standard practise in new builds. Oh, and if the loft is boarded, then as an installer we get to play hunt the coax! Yes, what fun.

 

[Roger465]

Thanks for the helpful replies guys

 

[ericmark]

This house had an aerial in the loft, and it will just about pick-up freeview, but the range of programs available from Moel-y-sant is so small really no point.

It seems freely has taken over from freeview, although in the main I get free TV from YouTube.

We did try one of these plug in units, Chromecast, but to be frank it was a bit useless, although only resent told it did not work. It was in wife's craft room. I have an assortment of boxes, VCR, freesat, freeview, etc. But the sockets in the TVs seem to be vanishing, so will only work with old TVs.

We must have 6 TVs, two not even plugged in, and find only 2 used, even the old youtube black and white films, we sit back and then say we have seen this, is there anything else. Will be better when I get dementia, I will be able to watch them all over again.

 

[JBR]

We still have TV aerials, two in fact, and they are connected to outlets near the TV. However, we never use them. All online now, which I believe is becoming the norm, and I suspect that the ancient(?) problem of interference is now far less frequent.

 

[HayMaker]

my aerial was facing the wrong way when I moved in, and nails going through the coax to pin it to the wall. bought new aerial, used an App to aim it right, new cable run and 100% signal. we don't even use it now, as everything is on one of the 5 things we subscribe to

 

[DIYspanner]

Have recently completed my TV aerial saga. Moved in about 4 years ago into a 2003/4 build with one TV socket in the main room with non-shielded coax running from it into the loft.

I decided some months back to connect a loft aerial and got a Blake blk-lp56K which I ended point to the local relay transmitter (vertical polarized) rather than the main one because of better reception. With the relay, I point through the roof tiles rather than the gable end.

I get around 50% strength and 100% quality for the likes of BBC and ITV, the rest being hit and miss.

Freeview website quotes the best transmitter for your postcode and angle, clockwise from North or you can use Google maps to draw a line between your house and the transmitter to get an angle reference from your house wall or roof apex.

 

[Roger465]

These are 30-somethings, so everything is on the web - but TalkTalk will be another week to provide them with broadband, and the lad wants to watch something called a "football match"

Solved the problem while waiting by buying a portable aerial from Argos.

Fortunately they're only a few miles from Divis, which I believe to be the most powerful transmitter in Ireland, so the wee aerial works well