Will a Sky engineer do this for me?

[TheSoupladel]

They've been experimenting with this for years but have yet to launch a dishless Sky service. The only streamed service they have is Sky Go or Now TV.

I looked into this recently before moving house as my new house has a communal system and i was expecting problems.

It seems there is a dishless service in Italy from Sky for Sky Q but there are some limits to it, but for the purpose of this discussion its not available in the uk currently and there doesn't seem to be any plans to do so in the near future. it also doesnt help that Sky still dont offer a full fibre internet solution even in areas where it is available which is why i ended up going with EE.

 

[Scam]

You've not mentioned the house being taller than two stories so I would imagine you'd be fine getting them to drill holes and you grab the cable. They are usually pretty accommodating but - like most 'installers' as opposed to a trade you've hired - they just won't go into lofts as the liability is too great and people love to pack them with junk.

Thanks I think I will go with this as the first option. See if I can persuade him to do that as an opening gambit. Helps I work for a sister company (staff account woop), the engineer that fitted it here in our current place was very accommodating and broke a few rules to get it done for us. Not sure how he could make sure to drill in the right place from outside though? Guess it doesn't matter as long as it comes in to the loft somewhere right?

There's always the option of asking a satellite and aerials company to do the installation for you, and then you can have the cables run how and where you want, in exchange for paying for their time. A Sky installer with a target to get x dishes up per day and installing yours for free isn't going to get the same level of job completed.

I think we might have to plump for this. The whole Sky/cable thing is my girlfriend's pet peeve (she would go back to four channels if she had her way) so any cable untidiness really riles her up I can't remember where I found them but a company like Caversham Cables (didn't want to link directly) seem like the type of thing. Assuming the Sky guy doesn't do it to standard we could get them in. We also want to run ethernet to parts of the house so that would work nicely to get them round for that too, seen as in my other thread people are recommending getting someone specifically for networking, and not just an electrician.

If you're not using that then you could just unscrew it from the LNB and remove the cable and fill the hole in the wall after? As mentioned above you could also get a local independent company to do this for you or help with parts that you don't/can't do.

Thanks. I might take a look at that today when we head round. Otherwise, as above!

 

[kosymodo]

You could also argue that new build houses should have the cabling already installed for satellite TV, and a point accessible on the outside of the building to connect it to, or there should be a collection of large dishes for the entire development and the signal distributed via fibre to each house, but lol house builders aren't interested in making quality buildings that are easy to live in, they just want profit.

My new build house which I moved into last year had the cabling installed for Sky (from faceplate in living room downstairs, up to attic, with ends left free in attic). Meant the Sky installer just turned up, installed dish to wall, drilled hole through into attic, fed cable through from outside, then went into attic and connected cable from dish to ends of pre-installed cables.

Sooo...installer may well go into attic, based on my personal experience

 

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Sooo...installer may well go into attic, based on my personal experience

Good to know thanks. I will certainly offer to run the cables through the loft for him if he will remove the old ones hanging over the roof! I suspect he won't go that high on his own though...

Just a silly check here but like I mentioned there are two cables coming into the house - one lounge, one bedroom. With SkyQ you only need the one into the lounge right? Not that we have a second TV but if we did the Mini box runs wirelessly from the main one right? So, definitely no need for the second point coming in?

 

[the-evaluator]

With SkyQ you only need the one into the lounge right?

The Q box has 2 dish inputs. Both of them need to be connected.

Not that we have a second TV but if we did the Mini box runs wirelessly from the main one right?

Yep. The Mini box isn't physically connected to the dish. It connects to the main box over wifi or ethernet.

 

[Scam]

The Q box has 2 dish inputs. Both of them need to be connected.

Yep. The Mini box isn't physically connected to the dish. It connects to the main box over wifi or ethernet.

Sorry yes we have the two cables into the lounge, and two cables into the bedroom. So, as per your second point I can safely get rid of the cables going into the bedroom because if we were to use the Mini it just connects to the main box via wifi

I'm now wondering if I do manage to get him to feed the cables through the loft, what will happen to them when we get our loft converted?

 

[the-evaluator]

Sorry yes we have the two cables into the lounge, and two cables into the bedroom. So, as per your second point I can safely get rid of the cables going into the bedroom because if we were to use the Mini it just connects to the main box via wifi

Yep, no need for the cable going to the bedroom.

I'm now wondering if I do manage to get him to feed the cables through the loft, what will happen to them when we get our loft converted?

They'll need to be re-routed, it won't have to be done by a Sky engineer.