Free Sat in Caravan NORTHEAST job ?

Jooooles · 21st November 2009, 19:26

Looking for someone in the northeast to rig my caravan up with freesat if anyones wants a days work ?

If anyone wants to rig is up with with a sat system on a caravan 2 rooms sitting room and bedroom Im willing to pay a decent days wage are if you want Im willing to give you a free one week holiday.

I just want freesat installed as I have to rent it out this summer to help with the site fees, but I would want to ugrade it to see some premium channels next year so maybe I might need more then a bog standard box.

If anyone can help me out can you send me a pm please Id try myself but ive never even looked at a sat box before lol and Id run into trouble

cheers for any help BHL

Magnu420 · 21st November 2009, 20:15

it shouldnt be to hard to set a free sat set up,at least one
thing you dont have to up and down the ladders

neorage · 21st November 2009, 20:22

i set up sky down out van in essex using my old mini dish..

point and shoot..

shouldnt be too hard for a diyer

Jooooles · 21st November 2009, 20:53

MMMMM thing is dont I need to know where to point the dish ?

second this is I dont want to touch the caravan with anything screws bolts etc so I dont know where to start.

Can I just buy a nice long scaffolding bar and cement it in a block and attach the dish to that ??

I think I need a hand to be honest there is a ariel attached all ready on the roof so there might be some solid points up there to bolt a dish on ?

Id rather pay someone to do a neat and tidy job

neorage · 21st November 2009, 21:24

is there any other dishes on site .. get a general idea then get a cheap sat beeper to align up.. or sat finder for better accuracy..

if you have the ariel pole.. do what i did, take it off the van. attach it to a solid fence post and attach the dish to that..

if i were up your way woulda gave you a hand for a drink..

tho it looks daunting, easy enough to do your self

mb63 · 21st November 2009, 21:31

Hello m8, if you want freesat, it is an absolute doddle to do yourself.
Get yourself a satellite camping kit or similar. Put the dish on a tripod, or a scaffold pole like you suggested.

You WILL be able to do it yourself.

digidude · 21st November 2009, 23:46

whow much was you thinking of paying m8?

official freesat install from argos/comets etc is £80, they supply everything except the receiver

only thing is though, when someone walks off with the remote, youre screwed

pinkhelmets · 22nd November 2009, 12:55

Freesat wont install on caravan camps in my area, same as sky wont either. Keeps me busy locally

but I am surprised if comet/argos/etc accept freesat orders in your area dude for caravans?
Park Resorts site office will have details of the local private installer that they use, if you really get stuck BHL. But i would go with suggestions to do yourself.

digidude · 22nd November 2009, 16:05

yep id say to DiY but was throwing the suggestion in

ill fit (and have in the past) a dish to a caravan, garden shed, tree, treehouse, telegraph pole, fence post, garden wall, side of a dock, anywhere the customer wants it, if safe and secure to do so

most caravan sites have 'deals' with local installers, which means they can charge the van owners inflated fees, most sites down here its about 185 quid for a freesat install with an SD box by a 'site approved installer'

i tell the customers that if site approved is better qualified than sky approved, CAI, RDI, C&G and a few others, then theyd be better off contacting argos for a refund on the install

most caravan sites though, even if you do put your own dish up, will make you remove it, as it wont have the sticker on it for the sites approved installer, i know most of the installers all over wales, so can usually put people in touich direct, without them being further stung by the actual site

pinkhelmets · 22nd November 2009, 19:24

Park Resorts wont make you remove dishes -unless other reasons of course. I have my local Park Resorts well covered, but yes if you go through office then expect to pay a bit higher than finding someone direct. Similar £180 rate here, but if you go through office then only book for dish install, dont mention the second tv's etc, because you can arrange extras with the installer yourself.

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Jooooles DW Guru ++ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Look At the brain on Brett ! Posts: 4,948 Thanks: 141 Thanked 62 Times in 56 Posts	Re: Free Sat in Caravan NORTHEAST job ? MMMMM thing is dont I need to know where to point the dish ? second this is I dont want to touch the caravan with anything screws bolts etc so I dont know where to start. Can I just buy a nice long scaffolding bar and cement it in a block and attach the dish to that ?? I think I need a hand to be honest there is a ariel attached all ready on the roof so there might be some solid points up there to bolt a dish on ? Id rather pay someone to do a neat and tidy job __________________ *And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.*

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neorage DW Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Romford.. Posts: 2,519 Thanks: 2 Thanked 113 Times in 85 Posts	Re: Free Sat in Caravan NORTHEAST job ? is there any other dishes on site .. get a general idea then get a cheap sat beeper to align up.. or sat finder for better accuracy.. if you have the ariel pole.. do what i did, take it off the van. attach it to a solid fence post and attach the dish to that.. if i were up your way woulda gave you a hand for a drink.. tho it looks daunting, easy enough to do your self __________________ The Search Button is your friend. Use it SKY+HD, DM500, DW2.1n - Crappy Slow PC - XBL: DJMC DANGER

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pinkhelmets Satellite Moderator + Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: essex colchester-ipswich Posts: 4,953 Thanks: 180 Thanked 260 Times in 117 Posts	Re: Free Sat in Caravan NORTHEAST job ? Freesat wont install on caravan camps in my area, same as sky wont either. Keeps me busy locally but I am surprised if comet/argos/etc accept freesat orders in your area dude for caravans? Park Resorts site office will have details of the local private installer that they use, if you really get stuck BHL. But i would go with suggestions to do yourself. __________________ ¦:- even kamikaze pilots wear helmets -:¦ Pinkhelmet™___

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pinkhelmets Satellite Moderator + Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: essex colchester-ipswich Posts: 4,953 Thanks: 180 Thanked 260 Times in 117 Posts	Re: Free Sat in Caravan NORTHEAST job ? Park Resorts wont make you remove dishes -unless other reasons of course. I have my local Park Resorts well covered, but yes if you go through office then expect to pay a bit higher than finding someone direct. Similar £180 rate here, but if you go through office then only book for dish install, dont mention the second tv's etc, because you can arrange extras with the installer yourself. __________________ ¦:- even kamikaze pilots wear helmets -:¦ Pinkhelmet™___

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