All posts by Tom
Below are all of Tom's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Shazza.
Freesat + is the best Humax make a good range of box,s just plug in and go your sky dish will not need any adjustments at all there are some cheaper box,s look at argos they have some low cost ones
Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield.
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Robert
thank you for that well wrote information I have never been a fan of the CAI I was hoping
the RDI would take over looks like that,s not going to happen .when the DSO rush is over and all the johnny come lately,s that have infested the trade over the last few years when all the easy money jobs have gone things mite get back to normal Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield
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Anon
they run some kind of price menue or something before they do the work and you must have agreed to the price first you have just to look at the size of there ads in the yellow pages and you know somebody has to pay for it £10.000 for a full page add ive said it before here dont ring out of town 0800 numbers they charge a lot more Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield,
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Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield.
Joanna were do you live town or post code would be helpful if you are on emley moor they are doing a bit of work there but that seems to be mainly effecting analogue we have been out fitting aerials on emley moor with no problems at all reported from our engineers ,
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Tom alpha aerials sheffield
We got a call from a customer a few weeks ago when I went to the house it was a 3 story flat the roof was a real terror climb
at least 40 foot high covered in moss with a concrete yard below you get the picture. the only way to get to were the aerial was mounted was a 2 tear climb and a bum skid along the top of the roof'' I quoted £95 for the job . they said they had a cheaper quote so I left a few days latter I was passing the house and had look up at roof I just could not believe my eyes someone had fitted a B&Q special on a loft aerial bracket right at the top of the apex into the wood fascia board with white cable hanging down the roof and in through the window a real DIY job the length some people will go to save a few quid .if you look at the price of the aerials from the sheds they must have paid at least £30 for it and the price of the cabling and bracket they saved about £30 not worth risking your life for . over the last few days we have had some heavy winds around here and guess what we went pass the other day and it was hanging of the roof;
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Got a good one one for any riggers out there '
We got a call to fit a sky dish at a property in the Peake District the property was a big posh house in the country with horse stables and the lot we were shown into the front room by the owner I said can I have a look outside to see ware the dish can go please .yes OK he said and followed me outside, He said ware will the dish go ? a south facing wall I said just there I said, no no not there no way I cant possibly let you fit it there, he was getting a bit revved up about it. I said that's the best place for it to go mate. no defiantly not , it would spoil my yang, if you put it there I said your joking ? no I dont joke about things like that he said and would you kindly leave please and slamd the door behind me . Tom Fletcher
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Hi Ian had that one my self a few years ago customer said I want my sky dish fitting in the loft. I said it wont work in the loft mate ,The answer came back well my aerial works OK in the loft. Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield.
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Brian grate site you do a top job, I will try and answer a bit more to help if I can ,some of the questions are a bit vague though, dont know how you do it mate but keep it up .Tom Fletcher
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Mark
The problem is I don't know much about transmitters from other areas that I don't use, like asking me about Mendips or crystal palace or something, run of the mill TV sky and aerial faults I'm your man,maybe send questions from around my area to me or other riggers in our area, probably Brian would not like that as he is trying to lighten his work load a bit it would mean more up dating for him to do.
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Saturday 22 January 2011 9:57PM
Hi Ian
I think the CAI card is like that.
dont like to say to much about the CIA as you always get some flak from some one in the trade who thinks they are the b all and end all of the trade .just dont like the way they do
business done some contract work for a few big firms here 20,mil insurance health and safety gone mad 3 months before you get money of them holding back 5% of your money stuff that I would sooner work for percy public any time OAPs heare are not daft and its always me that seems to get doneover I think Im to soft' Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Sheffield.