Shoddy tradesmen
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What is it that makes someone care so little about doing a decent job? I mean, if you are an aerial installer, surely the outcome you are looking for is to enable people to watch the telly?
A while ago, frustrated to buggery with their grainy picture, I bought the in-laws a Humax PVR Freeview box and they duly got aerial dude round to fit a shiny new aerial. It worked fine on the major channels, but had terrible interference / breakup on some of the less major stuff.
So they called aerial dude out and he checked everything and confirmed it was all fine and must be the box.
This weekend, I lost my patience and took the faceplate off the aerial point to find that the centre wire of the co-ax was crudely twisted around the terminal, not screwed in, and the sheath wasn't attached to anything at all. 2 minutes later, everything is working perfectly.
So why couldn't the lazy f
ker do his job properly in the first place?
Yeah, I know, 4/10, not enough swearing.
A while ago, frustrated to buggery with their grainy picture, I bought the in-laws a Humax PVR Freeview box and they duly got aerial dude round to fit a shiny new aerial. It worked fine on the major channels, but had terrible interference / breakup on some of the less major stuff.
So they called aerial dude out and he checked everything and confirmed it was all fine and must be the box.
This weekend, I lost my patience and took the faceplate off the aerial point to find that the centre wire of the co-ax was crudely twisted around the terminal, not screwed in, and the sheath wasn't attached to anything at all. 2 minutes later, everything is working perfectly.
So why couldn't the lazy f
ker do his job properly in the first place? Yeah, I know, 4/10, not enough swearing.
miniman said:
This weekend, I lost my patience and took the faceplate off the aerial point to find that the centre wire of the co-ax was crudely twisted around the terminal, not screwed in, and the sheath wasn't attached to anything at all. 2 minutes later, everything is working perfectly.
Maybe he didn't even look at that and just replaced the aeriel? Sounds like the same sort of fault created on Rogue Traders last week - the installer found the fault but ignored it and still fitted a new aeriel.Because not enough people tie rogue traders up in burlap sacks, drive them out into the moors and beat them soundly with sticks, before tying them naked to a gatepost.
It's all a matter of proportional response really.
On a serious note, hope your folks get their money back off the useless tosser.
It's all a matter of proportional response really.
On a serious note, hope your folks get their money back off the useless tosser.
To do the job properly he should have replaced the aerial and meter tested the alignment of the new one, then run a NEW cable down to your TV, that would normally terminate in just the wire coming through the wall with a plug on the end, not because its a poor job but because faceplates can drop the signal quite alot. If he just used the original cable then that is a bodge on its own, its possible he did a meter test on the roof wich was ok then connected to your original dodgy cable. You will proberbly find that that poor connection was the reason they had poor reception all along.
I have always found when dealing with aerial guys is to say 'i have a poor freeview pic can you fix it for me?' instead of saying 'how much for a new aerial?'
I have always found when dealing with aerial guys is to say 'i have a poor freeview pic can you fix it for me?' instead of saying 'how much for a new aerial?'
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