In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=NickZ;80912]Finding a 1 metre plus masonary drill bit or finding an installer that will actually do the work :madd:[/quote]
Our local builders supplies merchant sells an impressive selection of long drill bits, no idea of price. When we needed to do something similar we chatted up our electrican who lent us his for a couple of hours - you could try this tack?
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=NickZ;80912]I was in Euronics yesterday and they had some amplfied indoor antennas for terrestial digital. Less then 20 Euros. :yes: Do these things work at ALL in a normal Italian home?
I just need something to tide me over while getting the dish and real antenna working. I'm just not sure which is harder. Finding a 1 metre plus masonary drill bit or finding an installer that will actually do the work :madd:[/quote]
Hi Nickz
We have a freeview dish and box if you want it, but you will have to brave enough or know someone that could come and get it down.....we download all our TV etc so we dont need it anymore......totally FOC if anyone wants it....
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=alan h;80919]Why not take the cable through a window/door frame?
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I was actually hoping to do this but there isn't much of a frame really. Plus there are storm doors in front of the other balcony doors. I think the easy way would get me into more problems. I still might do this for the wire dropped to the ground floor. Plenty of wood there to work with.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=anne2;80920]Our local builders supplies merchant sells an impressive selection of long drill bits, no idea of price. When we needed to do something similar we chatted up our electrican who lent us his for a couple of hours - you could try this tack?[/quote]
I got to say I was disappointed with the local Brico :no: There must be a better supplier but I haven't found it yet.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=deborahandricky;80923]Hi Nickz
We have a freeview dish and box if you want it, but you will have to brave enough or know someone that could come and get it down.....we download all our TV etc so we dont need it anymore......totally FOC if anyone wants it....[/quote]
The TV I'm hoping to pickup tomorrow has a built in receiver. So that part is set. If you were close enough I'd carry my ladder over :laughs:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=NickZ;80929]I got to say I was disappointed with the local Brico :no: There must be a better supplier but I haven't found it yet.[/quote]
I think rather than the local DIY type shop you need to track down where the local builders get their supplies. For one local to you - look up [url]www.paginegialleit[/url] under 'Edilizia - Materiali' putting in your comune.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Just to follow up on myself. The little antennas work just not very well. It's an okay stop gap but not much more then that.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Trouble with an antenna in the loft is that they just do not capture enough signal and sadly an amplifier tends to amplify all the interference as well as the signal.
[quote=NickZ;80912]............. I'm just not sure which is harder. Finding a 1 metre plus masonary drill bit or finding an installer that will actually do the work :madd:[/quote]
Why not take the cable through a window/door frame?
BT did this years ago when my wife lived in an old stone cottage with 2 foot thick stone walls.
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