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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja
Hi all,
Getting my Sky+ installed 2 weeks today, just a couple of questions, firstly - how big is the hole they drill in the wall? That sounds - well - nasty.... (I have thick sandstone walls.)
Do you think they could instead drill right through the very bottom of the window or something?
Also mentioned was a coax point, is that instead off the Analogue ariel, as in disconnect that - connect the sky instead?
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The installer put our cable through an existing hole in the wooden window frame, which I assume was there from a previous aerial (there was nothing at all on the roof when we moved in). This was good because we have a wooden house, so drilling the walls for any reason should not be undertaken lightly for fear of letting damp in, but not so good because we will eventually want the window frames replaced for double glazing ... d'oh!
The installer should come through the wall wherever you ask him, within reason. Unlike NTL they don't put a box on the inner wall, it's just straight through the wall and into the STB. If you have a coax point on the wall already you might get them to wire the cable from the dish to it but they would have to disconnect your roof aerial from that at the same time. If you really want to have a box on the wall, you had better install one yourself before he arrives. Won't be difficult to do as you won't have to wire anything up to it, just fix it to the wall ... but check to make sure he is happy to wire up to it before you go to the trouble of installing it!