Additional TV Points & Multi-Room TV in Stockport

If you've moved the sofa, set up a bedroom TV, or finished a loft conversion, you may simply need another aerial-fed socket rather than a long trailing flylead. If you want terrestrial TV in three or four rooms, we can distribute the aerial signal to dedicated outlets and test each branch. Satellite and Sky setups use different architectures, so we check the equipment in the property before deciding what cabling each room actually needs.

If the real requirement is to make an HDMI source — such as one Sky box, media player or CCTV recorder — available on remote or multiple screens, see our HDMI distribution and multi-room video service instead. That can use suitable Cat6, existing coax with HDMI-to-RF/DVB-T modulation, direct HDMI or central distribution hardware depending on the building.

Freeview points can normally share a suitable terrestrial aerial through passive or amplified distribution. Freesat receivers and TVs need compatible satellite feeds, and the existing dish/LNB may need checking or changing depending on the receiver and recording requirements. With Sky Q, the main Sky Q box uses the satellite feed while additional Sky Q Mini boxes normally connect to the main system over the home network rather than receiving their own dish feed. We'll identify the system first and cable the room accordingly.

Every split introduces some insertion loss, but that does not make a passive splitter a bad solution. If the aerial signal has enough quality and level at the distribution point, a correctly specified passive splitter can be the simplest and most reliable arrangement. If the measured signal will not support the required number of outlets, a suitable distribution amplifier can provide the level the system needs. Each outlet is then checked so the design is based on measurements rather than a blanket rule that every multi-room system needs an amplifier.

We check the incoming signal and the equipment you want to use, plan dedicated cable routes where appropriate, select passive or amplified distribution to suit the measured system, fit the required outlets and test the completed branches before handover.

We route cabling through the loft, behind skirting, down stud walls or under floorboards wherever the structure and access allow. Where concealed routing isn't practical, we use neat surface containment and agree the route before drilling. Everything is clipped, terminated and tidied before we leave.

Mid-renovation is the easiest time to plan this properly — we can first-fix the required terrestrial, satellite and network cabling before plastering, then return to terminate and test when the rooms are ready. For finished homes we design around the available routes and existing wiring.

Cost depends on how many rooms, what service and equipment each room needs, how much cabling needs hiding, and whether the measured terrestrial signal needs amplification. Most straightforward setups can be discussed over the phone once you describe what you want — give the office a ring on 0161 399 1757 for a fixed quotation. If you're upgrading the aerial at the same time, see TV aerial installation.