<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have just moved into this house and the truth is I don't know. The survey said it's of a timber frame construction, but wouldn't there be insulation in the cavity?<br><br>I have had an aerial engineer visit who seemed helpful but didn't like the prospect of running the cable in the cavity. He suggested an amp splitter off the current feed which then goes up to the study, but then we noticed the obvious problems with the tiles...<br><br>So I guess the problem is that I don't know what's inside the walls. It's a modern house, 1980s build. In many ways, of course, such a solution would be most desirable because so long as it all goes smoothly it will be the neatest finish.<br><br>Dan<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie@gmail.com><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Monday, 21 May, 2007 8:46:09 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lack of aerial access<br><br><div>On 21/05/07, Dan Gravell <dan.gravell@talk21.com> wrote:<br><br>> I currently only have one aerial socket in the house, in the lounge. I<br>> intended to run aerial lead extensions into my study where my current<br>> backend is. The leads would run outside the house and then inside where the<br>> new wall sockets would be. Unfortunately this is turning out to be a little<br>> more difficult than thought because the upper stories of the house are<br>> covered with tiles which I do not wish to crack by drilling through them.<br><br>Do you have cavity walls? Have you considered running another aerial<br>downcable inside the wall from the aerial/booster, rather
than<br>returning back up the outside of the house? Depending on where the<br>aerial enters the property, and signal strength, you could boost the<br>signal as soon as it enters the building and then split it to both<br>locations separately. Adding an extension to the existing socket will<br>weaken the existing signal further which could be an issue if you live<br>in a marginal reception area.<br><br>I've dropped Cat5 cable like this and whilst it takes some effort,<br>it's much cleaner and adds flexibility.<br><br>-- <br>Nick<br><br>MythTV Official wiki:<br><a target="_blank" href="http://mythtv.org/wiki/">http://mythtv.org/wiki/</a><br>MythTV users list archive:<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users</a><br><br>"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing
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