topic Re: Sky dish in Sky Q

Sky dish

Skydish4 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:11:26 GMT

Hi getting my house wrapped so don't know where to put sky dish?

Re: Sky dish

Daniel0210 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:17:46 GMT

@Skydish4 wrote:

Hi getting my house wrapped so don't know where to put sky dish?

@Skydish4

Not sure what you mean? Do you have Sky Q or Sky+ and I'll move your post to the correct board.

Re: Sky dish

Skydish4 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:32:43 GMT

Sky Q but it's outside the house ?

Re: Sky dish

Daniel0210 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:38:40 GMT

@Skydish4

I've moved your post to the Sky Q board.

So, if I understand your post, you're having exterior work done and you need to have the dish removed. Is this correct and how long will the dish be unconnected?

Re: Sky dish

TimmyBGood — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 20:40:08 GMT

@Skydish4 wrote:

Hi getting my house wrapped so don't know where to put sky dish?

That's essentially impossible without specialist expertise and equipment. You could choose to employ a local independent installer (at your own expense) to relocate the dish, but note that scaffolding really isn't ideal for mounting, particularly if it's in use for other work and so likely to vibrate or go out of alignment.

Sky themselves won't provide assistance.

Re: Sky dish

TimmyBGood — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:10:34 GMT

@Skydish4

If you are referring to external insulation, it's your responsibility to take the dish down or employ someone to do so. Sky may be prepared to re-mount it, but typically don't like drilling into cladding (and could choose to make this a chargeable call-out as the dish was voluntarily removed)

Re: Sky dish

Skydish4 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:34:36 GMT

That's correct about 3 days

Re: Sky dish

TimmyBGood — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:52:55 GMT

@Skydish4

For that length of time Q might continue to function for on-demand purposes without a satellite signal: obviously live broadcast reception isn't possible if the dish is obscured. Temporary relocation is going to be expensive.

Re: Sky dish

BenJoBanjo — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:31:33 GMT

@ELAINEJWADDY wrote:

Unable to get sirten channel suspect sky dish out of alignment following severe weather conditions

If you have Sky+ then you'll need to pay for an independent satellite engineer to attend and check your dish alignment. [Removed]

The alternative is to arrange a switch to Sky Q which will involve a Sky engineer visit to change the LNB on the dish and check alignment.

Moderator notes: Removed incorrect information