New build wanting sky but told may not be able to have dish installed

[Els25]

Wanting to get sky Q but I'm in a new build, loft isn't boarded out. Been told may not be able to have it fitted as loft isn't boarded out but neighbours 2 doors down have it, anyone know if this is true? Or in a new build with no boarded loft that has sky Q? Thanks! 

[Daniel0210]

@Els25 

The loft does not come into it. Sky engineers won't go into a loft but there should be no need for them to do so. 

[Els25]

Thank you, 

so I should be able to have it installed? 

[Daniel0210]

@Els25 

Some developers don't allow dishes at all which doesn't seem to apply as you say other properties already have a dish. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Els25 

The issue with lofts tends to come up where the developers have 'helpfully' installed ducting / cabling which ends up there, but a Sky installer isn't permitted by their own safe working rulebook to reach this.

[bemak187]

Coax can be left rolled up in the loft coming from tv aerial points in the house as often a loft tv aerial is seen by some builders an as "optional extra".  Sky wont use this anyway.

[Godfrey]

@Els25  If your newbuild has already had a wall mounted media plate installed in the room where you would like a Sky Q receiver to be installed, and the coaxial cables feeding that media plate presently just terminate in your unboarded loft.

Then, there is nothing to stop you employing a suitably qualified local satellite specialist to fit a suitable satellite dish, with a 'Wideband' LNB, and check if you require the media plate to be altered in order to allow the full bandwidth of 'Wideband' LNB satellite transponder signals to pass through it correctly.

Godfrey.