Tivo V6 Thinking of getting a new Coax node installed - advice?

bolgerp · 02-02-2017, 11:20

Hi all

Our main coax box is in the living and there is a separate node in one of the bedrooms on the first floor. The previous owners of our house converted the loft and that is now our master bedroom. However, there's no VM coax node in the bedroom. I have been thinking whether or not to ask VM to put one in. Does anyone have any experience of this?

How good are the VM installers for this type of thing?

I'd like to keep cables/wires hidden as much as possible. I'm not sure how they would have to install the coax... does it have to run from the main one on the ground floor? Or would they run it along the outside of the house and into the master bedroom?

Does anyone know approx. what the cost would be?

All advice gratefully appreciated. I am just contemplating it at the moment... I'm not sure that we watch enough tv in the bedroom to warrant putting in a second V6 but I'd like to weight up the options.

DJSADERS · 02-02-2017, 17:21

It would cost £99, the installer isn't allowed (and probably won't want to) go higher than the bottom of the first floor window.

bolgerp · 03-02-2017, 15:18

Cheers for the info.... so would probably need to be an internal installation then... maybe I'll just stick to on demand/internet for the bedroom!

Ed92uk · 04-02-2017, 17:53

I have recently had new wires into my bedroom... the top floor of a three story house. So not sure if that first floor rule still applies?

Paddy63 · 05-02-2017, 15:08

The biggest problem with loft conversions is getting the cable into the room. Most of them don't seem to have direct access to an outside wall. If you do have direct access to an outside wall we will drill out and drop the cable to the ground that way and tack it at the first floor level.

bolgerp · 07-02-2017, 08:54

Thanks for the info, Paddy... so, if no access to an outside wall, I assume you would run everything indoors then? Do you try to run things under carpets/through floors if possible?

DJSADERS · 07-02-2017, 09:04

I was going to suggest what Paddy said.... but it leaves the hole unsealed...

All installers will run the cable surface mounted (stapled / tacked to skirting / door frames) if you lift carpets and drill holes in the floors then you can do this but it's your responsibility (installers are not insured to do this / nor are they trained to do this)...