CAI Approved Installer

City and Guilds

Mr Daniel Ford

For 40+ years, Dan Ford and his team have been installing TV and radio aerials and satellite systems, including Sky, Sky Q, Freesat and dishes for international channels.Dan&#39;s father, Roger, started the business in 1975 from his mother&#39;s home in Whitley. In 1985 he bought a shop on the Wokingham Road and ran the business from there, whilst offering DIY and technical advice from the shopfront. Dan took over the business in 1995 and recently (2015) moved their office to Headley Road in Woodley.In addition to aerial installations, their most popular services include:·               Mounting TVs on the wall and hiding the connecting cables·               Installation of high-quality CCTV systems with remote viewing from anywhere in the world·               Installation of home ethernet networks and WiFi signal improvementTheir office is situated at the rear of Addstyle UK and is open to anyone wishing to purchase DIY products, book a home visit or enquire for technical advice.They are members of the Confederation of Aerial Industries (CAI). In addition, Dan has a distinction in Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV), which is the highest recognised award in the industry.

Dan removed the old equipment and replaced it with a new high gain digital television aerial for one of our clients in London.  Looks neat and tidy now. No need for unnecessary equipment to be installed on your chimney.  ??

Removed redundant equipment. 

New TV aerial on T&K brackets recently installed by Rad. ????

New TV aerial

TV aerial installed on a chimney bracket in Sonning. 

TV aerial on chimney 

TV aerial 

New high gain digital compatible television aerial installed on a 20ft mast.  

Something a little bit different today.  Rad installed a Helium aerial which is used for Crypto currency for a customer in Woodley.

Helium aerial

New high gain digital compatible television aerial installed on a chimney bracket this morning for a customer in Bracknell.  Worked completed by Rad

Aerial installed on chimney. 

BEFORE & AFTER  The customer’s television aerial was leaning over. Dan installed a new lashing wire and chimney bracket and now the aerial is nice and secure.  Ready for any high winds that may embrace us. 

Secured television aerial. 

Digital television aerial installed on chimney. 

Digital television aerial. 

New TV aerial installed on a patio stand and secured on the flat roof with paving slabs.  Installed 

HG10 high gain digital compatible television aerial installed for the customer's outhouse. 

Aerial for outhouse. 

Installed a new high gain digital compatible television aerial on a flat roof at Crowthorne Fire Station

Aerial installed on a non-penetrating roof mount. 

New high gain digital aerial installed after the customer's aerial fell down in Storm Ciara

A before and after 

Aerial install on Non-penetrating roof mount in Sunningdale.

TV and radio aerial recently installed by Tom. 

We do love a before and after. Good reception areas like Woodley can get perfect reception through tiny aerials now. 

Starlink and TV aerial installed in Bradfield.

Small high gain digital compatible TV aerial installed in a loft space. 

TV aerial installed in a discreet location on a listed building. 

High gain digital TV aerial installed on the Apex. 

High gain TV aerial on the existing pole and bracket, and a new cable from it run to the loft in Woodley. 

Various aerial installations.

Our biggest fan has drawn us a picture of Rad and Tom (aka Superheroes).  Thank you Ariana.  We love it. 

Our biggest fan! 

Tom & Rad

????????Looks like we’ve done a good job supplying Berkshire with TV pictures because Santa has come early to Reading Aerial Services.  ???????? I must say he bears a striking resemblance to someone I know.  I just can’t put my finger on who though. ??

Santa! 

The Team

Certificate of membership

CAI Ltd - Association for Audio Visual Professionals

TV installation. 

65'' TV installed on a flat-mount bracket in the customer's den. 

TV for the den. 

Rad recently installed this customer's TV on a multi position bracket.  They now have the option of watching TV in the kitchen or dining room. 

Kitchen/dining room TV

TV wall mounted above the fireplace.  Looks nice and cosy.  Perfect for a Christmas movie night. ?????? Work completed by Dan.

Wall mounted TV above fireplace. 

Samsung Frame TV wall mounted by Dan and Tom. 

Samsung Frame TV

Rad and Tom installed 4 TVs at Fidget & Bob cafe on Tuesday.  Here are a couple they did behind the counter. ??????

Fidget & Bob cafe. 

Panasonic TV installed on a pull-out bracket. 

Wall-mounted TV

TV installation 

Dan installed this Samsung Frame TV above the fireplace.  The cables are hidden in an adjacent cupboard.  I think it looks excellent and hidden cables makes for a neat and tidy home. ????

Wall-mounted TV with cables hidden. 

TV and soundbar installed by Dan. 

Wall-mounted TV on a multi-position bracket.  Completed by Rad. 

TV installation

Wall-mounted TV 

Wall mounted TV. 

55” frame TV and sound bar installed by Dan.  The very cute pups are totally stealing the show here! ????????

55” frame TV and sound bar. 

Sky Glass TV

75'' LG TV wall mounted on one of our TV brackets.  Cables concealed in trunking.   Installed by Rad.

TV wall mounted. 

A before and after of a TV Dan installed this week.  All ready for the cosy autumn nights that are creeping in.

TV wall mounted by Dan. 

TV installed on a multi-position bracket for a customer in Wokingham.  Work completed by Rad.

TV install 

TV wall mounted in customer's summer house. 

Samsung Frame TV installed by Dan.

TV and sound bar installed by Dan for one of our regular customers in Winnersh. 

TV wall mounted by Rad for a customer in Shinfield. 

Bedroom TV wall mounted.

Bedroom TV wall mounted on a flat-bracket. 

Kitchen television installed on a multi-position bracket. 

Television beautifully installed by Rad at a student accommodation.   He is always happy when he can install a television.

Wall mounted TV.

One of three TVs that Dan installed yesterday. 

Samsung Frame TV 

Another Samsung Frame TV installed in a kitchen.  Looks like a real painting when not being used, and then turns into a 55" high definition TV at the push of a button.

TVs recently wall mounted for a new office conference room in central Reading.

LG TV installed on a Sanus pull-out bracket. 

The process of installing a Frame TV on the wall. 

Wall-mounted televisions. 

Rad was busy yesterday installing this system for a customer in Farnborough.  New high gain TV aerial, FM/DAB combined aerial and 60cm dish aligned to Astra 19.2. ??

Aerial & Satellite install 

Sky dish raised to improve the satellite signal for a customer in Crowthorne.  A common problem is surrounding trees blocking the signal.

Raised Sky dish

Dan and Tom installed these two 1.25m dishes for a customer in Wallingford. ?? ??

Dish install 

Sky dish installed neat and discreet  by Dan for a customer in Wokingham.

Sky dish.

Dan and Tom relocated the existing satellite dish to a new location so that it clears the trees for this customer in Ascot.

Relocated satellite dish. 

Sky satellite dish installed for a customer in Wallingford. 

The dish needed to be hidden from the other apartments due to planning restrictions. 

Discreet dish install. 

Satellite installations

Bird deterrents installed by Rad on a chimney in Caversham this morning.

Waterproof speakers installed for patio. 

Waterproof speakers

WiFi Extender installed.  The customer called us because they were unable to get WiFI in the garden and the annex at the bottom of the garden. 

WiFi Extender 

Installs

Dan and Rad fitted the communal satellite dish and TV aerial on a roof-mount secured with paving slabs.  A protective mat is also fitted underneath.  Neat, tidy and ready for any storm! 

Non-penetrating roof-mount. 

Dan and Tom recently installed this new communal system in Winnersh after part of the roof blew off in the storms back in February and damaged the equipment.  

Communal system 

A before and after of a communal system Dan and Rad were working on yesterday.  All that equipment crammed into a tiny cabinet!!    A new larger cabinet has been installed and the equipment put back inside. Neat, tidy and organised.  Just what we like.

Communal satellite dish installed by Dan and Rad in Woodley.

A digital aerial and satellite dish installed on a patio stand with optic fibre connections which was installed by Dan and Rad this week.

Cherry picker required to carry out the repairs on a communal satellite dish in Reading.

Working at heights

Communal work

Reading Aerial Services 

Rad recently installed a new aerial on a patio stand for this customer in Earley. ????

Digital Aerial on a Patio Stand

Did a spot of gardening to get this customers signal back. ????

Dish hidden in a bush.

No matter how often you keep clearing the greenery it will keep coming back.  Rad found a solution for this customer by relocating the aerial.  No need for a new aerial and no more losing signal.

A before and after. 

Solutions 

Cables neatly installed by Dan today.  Then by using metal trunking they are concealed and protected from the elements.

Cable protected in metal trunking. 

Rad installed a new loft television aerial and 4 television points for this customer in Woodley. 

Neat Cable Run

Cabling 

Starlink Installation.  We are really enjoying these installations. 
Starlink provides 150mb in areas where BT broadband is poor.

Starlink and TV aerial installed in Bradfield. 

300mbps from this Starlink system we’ve installed today. 

Starlink 📡 
Unlimited data, no contracts. All Starlink subscription plans include unlimited high-speed data on land with no long-term contracts or commitments.

Installed customer's Starlink antenna using a 13" chimney bracket and 2" pole. Ran the Starlink cable through the lofts, to the cupboard. 

Starlink Installs 

Storm Damaged Communal System ?? - The residents at this block of apartments in Henley lost their TV signal after the storms.  Rad has reinstalled the equipment on a non-penetrating roof mount and secured it with paving slabs.  The equipment is all placed on protective matting.  He made these residents very happy.  Good work Rad. ????

Refixed communal satellite dish and aerial in Slough.

A couple of Sky dishes and aerial that we reinstalled a couple of weeks ago in Newbury which had fallen down after the storm.

Reinstalled equipment. 

Dan and Tom have made this block of flats in Caversham happy.   They have their signal back after the storm took the aerial and dish down.    New dish and aerial installed on a new pole.  ??

Storm damaged aerial and dish. 

Spent most of January sorting out storm damaged aerials and dishes.

Storm Damage 

Reading Aerial Services Limited

Dan and Adam installed a dish upgrade to the LNB. Dish alignment checked and signals to satellite box received satisfactorily.
Job well done, thank you.

Professional installers, LNB upgrade.

Dan and Adam, came, quoted, arranged the follow up appointment, did the work, left it all neat and working. What more do you need? Reasonable price, no hassle.

Quick, efficient, reasonable!

I decided that I need an antenna to watch the upcoming World Cup - I can't stand the delays from watching online.

I looked for local companies and Reading Aerial was one of the main results. I've sent an email and quickly got a response, and booked a visit for a quote.

The quote visit was great, Rad was a delight. Kind, funny, and able to explain everything easily.

He quoted me for a satellite dish and for an aerial. I decided for the the dish because it was a bit cheaper and an easier work.

They came and installed in the next day after accepting the quote.
Job completed quickly and safely

Polite, Quick, Efficient!

Its always a delight to deal with people who know what they are doing. In this case from making the appointment to completion was informative and achieved everything. 
There was good communication prior to the visit, with the RF Engineer turning up with test equipment, knowledge and experience resulting in a speedy diagnostic and process to rectify the issues. 
From his experience with multiple brands of TV He was also able to configure for best performance. 
Issues with the Bluetooth connectivity were also resolved. 
Great advice was provided on accessing SC4 and UHD and app based services.

These people know what they are doing !!

Reading Aerial Services Ltd attended my property promptly and effected a diagnosis and solution to my reception problem. The operative who attended, was friendly and took the trouble to explain the fault and the solution. I would recommend them highly for their service.

Aerial problem?

Found this Company in Checkatrade brochure - it seemed to be as local as I could get.    I initially sent an email as I needed to know if they could actually do what I needed - i.e. re-set up my DVD player to the TV which I purchased 5 years ago and could not work out how to connect the two at the time.  Received a useful email from Dan but it was too technical for me so I enquired about a call out which he was able to arrange.  Called today, very polite and quickly sorted things out.  I can now watch the many DVDs I have accumulated when there is nothing worth watching being broadcast.

Recommended.

Average score based on 45 reviews in the last 12 months

Services offered by Reading Aerial Services Limited, working as Home Automation / Media, TV Aerials / Satellite Services

Reading Aerial Services Limited | Home Automation / Media | Reading | Checkatrade

For 40+ years, Dan Ford and his team have been installing TV and radio aerials and satellite systems, including Sky, Sky Q, Freesat and dishes for international channels.Dan&#39;s father, Roger, started the business in 1975 from his mother&#39;s home in Whitley. In 1985 he bought a shop on the Wokingham Road and ran the business from there, whilst offering DIY and technical advice from the shopfront. Dan took over the business in 1995 and recently (2015) moved their office to Headley Road in Woodley.In addition to aerial installations, their most popular services include:·               Mounting TVs on the wall and hiding the connecting cables·               Installation of high-quality CCTV systems with remote viewing from anywhere in the world·               Installation of home ethernet networks and WiFi signal improvementTheir office is situated at the rear of Addstyle UK and is open to anyone wishing to purchase DIY products, book a home visit or enquire for technical advice.They are members of the Confederation of Aerial Industries (CAI). In addition, Dan has a distinction in Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV), which is the highest recognised award in the industry.

Enjoy clear TV reception and reliable WiFi with the aerial and signal specialists from Reading Aerial Services. Based in Reading, Berkshire, we’ve been a family-run business for over 40 years.

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