Kent county service

Kent's independent aerial & satellite installers

Four transmitters, 24 towns, one county-wide team. We meter the signal at your roofline and specify what genuinely works where you live.

  • 4.9 on Google
  • All ME, CT, TN & DA postcodes
  • Domestic & commercial
  • 12-month workmanship guarantee
Kent countryside and market town rooftops served by Maidstone Aerials

Since 1998

Working in Kent

County-wide authority

Kent is the hardest county in the South East to get television right

Few counties combine so many awkward conditions: an exposed estuary and coastline that corrodes fittings, a heavily wooded Weald that swallows UHF signal every summer, dense heritage streets where dishes and aerials must stay discreet, and a belt of foil-insulated new builds that block both broadcast signal and WiFi.

Add four competing transmitters and it becomes obvious why so many Kent households have had two or three aerials fitted in a decade. Getting it right the first time is a measurement job, not a guessing job.

We cover the full stack — aerials, satellite, Freeview, Freesat, communal systems, CCTV, WiFi and home cinema — so whatever the underlying cause, one visit resolves it.

The four transmitters

Which mast should your aerial actually face?

Bluebell Hill

Maidstone, Medway towns, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Sheppey

The county's workhorse transmitter. Strong across mid-Kent, but the Loose and Medway valleys create shadow pockets that need extra mast height rather than more gain.

Dover

Canterbury, Thanet, Deal, Folkestone, Hythe

High power and wide reach across east Kent. Homes close to the mast often receive too much signal and need attenuation, not a booster.

Heathfield

Tenterden, Tunbridge Wells, the High Weald

Serves the wooded Weald where Bluebell Hill struggles. Summer leaf growth is the classic cause of seasonal pixelation here.

Crystal Palace

Sevenoaks, Westerham, Dartford, Gravesend

West Kent frequently receives London's main transmitter more cleanly than any Kent mast. We meter both before committing.

Full service list

Everything we install across Kent

Digital TV aerials

New aerials, upgrades and repairs — aligned on a professional meter to Bluebell Hill, Dover, Heathfield or Crystal Palace depending on what actually reaches your roof.

Satellite & Sky

New dishes, replacements, realignment and multi-room feeds — installed by independent engineers who work to satellite-installer standards, not a rushed subcontract schedule.

Freeview

Missing channels, pixelation, or a fresh Freeview install — we find the real cause with a signal meter rather than telling you to retune again and hope.

Freesat

Where trees, valleys or a blocked transmitter path ruin Freeview, Freesat delivers 170+ subscription-free channels straight from satellite. Installed, aligned and tested in one visit.

TV wall mounting

Level, secure and tidy. We mount on brick, block, stud, plasterboard and chimney breasts, then conceal every cable so nothing hangs down the wall.

WiFi & networks

Blackspots, dropouts and dead garden offices fixed properly with a surveyed mesh or hardwired access-point network, not another plug-in extender that halves your speed.

Audio visual

Projectors, surround sound, multi-room audio and tidy AV racks — designed for the room you actually have and set up so the whole family can use it.

CCTV & security

4K cameras, reliable night vision, secure recording and live viewing on your phone — surveyed, installed and configured properly, with the footage that actually stands up when it matters.

Communal & commercial

Design, installation and maintenance of communal TV distribution for flats, HMOs, care homes, hotels and student accommodation — one head end, every flat metered and signed off.

Aerial repair

Storm damage, snapped masts, water in the downlead or pixelating channels — we diagnose the real fault on a meter rather than selling you an aerial you may not need.

Extra TV points

New sockets in bedrooms, kitchens, loft conversions and garden rooms — fed properly through an amplified splitter so every room keeps full picture quality.

Listed & conservation

Kent has thousands of listed properties and dozens of conservation areas. We install signal solutions that keep planners, and your neighbours, happy.

Sky installation

Independent engineers for new dishes, relocations, multi-room and mini boxes — usually faster than waiting for a Sky appointment slot.

Starlink

Farms, oast conversions and Weald properties with no usable broadband — mounted properly, sealed properly, and positioned for a genuinely clear field of view.

Home cinema

Dedicated cinema rooms and living-room systems — designed around the room, cabled out of sight and calibrated so it actually sounds like it should.

Signal problems

Pixelation, missing channels, 'no signal' messages and picture break-up in bad weather — traced to the real cause with a professional spectrum meter.

Mesh WiFi

Ragstone walls, extensions and long Kent cottages defeat a single router. We survey the property and install wired-backhaul mesh that actually holds up.

Business networks

Offices, pubs, hotels, care homes, schools and warehouses — designed, cabled, certified and documented, with guest and staff networks kept properly separate.

Towns we serve

Local engineers, county-wide cover

  • Maidstone
  • Aylesford
  • Chatham
  • Rochester
  • Gillingham
  • Rainham
  • Sittingbourne
  • Faversham
  • Sheerness
  • Ashford
  • Canterbury
  • Margate
  • Ramsgate
  • Broadstairs
  • Dover
  • Deal
  • Folkestone
  • Hythe
  • Tenterden
  • Tonbridge
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Sevenoaks
  • Dartford
  • Gravesend
  • Westerham
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Questions

About working with us

Are you a national franchise?

No. We are an independent Kent business established in 1998, with our own engineers and our own vans — you deal with the people who do the work.

Which parts of Kent do you cover?

All of it: every ME, CT, TN and DA postcode, plus the bordering Sussex and Surrey towns. There is no travel surcharge anywhere in the county.

Do you guarantee your installations?

Yes — every installation carries our 12-month workmanship guarantee, and we are fully insured for domestic and commercial work.

Can you handle commercial and communal work?

Yes. We install and maintain communal IRS and MATV systems for flats, HMOs, care homes and hotels across Kent, with full RAMS and documentation.

Talk to a Kent engineer today

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