DSTV installers for Hermanus, Onrus, Sandbaai, Vermont and the Overstrand. Salt-proof installs for holiday homes, retirement homes and houses facing the sea.
23 suburbs and estates in and around Hermanus
Hermanus is a town of holiday homes, retirement homes and estates, and most of them face the sea or the wind. We install and repair DSTV from Westcliff, Eastcliff and Northcliff through Voëlklip, Vermont, Onrus and Sandbaai, and up into Fernkloof and the Hemel-en-Aarde valley. Every install uses galvanised or stainless brackets and weatherproof connectors, because salt air corrodes standard fittings. Call or WhatsApp 081 232 2249 with your suburb and a photo of the roof. If you let your house, see communal and business DSTV for holiday lets.
Every DSTV job we do, done the way Hermanus homes need it.
Houses in Voëlklip, Vermont, Onrus and Sandbaai are close to the water, and salt carried on the wind lands on every exposed metal part. Plain zinc-plated brackets rust and nickel connectors turn green. We use galvanised or stainless brackets, compression F-connectors with weatherproof boots and UV-stable RG6 cable. The wind is also a factor. Summer is dominated by strong south-easterlies and winter by north-westerly storms, so a dish here has to be braced against wind from both directions.
Hermanus has been a popular retirement town for years, and a lot of homes are second homes. Retirees usually want a setup that is simple, so we leave the decoder working, show you the remote and explain recording. Owners who live elsewhere often only find out the DSTV is down when they arrive. If you are away, WhatsApp us photos of the fault and arrange a keyholder, and we can fix it before you come down.
Rental houses fill up during whale season and the December holidays, and a house with no TV draws complaints. Book a check before the busy months. Owners with several units can look at a communal DSTV system. Hillside homes in Fernkloof and Berghof catch the wind. In the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, outbuildings and cottages may be far from the main house, and each often needs its own dish.
The calls we get most often here, and what the fix usually involves.
Often the dish is fine and the fault is at the connector. Salt and damp get into a standard connector, it corrodes, and water wicks into the cable. We cut back to clean cable, fit compression F-connectors with weatherproof boots, and replace any run that has water inside it. Then we test the signal from the LNB to every TV.
Owners who upgrade the decoder at a holiday home sometimes find the old LNB will not support it. The Explora Ultra needs a Smart LNB, and DStv recommends an 80cm dish with it. We check the dish size and condition, swap the LNB, weatherproof every joint and realign by meter.
Owners arrive for the December holidays and find no signal. After months without anyone around, a dish may have shifted, a bracket bolt may have rusted or a cable may have been damaged. We check the dish is square on its mast, look at the bolts for rust, inspect the cable and test the LNB, and tell you what is cheap to fix now and what will fail next.
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We work in the old town, the cliff suburbs and the beach suburbs, in the estates and the wine valley above town, and along the coast either side. If your suburb is not listed, send us a message and we will confirm.
Same team, same number. One visit can cover more than one job.
Watch your holiday home from Johannesburg or abroad on your phone. A UPS backup keeps it recording through load shedding. Call or WhatsApp for a price.
See the serviceFault finding, surge protection at the DB board and plug points for homes and holiday lets.
See the serviceSliding and swing motors with battery backup, built to cope with sea air.
See the serviceInverter splits for warm summer days and for heating on cold, wet winter nights.
See the serviceNo surprises: you get the price before we book, and before any work starts.
Most DSTV jobs in Hermanus are a single visit. The price depends on the job, your roof and the cable run, and travel to Hermanus is included in the quote we give you upfront.
Send a photo of the dish, the fault or the wall on WhatsApp and we’ll come back with a price, usually within working hours.
Yes. Salt corrodes plain steel brackets and nickel connectors, and water then gets into the cable. The dish itself usually survives, but the fittings do not. We use galvanised or stainless brackets and weatherproof compression connectors, which resist corrosion far better. If your connectors are already green, replacing them and any damaged cable is usually a short job. Call or WhatsApp 081 232 2249 for a price.
Yes, if someone can give us access, such as a keyholder, estate manager or neighbour. WhatsApp photos of the error code and the dish, and we will tell you what the job needs and what it should cost before we go out. We can message you photos of the fault and the fix. Fault finding jobs start from R450.
Yes. Onrus, Sandbaai, Vermont and Fisherhaven are part of our regular Hermanus coverage. Kleinmond, Hawston, Stanford and Gansbaai are further out, and a travel charge may apply on some jobs. We tell you the full price before we set off, so there are no surprises when we arrive.
An 80cm dish is what DStv recommends with an Explora Ultra. For coastal and fringe sites where a bit more signal margin helps, we fit 90cm dishes, which cost more than the standard size. We choose by meter reading on site, not by guess, and brace the dish against the wind either way.
DSTV installation in Hermanus starts from R450. The price then depends on whether you need a new dish and Smart LNB, the roof type, the cable run, the distance from town and whether you want Extraview. Call or WhatsApp 081 232 2249 with your suburb and a photo of the roof, and we will confirm the price before work starts.
We cover the towns around Hermanus on the same routes.
Call or WhatsApp with your area and the problem, or send a photo of the dish. You get a clear price before we start, and a technician who arrives with the parts.
Mon to Sat, 07:00 to 17:00. Emergency callouts 24/7
