Channel 5 interference

Hi there - Newbie alert! Hope you can offer some advice please....
I live in a block of 12 flats in Reigate, sharing the same ariel. We've always had pretty good reception until the beginning of September when C5 started broacasting from our local transmitter. Now C5 ghosts over the other 4 channels making them virtually unwatchable.
Other residents in the area do not suffer with this problem and if we use a portable ariel the problem does not show either. It happens whether or not the signal is boosted or put through a video.
C5 have washed their hands of our problem for now. A local ariel specialist has quoted £190 to sort the problem though it wasn't me who dealt with them so I don't know what's going on there.

What sort of signal splitting systems do blocks of flats normally use and is it an adjustment I can make myself? I'm fairly hand with a screwdriver!

Any thoughts or comments appreciated

Cheers

Ferg

What's Channel 5?

Goosegog, I've sent you a lengthy PM explaining what's going on & various routes you can take to rectify.

Happy reading!
TP

TP, many thanks for taking the time to construct your informative and interesting reply. Very much appreciated. I have replied

Cheers

Ferg

The United Kingdom Standard Terrestial (Switch on and theyre there) channels are:

BBC One
BBC Two
ITV1
Channel 4
Channel 5

Channel 5 is not reffering to the channel number, it IS the channel NAME!

I'd imagine Quantel is being pedantish - it's not Channel 5, it's Five!

Don't you mean Pedantic? Otherwise it's like saying Horseradic.

Lol! I think Quantel Leap is having a bit of a giggle - I'd be worried if he didn't know what Channel 5 (sorry, five) is considering he works for the channel! (sorry, five news/ITN!)

(Sorry, that wasn't quite as funny as it was in the pub the other day..)