A signal booster may be the solution you need if you’re struggling with weak mobile signal in your home, but picking the right one depends on a number of considerations like your home’s layout, the number of floors, and your budget. Let’s take a look at everything you need to know to help you make an informed decision. Here are the 5 areas you need to take into account when you are looking at the best mobile phone signal booster for home:

1. Size and Layout of Your Home: Signal weakened through walls, so open plan areas and homes will retain signal much better.
2. Number of Floors: Signal can also get weakened or blocked traveling through floors. 
3. Which Networks Need Cover: The more networks needed, the higher the cost.
4. Budget: Depending on your needs, options can vary from basic single-room, full scale premium systems and if there is a need for remote maintenance.

The size and layout of your home is important when choosing the best mobile signal booster for home, as the internal walls will block signal. Mobile phone signal carries across open plan areas very well, but once the mobile phone signal emitting from the booster hits a wall it gets reduced drastically.

The amount of phone signal that is lost depends on the make up of the wall. For example, plasterboard without insulation is the easiest type of wall to pass through, once you add insulation, especially foil back insulation, the signal is reduced dramatically.

Solid breeze blocks also reduce the transfer of mobile signal across a home and natural stone walls  practically block it 100%. The same is true of the kitchen appliances made of steel, all of these things will drastically reduce the distance the signal will travel.

The less open plan your home is the more internal antennas you will need in order to have full coverage, internal antennas will mean extra cabling and installation costs, and are often accompanied by a larger commercial amplifier.

Self-install amplifiers are perfect for open-plan homes of up to 12 square feet, making these the best mobile phone signal booster for home. For larger spaces, consider a commercial amplifier or expect partial coverage.

Home Type	Recommended Booster	Features	Cost Range
Open-plan Bungalow	Huaptec Self-Install Booster	Covers 1 floor; simple installation	£675 – £1,175
Multi-floor (up to 150 m²)	Small Amplifier w/ 2-3 Antennas	Moderate coverage; medium cost	£3,000 – £5,000
Large Luxury Home	Digital Commercial Amplifier	Up to 8 antennas; remote monitoring	£8,000+

It is critical to understand how the amount of floors, walls and size of your home impacts the signal, as, for the most part, signal will travel from an omni-directional antenna across one floor. For this reason the signal that is sent up to floors above or down to the floors below is minimal to start with.

Once the signal hits the floor it has to penetrate the floor coating. Softwood or light laminate floors will block the signal to some extent, but hardwood floors or natural stone block signal more.

Signal traveling upwards through the ceiling may travel well across a standard old ceiling, but if the home is new there is most likely foil back insulation in the ceiling boards. This will repel the signal and reduce it as it makes its way upstairs.

The only way to overcome this is to have multiple antennas. Having one or more antennas on each floor will help ensure you have signal, this should ideally be in conjunction with a commercial grade amplifier to give coverage across the home. This option can be costly. 

All signal booster manufacturers have the ability to broadcast any one network at any time, while complying with ofcom regulations. However, when you add additional networks the quality of the equipment must increase to have noise filters and added protection so as not to interfere with the networks themselves. 

If you have a requirement for only one room, there are readily available all network solutions from Huaptec, these are the best mobile phone signal booster for home range available in the UK, and are at a lower price point than the more expensive amplifiers available. 

For a small, single-room office, including additional networks has minimal impact on costs. However, covering a larger home with multiple floors requires more advanced equipment, such as one high-capacity amplifier per network or a powerful all-network digital amplifier. While these all-network amplifiers are highly effective, they come with significantly higher costs. Generally, the more networks you need to support, the greater the overall expense will be.

If you need a budget-friendly solution then the only option is a self-install home booster. These solutions will work very well in the immediate area that the booster is located but will not be effective where you have multiple floors or a large home.

For mid-range budget, there are commercial amplifiers available, which can handle four access points to give coverage across the entire home.

If your project has a larger budget, the best mobile phone signal booster for home are digital all network boosters. These types of boosters are usually reserved for luxury homes in need of full signal.  These systems also provide the option to have remote monitoring. These digital amplifiers can have up to 12 indoor antennas, giving excellent mobile phone coverage across the entire home. 

There is no one booster that will fit all needs and be the best mobile phone booster for the home, but for each type of hope and set up, we can help you identify the best mobile home signal boosters depending on the size of your home, number of floors and the make up of the materials in the internal walls and floors.

• For open plan bungalows or where you only need the home office covered we recommend any of the Huaptec Range of self install boosters
• Where the home is over two or more floors, is under 150 square meters and requires coverage to most areas, we recommend a small powered amplifier with 2-3 antennas.
• Where a home is large, across multiple floors and must have full coverage, we recommend a commercial mobile phone amplifier with between 4 and 12 antennas.

For a home that needs to always remain in coverage and can’t afford any downtime you should consider remote maintenance access. This requires an amplifier with the ability to connect to the cloud, which the engineers at Mobile Signal Solutions will be able to dial in for remote access and programme the amplifier at any time.

This is only available in the premium commercial mobile signal boosters like the Multiboost or Celfi Quatra 4000e. For clients requiring this level of support the team at MSS can help you identify the best digital commercial amplifier for your home

For advice and a free estimate or recommendation is to contact Mobile Signal Solutions engineers who will be glad to help talk you through your options, and price points.