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CCTV Installation Ellenbrook
A lot of new builds here. If your house is at frame stage, this is the conversation to have now rather than after handover.
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Tell us where you are and what you need. We inspect the property, then put the quote in writing before any work begins.
Local notes
What Matters in Ellenbrook
The things about Ellenbrook that change where a camera goes, or how the cable gets to it.
- Pick positions before lock up
- Standing in the frame it is obvious where the driveway, front entry, side gates and alfresco cameras want to be. Decisions are cheap at this stage.
- Cable goes in with the walls open
- Every run is pulled, labelled at both ends and left coiled at each position. No roof crawl, no drilling into finished eaves.
- A spot set aside for the recorder
- Near a power point and near where the modem will sit, with air around it. Usually a study nook, a linen cupboard or the garage.
- The house gets finished around it
- Linings, paint and handover all happen with the cable already sitting in the wall.
- Hard positions get locked first
- Anything upstairs, or under a main roof with no eave over it, is far harder to cable once the linings are up.
- A doorbell cable at the same time
- Running one to the front door while the wall is open costs almost nothing, and it means a wired doorbell is an option later instead of a battery one.
What changes the job
What Changes the Job at Your Address
This is the easy one here. Most homes are new enough that there is nothing in the walls yet, so we plan the cable rather than test it.
- How many levels
- A single storey runs through one roof space. A second storey means the ground floor cameras take a wall cavity or a short hidden run outside.
- What the roof is
- Tile lifts and gives us a way in. A low pitch steel roof leaves very little crawl space, so the route has to change.
- Where the recorder can live
- It needs power, somewhere out of the heat and a path back to the router. Usually that is the garage, a cupboard or the roof space.
- Whether there is cable already
- An older system can leave usable cable in the walls. We test it rather than assume it, and reuse whatever passes.
What We Install in Ellenbrook
All of it is available here. Each one starts the same way, with an inspection of the property and a written quote before anything is touched.
CCTV InstallationA full set of cameras and a recorder fitted to your house, with the cabling hidden in the roof space.
Security Camera Upgrades and ReplacementsReplace tired cameras or a dead recorder, keeping whatever part of the old system is still worth using.
CCTV Repairs and Fault FindingCameras dropping out, a recorder that has stopped recording, or an app that no longer connects, traced and fixed.
Video Doorbells and IntercomsSee and talk to whoever is at your door or front gate, from inside the house or your phone.
Alarm SystemsA house alarm fitted on its own or wired in with your cameras, so an alert comes with a picture.
Remote Viewing and Phone App SetupYour cameras on your phone, with alerts that are worth reading and footage you can find quickly.
Before we drill
Strata, Rentals and Shared Walls
New estates come with their own rules about what goes on a facade, and rentals are common too.
- Strata and common property
- Anything fixed to a shared wall, a common roof or a lobby goes to the owners corporation first. We put the request in writing so you have something to hand over.
- Renting the place
- We ask for the owner's permission before anything is drilled. Where that is not on, we will show you what can go up without fixings.
- Shared walls and boundaries
- We aim the camera at your property, show you the frame before it is fixed, and move it if it takes in more of next door than it needs to.
Common Questions in Ellenbrook
My house is still being built. When should the cabling go in?
At frame stage, before the ceiling and wall linings close up. That is the neatest and least expensive point by a wide margin, because nobody has to crawl through a finished roof.
The cable is run, labelled and left coiled at each position, then the house gets finished around it. Cameras and the recorder can be fitted later, once you have moved in.
Do I have to buy the cameras at the same time as the cabling?
No. Cabling and fitting off are two separate jobs and they can be months apart.
Plenty of people get the cable in during the build because that window will not come again, then choose and fit the cameras once they are living in the house. The cable sits in the wall doing no harm in the meantime.
My estate home is finished. Can the cable still be hidden?
Yes, in almost every case. We get into the roof space, run above the ceiling and drop the cable through the eave or the soffit at each camera position, so nothing is visible outside except the camera.
Newer homes sometimes have builder installed conduit in the walls, which makes it easier again. We check for that before planning anything else.
Where should I leave space for the recorder?
Near a power point and near where the modem will sit, with a bit of air around it.
In these homes that is usually a study nook, a linen cupboard or the garage. Worth deciding before the linings go up rather than after.
Is a doorbell cable worth running while the walls are open?
Yes, and it is the cheapest thing on the list at that stage.
It means a wired doorbell is an option later rather than a battery one, and battery is the thing we get called back to.
The verge trees are tiny now. Should I care?
Yes, and this is the one thing new estate owners consistently miss. Those trees will not stay small.
A camera aimed past a young verge tree today can be aimed straight at a canopy in a few years, so positions get picked with that in mind.