Haldimand & Norfolk
Security Camera Installation
Most camera problems in this region are not camera problems. The camera is fine; it is four hundred feet from the nearest access point, on a property where the internet stops at the house.
We install cameras on houses, farms, shops, yards and commercial property across both counties. That includes the parts of a property that are genuinely difficult — the barn at the back of the lot, the equipment compound, the shop with a steel roof that nothing wireless gets into.
The reason we do the network side as well as the cameras is that out here the two jobs are the same job. Putting a camera somewhere useful usually means getting a signal there first, and a company that only does cameras will either refuse the location or sell you something that drops out every other day.
What the job includes
- Site walk to work out what actually needs watching, and from where
- Cameras rated for the weather they will sit in
- Local recording so the system keeps working when the internet drops
- Remote access on your phone, set up and tested before we leave
- Cable run properly and protected — not stapled along a soffit
- Coverage to outbuildings, including point-to-point links where needed
Prices for this work are on the pricing page.
Common questions
Can you put a camera on a barn that has no internet?
Yes, and it is one of the most common jobs we do. The camera needs a network connection, not an internet connection, so the fix is to get a link out to the building — usually a point-to-point wireless bridge from the house, sometimes buried cable. Once the building is on the network the cameras work the same as they would on the house.
Do the cameras stop working if my internet goes down?
Not if they are set up properly. We record locally, so footage keeps being captured whether or not the connection is up. The internet only matters for watching live or pulling footage remotely. Systems that record only to the cloud are the ones that lose everything during an outage, which is a real consideration on a rural connection.
How many cameras do I actually need?
Fewer than most quotes suggest, usually. Coverage comes from placement far more than from count — two cameras in the right positions beat five in convenient ones. On a typical rural property the useful positions are the driveway approach, the yard between house and outbuildings, and each building entrance that matters.
Do you work on farms?
Most of our work is farm and acreage property. Livestock buildings, machinery sheds, grain storage, ginseng gardens and fuel tanks are all things people want watched, and all of them are away from the house where the signal is.
Where we do this work
Across Haldimand County and Norfolk County.
Related services
- CCTV InstallationA commercial CCTV system has a different job from a residential one. It has to produce footage that is actually usable weeks later, by somebody who was not there.
- Cell Signal Booster InstallationA booster does not create signal. It takes whatever is reaching your roof and makes it usable inside — which is why where the outside antenna goes matters more than which kit you buy.
- WiFi InstallationFibre arriving at your house does not put WiFi in your shop. Those are two different problems, and the second one is the one nobody solves for you.
- Satellite Internet InstallationAnyone can put a satellite dish on the ground. The install is everything that happens after that — where it is mounted, how the cable gets inside, and how the signal reaches the rest of the property.
Tell us what needs covering
Tell us the property and what you want covered, and we will tell you what it takes.