Faversham CCTV fitting and repairs
Faversham has some of the best-kept old streets in Kent, plus creekside homes, farms and new estates. We fit cameras that respect the building and still give you a clear picture.
Established 2000. £5 million public liability insurance. Cameras fitted, upgraded and repaired across ME13.
CCTVfitted and fixed
Securing a Faversham property with CCTV
Abbey Street, Court Street and the roads off the Market Place are lined with listed timber-framed and Georgian houses. A camera fixed to one of those can need listed building consent, so we keep it small, use existing fixings or mortar joints, and run the cable inside. Often a video doorbell at the front and one discreet camera at the back is all a house there needs.
Along the creek and out towards Oare, boats, sheds and boatyards are the worry, and power can be a long way off. We fit cabled cameras where we can and solar or 4G cameras where we cannot. On the farms around Ospringe and Boughton, and on the newer estates at Lady Dane Farm, it is usually drives, gates and outbuildings that need watching.
Work out the right cameras for Faversham
Pick a place on the house and answer three short questions about it. The planner suggests the camera we would put there on a Faversham job. Build up a list and send it over for us to check, free of charge.
Back garden
Turret
Our standard home camera. The lens sits in a ball outside the main housing, which keeps infrared glare down and makes it easy to angle neatly.
Back garden
Dome
Mounted flush under a soffit or ceiling inside a toughened bubble. Vandal-resistant, and it is hard to tell which direction it points.
Back garden
Bullet
A tube-shaped camera with a narrower field of view for distance. Very visible, which is a deterrent in itself.
Back garden
Varifocal
Its adjustable lens is zoomed in during installation, so an entrance a long way off still shows a recognisable face.
Back garden
Colour night
Makes use of low ambient light to record in colour after dark, so clothing and vehicles keep their real colours.
Back garden
Number plate (ANPR)
Tuned to capture registrations as vehicles enter, in daylight and darkness, with a searchable record of plates.
Back garden
Video doorbell
Lets you see and speak to visitors from your phone. We wire ours into the bell circuit, so it never runs flat.
Back garden
PTZ
Can be steered and zoomed remotely, or set to sweep a route automatically, covering ground that would need many fixed cameras.
Back garden
360° fisheye
A single ceiling lens covers the whole room, and the software flattens the image into normal camera views.
Back garden
Solar and 4G
Powered by a small solar panel and connected over the mobile network, so no mains supply or broadband is required.
Covers the garden right back to the fence.
There is some light, so a colour night version keeps full colour after dark.
1. Where is it going?
2. What do you need to see?
3. After dark
4. Can we run a cable to it?
Cameras, doorbells and repairs in Faversham
A single doorbell, a camera over the drive or a dozen for a yard: one Faversham team surveys it, wires it and comes back if anything goes wrong.
Home CCTV in Faversham
A typical house needs cameras on its approaches: the front, the driveway, the side passage and the back. Larger plots need a few more.
What we doPositions are agreed with you on site, wiring is routed through the loft and walls, and the recorder goes in a cupboard or the loft.
Shops and business units in Faversham
Retail, offices and industrial units need identifiable faces at entrances, coverage of tills and stock, and plates captured at the gate.
What we doInterior domes, wide-angle yard cameras, ANPR on the entrance, and a recorder sized to hold several weeks.
Video doorbells in Faversham
See and speak to callers from anywhere. A wired doorbell takes its power from the bell circuit, so there is nothing to recharge.
What we doWe connect it to the existing bell wiring, adding a transformer if needed, and link it into the same app as the cameras.
Landlords and flats in Faversham
Shared entrances, stairs, bin stores and car parks in blocks, conversions and shared houses.
What we doWe cover the shared areas only, never the inside of a flat, add signs and set up who can view and export footage.
Farms and outbuildings in Faversham
Yards, barns, stables, workshops and gateways, often a long way from the house and the router.
What we doWe run cable underground or use a wireless link, and fit solar or 4G cameras where there is no power or broadband.
Repairs and upgrades in Faversham
Cameras that have gone dark, a recorder that stopped saving, a drive that is full, an app that will not connect, or grainy analogue pictures.
What we doWe repair whatever has failed, regardless of the original installer. Old analogue wiring can often carry new HD cameras, and if replacement is better value we say so.
Which camera suits which job in Faversham
All of these run back to a single recorder kept inside, in 4MP or 8MP (4K). Here are the ones we use most around Faversham and what each is best at.
Turret
Homes: doorways, paths and gardens
Our standard home camera. The lens sits in a ball outside the main housing, which keeps infrared glare down and makes it easy to angle neatly.
Bullet
Deep gardens, yards and parking areas
A tube-shaped camera with a narrower field of view for distance. Very visible, which is a deterrent in itself.
Colour night
Where there is a street lamp or porch light
Makes use of low ambient light to record in colour after dark, so clothing and vehicles keep their real colours.
Video doorbell
Front doors and individual flats
Lets you see and speak to visitors from your phone. We wire ours into the bell circuit, so it never runs flat.
PTZ
Farms, big sites and large grounds
Can be steered and zoomed remotely, or set to sweep a route automatically, covering ground that would need many fixed cameras.
Solar and 4G
Stables, moorings, allotments and building plots
Powered by a small solar panel and connected over the mobile network, so no mains supply or broadband is required.
Getting CCTV fitted in Faversham
A typical Faversham house is surveyed, wired and working on your phone within one visit.
- 01
Look at the property
You send photos on WhatsApp or an engineer visits. We decide together which areas need covering and what each camera should capture.
- 02
Fixed price
We confirm the camera positions, the recorder location and the total cost before you commit.
- 03
Installation
Wiring is hidden in lofts, walls and cupboards wherever possible, outside connections are sealed, and the recorder is kept out of sight.
- 04
Handover
We test each camera in daylight and set it for night, apply privacy zones, and install the app for everyone in the household who wants it.
Faversham CCTV repairs and upgrades
Faversham’s farms and creekside sites often run cameras on long cables or wireless links between buildings, and those links drop out when a tree grows or a mast moves. We realign or replace the link, or swap it for a buried cable. In the old town, owners of listed homes often want a failing old camera replaced with something smaller in the same place, so no new fixings are needed.
Choose the problem that sounds most like yours to read what usually causes it.
What is the system doing?
Nothing has been recorded
Usual cause
Usually a hard drive that is full and set not to overwrite, a drive that has died, or settings lost in a power cut.
What we do
We check the drive, fit a new surveillance-grade one if it has failed, switch on overwriting, and set the recorder to message your phone if it ever stops saving.
Arrange a repairNight footage looks washed out
Usual cause
The camera’s infrared is reflecting off something close by: the soffit, a wall, a cobweb, or a scuffed dome.
What we do
We clean it, change the angle or position, and where glare persists replace a dome with a turret, which handles it much better.
Arrange a repairThe image is fuzzy or soft
Usual cause
Grime or condensation on the lens, a knock that has shifted the focus, or an early analogue model with a soft picture from day one.
What we do
We clean, refocus and realign it. Older analogue systems can usually be upgraded to HD over the wiring already in place.
Arrange a repairThe doorbell keeps disconnecting
Usual cause
Poor WiFi at the front of the house, or a bell transformer that cannot deliver enough power.
What we do
We measure the signal and the supply, add a mesh point or a correctly rated transformer, and make the wiring permanent.
Arrange a repairThe recorder is beeping
Usual cause
It is warning you about something: a disk error, a camera that has dropped off, or a full drive.
What we do
We check the recorder’s log, sort out the cause, and redirect warnings to the app so you get a notification instead of a noise.
Arrange a repairI need a clip for the police or insurer
Usual cause
Recordings are replaced automatically after a few weeks, so it pays to act quickly.
What we do
We locate the incident, save it in a format police systems accept, and show you the steps for next time.
Arrange a repairHow long will your Faversham recorder keep footage?
Your footage lives on a hard drive inside the recorder. When the drive fills up, the newest recording replaces the oldest, so the system never stops. Try the buttons to see how far back a system like yours would go.
These are rough figures for H.265 recording. A busy street, or trees moving in the wind, uses more space than a quiet view, so we check the real figure on the recorder before we hand it over.
days
About a month, which suits most homes.
CCTV across Faversham and nearby
All of ME13 and the estates and villages on the edge of Faversham. These are the places our vans visit most often.
- Abbey Street
- Preston
- Davington
- Ospringe
- Boughton under Blean
- The streets off the Mall
What Faversham customers ask about cameras
Quick answers for Faversham. If yours is not here, send a WhatsApp or give us a ring.
Do I need consent for CCTV on a listed house in Faversham?
You might. Fixing a camera to a listed building can count as an alteration. We use small cameras and reversible fixings and tell you at the survey if it is worth checking with Swale council first.
Can you put a camera on a boat or shed by Faversham Creek?
Often yes. Where there is no mains power or broadband we use a solar-powered 4G camera that sends alerts to your phone.
Do you fit CCTV on farms near Faversham?
Yes. Yards, barns, fuel stores and gateways are common jobs, using long-range cameras and number plate cameras on the entrance.
The wireless link to my barn camera near Faversham keeps dropping. Can you fix it?
Yes. Usually a tree or a moved mast is blocking the line between the two units. We realign or move them, or run a buried cable instead.
Can a failed camera on my listed Faversham house be swapped like for like?
Yes. We fit a smaller modern camera on the existing fixing points and reuse the cable, so there are no new holes.
Will you fix a Faversham system we did not fit?
Yes, most of our repairs are on other installers’ work. We test each camera, cable, power supply and the drive, then give you a plain answer on whether a repair or a replacement makes more sense.
Am I allowed CCTV on my Faversham home?
Yes. A camera that only covers your own property is outside data protection rules. If it takes in a pavement or a neighbour’s garden, you take on duties for that footage, so we angle each camera carefully, black out areas that are not yours and leave you a sign for the front.
Will the Faversham cameras work on my phone?
Yes. You get the live picture, playback and a notification when the cameras spot a person or a car. We install the app on each phone in the house and check it works away from your WiFi before we go.
Quicker with a few photos
Take a few pictures of the front, the drive and the back of the property and WhatsApp them with your postcode. An engineer suggests camera positions and replies with a guide price.
WhatsApp a photoNot just cameras in Faversham
We also put up aerials and dishes, mount TVs and fix the WiFi that the cameras rely on.
TV aerials in Faversham
New aerials and extra TV points, aimed at the right transmitter.
Aerial repairs in Faversham
Lost channels and no signal, usually fixed the same day.
from £99same-day repairs
Satellite dishes in Faversham
Freesat, Sky and TV from abroad, fitted and realigned.
WiFi that reaches the cameras
Mesh points and data cable so every camera and doorbell stays online.
TV wall mounting
Watch the cameras on the TV as well as your phone.
Camera work close to Faversham
Each larger town has its own CCTV page. Questions about a bigger job? Contact the CCTV team.
Talk to a CCTV engineer
Ring the CCTV line, or WhatsApp a few photos of the outside of the property with your postcode. We suggest where the cameras should go and give you a guide price before anything is booked.
WhatsApp us- Our base
- Canterbury, since 2000
- Open
- Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm
- Where
- Every part of Kent: Thanet, the coast, Medway, Maidstone, Ashford and the Weald
- Cost
- A clear price before any work starts