Maidstone CCTV installers and repairs
Maidstone is the county town and the biggest place we cover. We fit and repair CCTV for every kind of home and business, from Bearsted to the industrial estates.
Established 2000. £5 million public liability insurance. Cameras fitted, upgraded and repaired across ME14 to ME16.
CCTVfitted and fixed
Securing a Maidstone property with CCTV
Bearsted, Loose and Barming have bigger detached houses with long drives, garages and gardens backing onto fields or woodland. Those plots need more cameras and longer lenses to see to the boundary. In Allington, Penenden Heath and Shepway the homes are mainly semis and terraces, where a doorbell, a drive camera and one at the back cover nearly every way in.
In the town centre, many people live in flats above shops or in converted offices, and the shared doors and bike stores need covering. On Parkwood and the other industrial estates, units want cameras on the yard, the gates and the loading doors, often with number plate recognition. We also take on systems fitted by other companies that have stopped working properly.
Work out the right cameras for Maidstone
Pick a place on the house and answer three short questions about it. The planner suggests the camera we would put there on a Maidstone 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 Maidstone
A single doorbell, a camera over the drive or a dozen for a yard: one Maidstone team surveys it, wires it and comes back if anything goes wrong.
Home CCTV in Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
All of these run back to a single recorder kept inside, in 4MP or 8MP (4K). Here are the ones we use most around Maidstone 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 Maidstone
A typical Maidstone 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.
Maidstone CCTV repairs and upgrades
Being the biggest town we cover, Maidstone gives us every kind of repair. In Bearsted and Loose it is often long cable runs to cameras on garages and gates that have been damaged by digging or rodents. In the town centre it is shared-entrance systems where nobody has the login, and on Parkwood it is yard cameras and recorders that have failed. We carry the common parts, so most repairs are done on the first visit.
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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone and nearby
All of ME14 to ME16 and the estates and villages on the edge of Maidstone. These are the places our vans visit most often.
- Bearsted
- Allington
- Loose
- Barming
- Penenden Heath
- Shepway
What Maidstone customers ask about cameras
Quick answers for Maidstone. If yours is not here, send a WhatsApp or give us a ring.
Can you cover a big Bearsted garden backing onto fields?
Yes. We use long-lens cameras for the far boundary and infrared or colour night cameras so you still see clearly after dark.
Do you install CCTV on Parkwood industrial estate?
Yes. Yard and gate cameras, number plate cameras and long recording times are our usual set-up for units there.
Will you repair a Maidstone system another company fitted?
Yes. Most of our repairs are on systems we did not install. We find the fault and tell you plainly whether it is worth fixing.
The camera on my Bearsted garage has stopped. Could it be the cable?
Quite possibly. Long runs to outbuildings are often damaged by digging or rodents. We test the run, replace the damaged length in ducting and get it working.
Do you carry parts for CCTV repairs in Maidstone?
Yes. Cameras, hard drives, power supplies and connectors are on the van, so most repairs are finished on the first visit.
Will you fix a Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone
We also put up aerials and dishes, mount TVs and fix the WiFi that the cameras rely on.
TV aerials in Maidstone
New aerials and extra TV points, aimed at the right transmitter.
Aerial repairs in Maidstone
Lost channels and no signal, usually fixed the same day.
from £99same-day repairs
Satellite dishes in Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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