Snodland CCTV installation and repair
Snodland has grown fast, with new homes at Holborough Lakes alongside older terraces and village houses. We fit cameras to suit each one.
Established 2000. £5 million public liability insurance. Cameras fitted, upgraded and repaired across ME6.
CCTVfitted and fixed
What Snodland houses and shops need from CCTV
Holborough Lakes and the other new estates have modern homes with small front gardens, parking bays and back gardens. Owners mostly want a video doorbell, a camera on the car and one covering the garden. As the houses are new, we can run the cable neatly through the loft and walls with almost nothing showing outside.
In the older streets off the High Street and in Halling, homes are mostly Victorian and inter-war terraces and semis, often with an alley or track behind. A camera covering the back gate is as useful as one at the front. Around Ham Hill and Upper Halling, bigger plots with garages and workshops sometimes need a camera on each building.
Which camera goes where on a Snodland property?
Pick a place on the house and answer three short questions about it. The planner suggests the camera we would put there on a Snodland 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?
Home and business CCTV in Snodland
A single doorbell, a camera over the drive or a dozen for a yard: one Snodland team surveys it, wires it and comes back if anything goes wrong.
Home CCTV in Snodland
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 Snodland
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 Snodland
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 Snodland
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 Snodland
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 Snodland
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.
Camera types for Snodland homes and businesses
All of these run back to a single recorder kept inside, in 4MP or 8MP (4K). Here are the ones we use most around Snodland 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.
What happens when you book CCTV in Snodland
A typical Snodland 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.
Fixing CCTV in Snodland
At Holborough Lakes many homes have doorbells and WiFi cameras that were self-fitted, and they often struggle with WiFi through modern insulated walls. We fix the connection or replace them with wired cameras. In the older streets and in Halling, the common faults are a dead recorder or analogue cameras with a picture too soft to recognise anyone, which we upgrade on the existing cable.
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 repairThe app won’t show my cameras
Usual cause
Most often a replaced router, a new WiFi password, or an old app the manufacturer has withdrawn.
What we do
We put the recorder back on your network, move you onto the supported app and prove it works away from home over 4G.
Arrange a repairOne camera keeps going offline
Usual cause
Typically a damp or corroded connection outside, a tired power supply, or a cable that has been nicked.
What we do
We test the run end to end, remake joints inside weatherproof boxes, and swap the power supply or camera if either has given up.
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 repairDays of recording for your Snodland cameras
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.
Our Snodland CCTV area
All of ME6 and the estates and villages on the edge of Snodland. These are the places our vans visit most often.
- Holborough Lakes
- Halling
- Ham Hill
- Lunsford
- Upper Halling
- The High Street
Snodland CCTV questions answered
Quick answers for Snodland. If yours is not here, send a WhatsApp or give us a ring.
What CCTV suits a Holborough Lakes home?
A doorbell, a camera on the parking space and one on the garden is the usual set-up. The cable goes through the loft, so it stays neat.
Can you cover the back gate of a Snodland terrace?
Yes. A camera on the back wall aimed at the gate and path catches anyone coming in, and we mask off neighbours’ gardens.
Do you cover Halling and Upper Halling?
Yes. Both are part of our usual Snodland visits, along with Ham Hill.
My Holborough Lakes camera keeps losing WiFi. Why?
Modern insulated walls can block WiFi. We add a mesh point near the camera or run a cable to it, so it stays connected.
My old Snodland recorder has died. Do I need all new cameras?
Not always. If the cameras still work, a new compatible recorder may be enough. We test them first and tell you.
Will the Snodland 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.
How far back can I look at Snodland footage?
It depends on the number of cameras, the picture quality and the size of the drive. A typical four camera system on a 4TB drive goes back around a month. Our calculator on this page gives you a figure for your own setup.
Will you fix a Snodland 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.
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 photoOther work we do in Snodland
We also put up aerials and dishes, mount TVs and fix the WiFi that the cameras rely on.
TV aerials in Snodland
New aerials and extra TV points, aimed at the right transmitter.
Aerial repairs in Snodland
Lost channels and no signal, usually fixed the same day.
from £99same-day repairs
Satellite dishes in Snodland
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.
We also fit cameras around Snodland
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