CCTV camera installation in Cape Town
Coverage planned before anything is drilled, cameras specified for the light they will actually be working in, and the whole system live on your phone before we pack up.
What we do on a CCTV job
Homes, shops, offices, guesthouses and complexes. New systems, and repairs to systems somebody else left half-finished.
078 888 8102- Full CCTV system supply and installation
- Coverage planning before anything is drilled
- DVR and NVR setup and configuration
- Remote viewing configured on your phone
- IP and analogue camera systems
- Night vision and low-light camera specification
- Existing system repairs, upgrades and expansion
- Cabling re-run in trunking or conduit
What people phone us about
If one of these sounds like your week, you already know what the job is. Read what we do about it, then call.
DStv & signal
- “No signal, error E48-32”
- Nine times out of ten the dish has drifted off the satellite, or water has got into the LNB. We re-align on a signal meter and seal it so it stays put.
- “Picture freezes when the weather turns”
- That is a marginal signal that only just worked on install day. We check dish size, LNB and cable runs, then set it up with headroom for Cape weather.
- “I want a second or third TV connected”
- Extra View or an additional point off the same dish, with the cable run properly rather than draped through a window.
- “We are moving house”
- Dish taken down, remounted and re-aligned at the new address, decoder re-paired and tested on every point before we leave.
- “The dish has come loose or the bracket has rusted”
- Remounted on a sound bracket, bolted into something that will hold, cable clipped back and the entry point sealed.
CCTV & cameras
- “My cameras are offline on my phone”
- Usually a router change, an app or port setting, or a failed power supply. We find which, fix it, and test it on your handset before we pack up.
- “I cannot make out faces at night”
- Wrong camera, wrong height, or wrong angle. We re-spec the lens and infrared and re-aim it at the spot that actually matters.
- “I want to watch the gate and the driveway”
- We walk the property first and mark camera positions with you, then quote. Coverage plan before drilling, every time.
- “The recorder is full or has stopped recording”
- Storage, overwrite rules and channel settings checked and set so you keep the footage you would actually need.
- “Nothing installed yet, starting from scratch”
- Full system: cameras, recorder, cabling, power and remote viewing on your phone, planned around your property.
Not on the list? It is still probably something we fix every week.
078 888 8102How a callout runs
No mystery, no waiting all day for someone who might come.
Call or WhatsApp
Tell us the suburb and what is going wrong. A photo of the dish, the camera or the error on screen saves everyone time.
You get a price first
We work out what the job needs and tell you what it costs before anyone drives out. No surprise invoice at the door.
We fit it and prove it works
Signal checked on a meter, cameras tested on your own phone, cabling clipped and tidy. We do not leave a job half-working.
Straight answers
How many cameras do I actually need?
Fewer than most people are sold. What matters is covering the ways onto the property: the gate, the driveway, the front door and the back yard. We walk the property with you and mark the positions before quoting, so you pay for coverage rather than for a camera count.
Will I be able to watch the cameras on my phone?
Yes, and we set it up and test it on your handset before we leave rather than emailing you an app link afterwards. If your router or fibre changes later, that is usually the reason cameras drop off, and it is a quick fix.
Do the cameras work in load shedding?
Only if they are backed up. The cameras and the recorder both need power, and so does your router if you want to view them remotely. We can put the system on a small UPS so it keeps recording through a slot, and we will tell you what that adds to the quote.
Can you add to a system I already have?
Usually yes. If the existing recorder has spare channels and the cabling is sound, adding cameras is straightforward. If it is an old analogue system at the end of its life, we will say so rather than selling you cameras that will not help.
How much footage does it keep?
That depends on the hard drive, the number of cameras and the resolution. We set the recorder to keep a sensible window, normally two to four weeks, and set overwrite so it never silently stops recording when it fills up.
We cover the whole
of Cape Town
From the City Bowl out to Durbanville, down the peninsula to Simon’s Town and across to Somerset West. If you are in the metro, you are in our area.
City Bowl & Atlantic Seaboard
Sea Point · Green Point · Mouille Point · Bantry Bay · Fresnaye · Camps Bay · Clifton · Bakoven · Hout Bay · Llandudno · Gardens · Tamboerskloof · Oranjezicht · Vredehoek · Bo-Kaap · De Waterkant · Woodstock · Salt River · Observatory
Southern Suburbs
Mowbray · Rosebank · Rondebosch · Newlands · Claremont · Kenilworth · Wynberg · Plumstead · Bishopscourt · Constantia · Tokai · Bergvliet · Diep River · Pinelands · Lansdowne · Ottery · Wetton · Athlone · Southfield · Heathfield · Retreat
South Peninsula
Muizenberg · Lakeside · Marina da Gama · Kirstenhof · Steenberg · Kalk Bay · St James · Fish Hoek · Glencairn · Simon's Town · Sun Valley · Noordhoek · Kommetjie · Capri Village · Scarborough
Get eyes on the place
Tell us the property and what worries you. We will walk it, plan the coverage and price it before we start.
078 888 8102