Home CCTV security cameras are very important safety and the most effective measure homeowner should have. If you don`t have one already, you should seriously consider having one installed. Your family and property safety should become a big concern and you cannot afford to leave your home and family unprotected.
Home CCTV cameras have many benefits. They keep away unwanted intruders, help to keep an eye on children, the elderly, and activities, and record unfortunate events to give you the peace of mind you need. However, to enjoy these benefits you have to first ensure that your security cameras are installed in the right places to get the most out of them.
Let us explore the best places in your house where you should install CCTV cameras;
Outdoor home CCTV security cameras positions
Front Door
People, whether invited or uninvited, enter your house through the front door. Therefore you must install a camera on the front door. You should place it in a strategic position so you can see who is coming into the house and what someone is carrying out of the house.
Back and Side Doors
All the entry points to your house should be covered by a security camera. So, if your house has a back door ensure that you have a CCTV camera installed so like the front door you can see who tries to enter the house. If there is a break-in or an attempted break-in through the back door, your back door camera’s footage can be of big help.
Yard
If your house has a front yard or backyard you need a CCTV camera to capture trespassers and monitor activities around the house such as children playing and items left outside around the yard such as vehicles, bicycles, and generators.
Rear and Side Windows
Now that you have CCTV cameras covering your front and back doors an intruder will try to break into the house through the windows. So, a CCTV camera covering the back and side windows will help you keep a watch and deter such an unfortunate event from happening.
Outdoor home CCTV security cameras positions
The Main Staircase
If your house has multiple levels, install a CCTV camera at the top of the staircase. Place it in a spot on top of the staircase at a correct angle from where it can cover the hallway and a large part of the lower level of the stairs. You can get footage of the hall and even a few room entrances.
The Hallway
If your house doesn’t have a higher floor and consequently a staircase, install a CCTV camera at the end of the hallway or close to the ceiling of the living room. This way you see who goes in and comes out of all the rooms including the kitchen and laundry room.
The Children’s Room
Work with your architect and installer to determine how technology will fit and be incorporated into the main layout of your home, work, or commercial space.
Determine the goal of the project
The professional installer and your architecture can only help you implement your goal. You will first need to know the kind of systems and results you want to achieve.
The Children’s Room
If you have small kids, we recommend you fix a CCTV camera in your children’s room to keep an eye on them at all times. With this and all the other CCTV cameras in the house, you can easily monitor your children`s well-being from all corners of the house. This is particularly important if you leave your children alone, they are home-schooled or left with hired help you can monitor how your children are treated in your absence.
What else should you consider?
Wireless CCTV cameras are handy if you don’t want to do a lot of wiring and cabling, especially in a rental house. Consider hidden CCTV cameras if you don’t want normal-sized cameras, especially inside the house in the hallway and living rooms.
The CCTV cameras should be placed at a height they are not accessible so that no one can tamper with them but also not so high that they can not capture people’s faces. Install it at a height. The best placement height is 3m (10ft).
If the mounting space does not allow them and they are at an accessible height, make sure you put a protective cover around it to prevent people from tampering with the camera or being accidentally hit and damaged by someone carrying items.
Conclusion
Whereas home CCTV cameras have proved to be very important security measures you should have, wrong camera placements can render them useless. Unless your cameras arre for general video surveillance only, you should install your cameras in positions where they can record the best evidence. This article only addresses the key areas in a home. However, the number of cameras you need will depend on the size and structure of your home. Remember to cover all blind spots and make sure you do not leave crucial areas uncovered.
