CCTV installers in Folkestone
From mansion flats on the Leas to shops in the creative quarter and new homes in Hawkinge, we plan Folkestone CCTV for the sea air, and leave it working on your phone.
Sketch out your CCTV in Folkestone
Pick your property type and tap the spots that matter. The planner shows roughly how many cameras, the camera we’d usually put in each spot and the recorder it needs. Send the list to us and the survey starts from what matters to you.
Tap a number on the drawing or a button to add that camera.
CCTV installers and repair engineers in Folkestone
Folkestone has mansion flats on the Leas, shops and studios in the creative quarter, and new homes in Hawkinge. Our CCTV engineers cover entrances and bin stores for flats, doors and tills for shops, and drives and doors for homes.
Holiday lets want cameras on entrances only, with remote viewing for owners.
Folkestone CCTV covers mansion flats on the Leas, homes near the harbour and new homes in Hawkinge. Repairs often involve shared systems in flats.
The cameras we fit in Folkestone
No single camera suits every wall. Every camera is chosen for its own spot, then record them all on one recorder in your home or premises.
- Dome
- Low profile and hard to tamper with. Suits porches, ceilings, shop floors and shared hallways in blocks of flats.
- Bullet
- Obvious on purpose, which puts people off. Reaches further down a long drive, a yard or a car park.
- Varifocal
- The engineer adjusts the lens on site to frame a face at the gate or a number plate far down the drive.
- Colour night vision
- Uses a little light to record in colour after dark, so you can tell a red coat from a blue one.
Resolution runs from 4MP to 4K, matched to the job, all recorded on a network video recorder (NVR) with viewing on your phone set up as standard.
The properties we protect in Folkestone
Every camera plan begins at the gate, the path and the door, the routes a visitor or intruder would take. These are the Folkestone properties we fit cameras to most.
Blocks of flats in Folkestone
Cameras on the entrance, bin store and bike shed, with footage the managing agent can reach and residents’ windows kept out of shot.
Seafront homes and holiday lets in Folkestone
Weatherproof cameras with sealed connections for the salt air, and remote viewing for owners who are not on site.
Family homes in Folkestone
Front door, drive and side gate covered, so your mobile pings the moment anyone approaches the house, and the clip is kept for you.
Shops and businesses in Folkestone
Doors, tills and stockrooms covered, with signage and recording set up to meet data protection rules for a business.
Large houses with drives in Folkestone
Gates, long drives and outbuildings covered in colour at night, and a plate-reading camera on the way in if you want vehicles logged.
Farms, yards and rural sites in Folkestone
Yards, barns and field gates linked back to the house by buried cable or a point-to-point radio link, with night vision for ground that has no street lights.
CCTV cameras playing up in Folkestone?
We repair and upgrade systems whoever fitted them. Tap the problem to see what usually causes it in Folkestone homes and businesses.
Some cameras show a black screen
- Likely cause
- One power supply or network switch has failed and taken a group of cameras down with it.
- What our engineer does
- We test each feed, replace the failed unit and check every camera comes back.
The picture goes white or misty at night
- Likely cause
- Cobwebs or a dirty cover reflecting the infrared, or an infrared lamp that has burnt out.
- What our engineer does
- Clean, reseal or swap the camera, then check the view after dark before we leave.
Nothing was recorded when you needed it
- Likely cause
- A full or worn-out hard drive, or settings lost after a power cut.
- What our engineer does
- Fit a new drive, set recording and retention, and switch on a health alert.
An old system with grainy pictures
- Likely cause
- Analogue cameras from years ago. The cable is often still fine.
- What our engineer does
- Reuse your existing cable to fit HD cameras and a new recorder, without a full rewire.
Folkestone repairs often involve flats where the shared camera system has failed. Our engineers find the failed recorder or power supply and get every camera recording again.
Folkestone CCTV questions
Do you fit CCTV across Folkestone?
Yes, homes and businesses all over Folkestone, including Harbour and creative quarter, Cheriton, Hawkinge, Cheriton, Hawkinge and Hythe.
How many cameras does a house need?
Two to four covers most houses: the front door, the drive, any side path and the back garden. The planner above gives you a feel for your own.
Is there an app for the cameras?
There is. Before our engineer packs up, the viewing app goes onto your mobile and any family mobiles you name, and you get a quick lesson in rewinding footage and saving a clip for the police or insurer.
Do you repair CCTV in Folkestone as well as fit it?
Yes. Repairs are a big part of our Folkestone work: dead cameras, recorders that have stopped saving, night pictures gone white and apps that won’t connect. We find the failed part and fix that rather than selling you a new system.
Can my old analogue cameras be upgraded without rewiring?
Often, yes. The existing coaxial cable can usually carry modern HD pictures with the right cameras and recorder, which saves lifting floors or chasing walls.
How long is footage kept?
As long as the recorder’s storage allows, typically a few weeks for a home system. Businesses should set a fixed period and delete after it, and we set that up for you.
Book a CCTV survey or repair in Folkestone
Folkestone CCTV for houses, shops and yards, put up by our own engineers.
CCTV installers near Folkestone
Folkestone postcodes
CT19 Folkestone north, Cheriton · CT20 town centre, the Leas · CT18 Hawkinge
Nearby towns we cover
Dover, Canterbury, Sandwich, Herne Bay, Whitstable, Ramsgate