Walk the property
We come out and stand at each proposed camera position. What a lens will actually see gets decided on site, in about twenty minutes.
Durban & the North Coast
CCTV in Durban. Every camera answers one question.
A face at the gate. A number plate on the driveway. A loading bay at three in the morning. We agree what each camera must capture and confirm the proposed position with you. Larger and shared layouts are drawn before anything is mounted.
Our own camera, 04:53 on a Saturday. He was over the gate and gone in under a minute — and the footage was there in the morning.
That is a Tapo C320. It can be set to trigger on people only, so a cat crossing the driveway or a branch moving in the wind does not wake you. When it does see a person it sounds its own siren and pushes a notification to your phone.
How we plan itSTEP 01 STEP 02 STEP 03
You see the coverage before we cut a wall.
Most quotes list cameras. Ours starts with a marked-up plan of your property showing what each camera will see and where the cable runs, so you can point at the gap before it becomes one.
Record the positions
The proposal names each position and the result it must deliver. On a small site, that is usually enough to review the work clearly.
Draw complex layouts
Larger, shared or difficult sites get a coverage drawing showing the viewing angles, cable routes and areas left outside the design.
CCTV services
New systems, existing systems and the gaps between.
Installation starts here on the homepage. We also repair, extend and maintain existing systems, and plan cameras for smaller businesses and shared residential schemes.
CCTV repair
CCTV repairs
CCTV repairs in Durban for failed cameras, recorder faults, lost app access, damaged cabling and systems that no longer produce usable footage.
CCTV camera additionAdd another camera
Add a camera to an existing CCTV system in Durban after checking recorder channels, compatibility, power, storage and the cable route.
CCTV upgradeCCTV upgrades
Upgrade an existing CCTV system in Durban, add cameras where capacity allows, and keep serviceable cabling or equipment where testing supports it.
CCTV maintenanceCCTV maintenance
CCTV maintenance in Durban that checks recording, footage retrieval, camera views, storage, time, power backup, housings, cables and user access.
Small-business CCTV installationSmall-business CCTV
CCTV for Durban offices, shops, workshops and smaller business premises, with coverage, retention, user access and footage retrieval agreed before installation.
Body corporate and complex CCTVComplex and body-corporate CCTV
CCTV planning for Durban complexes and body corporates, covering shared approaches, fair coverage, viewing rights, owner sign-off and system handover.
CCTV system designCCTV system design
CCTV system design in Durban with a site visit, camera purposes, proposed views, cable routes, storage planning and coverage drawings for complex sites.
From our own jobs
What actually goes wrong.
Faults we diagnosed, written up properly. No supplier wrote these for us.
Planning
What should happen during a CCTV site visit?
A useful CCTV site visit should leave you with camera purposes, proposed views, cable routes, recording assumptions and a quote you can question.
EvidenceThe day you need footage is the day you find out you don't have it
One site specified six months of recording. When a claim arrived it held two. Retention is a decision about exposure, and it drifts quietly downwards.
BuyingThe cheaper CCTV quote is usually a smaller system
When two CCTV quotes differ sharply the gap is rarely margin. It is usually fewer cameras, or a recorder that caps what the property can ever grow into.
AccessLocked out of your own CCTV system
The installer moved on and nobody has the password. It is recoverable through the manufacturer, but only with proof you physically hold the equipment.
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Where we work
Durban, the North Coast and the Highway area.
Homes, complexes, offices and small industrial sites. Estate-wide systems, access control and automation are handled by DG Technologies.
Getting started
A site visit settles most of it.
Twenty minutes on the property tells us more than an hour on the phone. The proposal records the camera purposes and positions, with a coverage drawing where the site needs one.
Questions
Common questions
- How much does CCTV installation cost in Durban?
- Roughly R1 400 per camera installed at the lower end, around R2 000 for a typical installation, and up to R3 500 where the position is difficult or the camera has to identify a face. The camera is often the cheapest part — power, cabling and Wi-Fi coverage move the number more than the device does. See what CCTV costs in Durban for the full breakdown.
- How many cameras do I actually need?
- Fewer than most quotes suggest. Cameras follow decision points — entrances, gates, the route between them — not floor area. We work out what each camera must answer, then place the minimum number that answers all of it.
- Do you work on an existing CCTV system?
- Yes. Adding to an existing system is usually limited by free channels on the recorder rather than by the camera itself, so the first thing we check is what headroom the current equipment has.
- Which areas do you cover?
- We work across Durban, Durban North, Glenashley, Umhlanga, La Lucia, Umdloti, La Mercy, Ballito, Salt Rock, Mount Edgecombe, Brettenwood Coastal Estate, Zimbali, Simbithi Eco Estate, Westville, Hillcrest and the surrounding areas of Durban and the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast.