New home under construction. Trying to figure out where to put security cameras. Having a difficult time because I've never used them. Also need to figure out what type (not brand) of cameras for each location, e.g., bullet vs PTZ dome. I expect that all will be PoE cameras. First project is the front porch, as shown by the circled area on the attached drawing.
The front porch is about 54' wide and 8' deep. Floor is about 4' above ground level. Ceiling is 10' high. All three French doors are 8' tall. The bottoms of the beams around the perimeter of the porch is about 9' above the porch floor. The drawing doesn't show it, but all doors will have shutters on both sides, so where it put a door bell or something like a Ring is an unanswered question. First thought is to put one wall mounted camera above the main/center door, and one camera on each end pointing towards the middle of the porch. Is that overkill, or insufficient? What type(s) of cameras?
Also, keep in mind that there will be other cameras pointing away from the house, but not sure what or where.
Comments please.
Thanks,
Ira
The front porch is about 54' wide and 8' deep. Floor is about 4' above ground level. Ceiling is 10' high. All three French doors are 8' tall. The bottoms of the beams around the perimeter of the porch is about 9' above the porch floor. The drawing doesn't show it, but all doors will have shutters on both sides, so where it put a door bell or something like a Ring is an unanswered question. First thought is to put one wall mounted camera above the main/center door, and one camera on each end pointing towards the middle of the porch. Is that overkill, or insufficient? What type(s) of cameras?
Also, keep in mind that there will be other cameras pointing away from the house, but not sure what or where.
Comments please.
Thanks,
Ira