Where should your security cameras go? Design it like an installer.
Type your address and design on a true-scale satellite view of your actual property, or draw a floor plan from scratch. Drop the spots you want watched, let the planner suggest cameras, and see exactly how far each one can identify a face — with walls and fences blocking views like they do in real life.
Start with your real property
Want them mounted, wired, and weather-sealed?
We install camera systems built for salt air — proper mounts, hidden wiring, coastal-rated gear, and an app setup that actually makes sense to you. Download your plan and email it to us for a quote.
(252) 686-1451Good to know
What the colored zones mean (the DORI standard)
Security pros size cameras with the DORI standard (IEC EN 62676-4), which says how much picture detail each job needs: Identify a stranger in court-usable detail takes ~76 pixels per foot, Recognize someone you already know ~38, Observe what a person is doing ~19, and merely Detect that something moved ~8. Our planner turns each camera’s resolution and lens angle into those real distances — which is why a 1080p wide-angle camera identifies faces at only ~10 ft while a 4K zoom lens can do it past 70 ft. Same math the $10k design suites use.
Inside cameras in rentals: just don’t
Airbnb banned all indoor cameras in 2024 — disclosed or not — and Vrbo’s rules are equivalent. Beyond platform rules, indoor recording of guests exposes you to serious privacy liability in NC. Outdoor cameras covering entries, parking, and pool gates: normal, expected, disclose them in the listing and you’re fine. Noise concerns inside? Privacy-safe decibel monitors (no audio recording) are the legal tool.
Salt air eats cameras — buy accordingly
Standard cameras corrode fast oceanfront: seized mounts, fogged lenses, dead connectors. Look for IP66+ housings, coat mounting hardware, seal every connector with dielectric grease, and favor stainless mounts. This is half of what “coastal install” means when we do it.
WiFi cameras need WiFi where the camera is
The #1 camera complaint — “it keeps going offline” — is almost always weak WiFi at the mounting spot, not a bad camera. Check signal at the exact spot before mounting (stand there with your phone). Far corners of big houses usually need a mesh point or an outdoor AP first, camera second.
Planned your camera layout? OBX Camera installs it — salt-air-rated hardware, clean cable runs, phones-anywhere viewing, across the Outer Banks. Or call (252) 686-1451.