Sydenham: camera placement for long boundary walls and mature trees
Sydenham is about 6 km south-east of Sandton City. In Sydenham, many properties feature long, established boundary walls, particularly along roads like Club Street and Hathorn Avenue. The main challenge for a camera system here is the combination of these long perimeters with mature trees. Branches can create moving shadows that may trigger alerts and, over time, grow to completely block a camera's view, leaving significant blind spots along an otherwise secure wall.
Our approach is to plan camera positions that look along these walls from carefully chosen angles, minimising how much garden foliage is in the way. For some of Sydenham's longer properties, this might mean using an extra camera to see past a dense tree canopy. Because these are established homes, we often find older camera systems. We can frequently upgrade these to high-definition by replacing the cameras and recorder while reusing sound, existing cabling.
If you have recently bought a home in Sydenham, it is important to change the camera system's passwords. The previous owners could still have access on their phones. Tyson can perform a full system check, reset the administrator password to give you sole control, and make sure that remote viewing is set up securely on your own devices before we leave the property.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our CCTV cameras page.
Questions from Sydenham
The house I bought in Sydenham has old cameras. Can they be upgraded?
Yes. In most established homes, if the original cabling is still in good condition, we can connect new high-definition cameras and a modern recorder. Tyson assesses the existing wiring as part of the quoting process.
A big tree in my garden now blocks the camera's view. What can be done?
This is a common issue in areas like Sydenham with mature gardens. We position cameras to get the right possible view around trees, but gardens grow. We can return to re-angle a camera or, if needed, relocate it to a better position.
Tell us what you have in Sydenham now and what is going wrong, and we will tell you plainly whether it needs a repair, an upgrade or a new CCTV camera system, then put the quote in writing.