Here is one of the best-value decisions you can make while building: run the camera wiring before the walls close, even if you are not ready to buy cameras yet. The cable is cheap. The labor during rough-in is minimal. And it turns a future camera install from a messy retrofit into a simple plug-in job.

Zaxx Tech Solutions handles camera prewiring during new construction across the New River Valley.

The Cost Math Is Simple

During rough-in, running a CAT6 cable to a camera location is quick — the walls are open and it is a clean, straight run. After drywall, that same cable means fishing walls, cutting access holes, and patching. The retrofit routinely costs several times more per camera. Prewiring now is the difference between a small line item today and an expensive project later.

What Camera Prewiring Involves

We run CAT6 cabling to the spots that matter for coverage:

Eaves and soffits at the corners of the home for wide exterior coverage
Front entry and doorbell location
Back and side doors
Driveway and garage approaches
A home run back to a central panel where the recorder will live

We leave the cabling neatly terminated and labeled, ready for cameras whenever you are.

Why PoE and CAT6

Running CAT6 means your future cameras can be PoE (Power over Ethernet) — one cable delivers both power and video. That is the most reliable way to run cameras: no batteries, no dependence on WiFi, and footage that records through storms. By prewiring with CAT6 now, you keep every option open later.

Add Cameras On Your Timeline

Once the wiring is in, you can install a full camera system whenever it fits your budget — at move-in, a year later, or in stages. The expensive, disruptive part is already done. We come back, mount the cameras, connect the recorder, and set up remote viewing.