TV mounting, smart home and Wi-Fi in Newark, NJ

Newark's neighborhoods each have their own building styles. The Ironbound is lined with attached and closely spaced multi-family houses above busy restaurant and shop streets. Forest Hill, near Branch Brook Park, has large older single-family homes with plaster walls and generous rooms. Downtown, around Newark Penn Station and the arena district, apartment towers, converted lofts and offices sit side by side.

For storefronts and restaurants, the essentials are a dependable network, separate guest Wi-Fi for customers, and cameras covering the door, register, back entrance and any alley or lot. Recorders that let you view footage from your phone help when you cannot be on site, and menu or display TVs can be mounted securely out of reach. We plan cable runs around business hours so you do not lose a day of sales. Keeping the business network separate from point-of-sale equipment and customer Wi-Fi adds a layer of protection, and a small rack or wall cabinet keeps equipment away from kitchen grease and curious hands. Good lighting at entrances also helps cameras capture clear images at night.

Owners of two- and three-family houses often want each unit on its own network and cameras on shared entries, stairways and driveways. Keypad or app-controlled locks on the main door make it simple to change access when tenants move. In attached houses, we take care when mounting on shared walls and keep speakers and equipment within your unit. Video doorbells for each unit at a shared entry help tenants see who is at the door before buzzing them in, and package deliveries left in a shared hallway are easier to keep track of with a camera watching the entry.

Large older homes in Forest Hill are a different job. Thick plaster often blocks Wi-Fi between floors, so wired access points work better than plug-in extenders, and cable routes go through basements and closets rather than across woodwork. Downtown loft and apartment residents usually need concrete or brick mounting and must follow building rules on work hours. Whatever the building in Newark, the installation is planned for that structure.