Guides & Specialist Opinion
Practical guides on Ring installation, home security cameras, and smart home setup for Irish homes, plus the things we've learned over 5,000+ installs that you won't find in a brand brochure.
Specialist Opinion
From the van. The things we tell homeowners on the walkthrough, including the patterns we see that you won't read on a tech-review site.
The Eufy Video Doorbell E340, Fitted: An Irish Installer's Take
We supply and fit the Eufy Video Doorbell E340 across Dublin and Leinster. Here is what the dual camera, the local storage and the no-subscription promise actually mean once it is on your wall, and the two power situations that decide your price.
Read articleRing vs Eufy: An Irish Installer's Honest Take in 2026
We've installed thousands of both across Dublin and Leinster. Here's what we tell homeowners when they ask, including why we get asked to swap Eufy for Ring but never the other way around, and why our install price is the same either way.
Read articleWhy Your Smart Camera Keeps Dropping the Signal
Nine times out of ten it isn't the camera. It's the foil-backed insulation in your wall, or your modem sitting two rooms away behind a thermal-insulated chimney breast. What we actually find on a survey.
Read articleTapo, Eufy, Ring: Is the Cheap Option Actually Cheap?
Tapo doorbells turn up on the same shelves as Ring and Eufy at half the price. They're not always the wrong buy, but here's what we've seen come down off Irish walls after eighteen months that helps you decide.
Read articleThe Front Door Is the Easy Bit: Side Gates, Extensions and Garden Offices
Most people stop thinking about security once the doorbell is up. The break-ins we hear about don't happen at the front door, they happen at the side gate of a semi-D, the patio door on a rear extension, or the garden office with a laptop in it.
Read articleBattery or Hardwired? What Actually Works on an Irish Doorbell
Charging the doorbell every three months is most people's idea of hell. But your old 8V chime probably can't power a modern smart doorbell without help. Here's what we do on a hardwire conversion, and when battery is genuinely the right call.
Read articleBuying Guide
Honest, technical guides on what to buy and what fits an Irish home.
Smart Home Tech for an Elderly Parent in Ireland: What Actually Helps
A video doorbell, a smart speaker, easy video calls, lights that come on at night and Wi-Fi that reaches every room. What each one helps with and needs, how to keep it simple and respect your parent's privacy, and who sets it up.
Read articleWhere to Mount a Video Doorbell and Security Camera: Height and Angle
Ring and eufy both put a video doorbell 1.2 metres off the ground, and outdoor cameras 2 to 3 metres up, tilted down. Placement for the front door, driveway, back garden and side passage, wedge and corner kits, false alerts from the road, sun, rain and the Wi-Fi at the spot.
Read articleDo I Need a Ring Subscription in Ireland? Plans, Prices and What's Free (2026)
No. A Ring doorbell or camera gives you alerts, live view and two-way talk with no plan, but records nothing. What Ring Solo, Multi and Pro cost in euro, what each adds, how long video is kept, how to share it, and who needs one.
Read articleHow Much Does Ring Doorbell or Camera Installation Cost in Ireland? (2026)
What it costs to have a Ring video doorbell or floodlight camera installed in Ireland: €139 to fit your own, €329 for a doorbell supplied and fitted with a Ring Chime, bundles from €658. What pushes the price up, example quotes, and what to ask any installer.
Read articleIs My Doorbell Camera Legal in Ireland? GDPR, Neighbours and the DPC
A video doorbell or camera that sees only your own property is outside GDPR. Once it takes in the footpath, the road or a neighbour's garden, the rules change. What the Data Protection Commission says, and how to set up your camera to stay within them.
Read articleNo Doorbell Wiring? How to Fit a Video Doorbell in an Irish Home
No bell wire at the front door? You can still fit a Ring or Eufy video doorbell. The three ways to power it, how each one rings inside the house, what the makers say about charging, and what it costs.
Read articleCovering the Whole Property with Eufy: Driveway, Garden and the Bits People Forget
A doorbell covers the front door and nothing else. Here is how we cover a whole Irish property with Eufy, the Floodlight Cam, the S380 HomeBase and the three bundles we fit most, all with footage kept at home and no monthly fee.
Read articleRing Doorbell Installation Ireland: Complete 2026 Guide
Every Ring Video Doorbell model explained, wiring, weather, pricing, and whether to DIY or hire a professional installer in Ireland.
Read articleHome Security Cameras Ireland: What Actually Works in 2026
An honest buyer's guide to home security cameras for Irish homes in 2026, Ring, Nest, Eufy, Tapo compared, insurance implications, and the setups that actually work.
Read articleComparison
Side-by-side breakdowns of the brands and setups we install most.
Home Network
Wi-Fi and broadband in Irish homes: how to test it, what slows it down, and what fixes it.
Explore the Home Network hubHow to Secure Your Home Wi-Fi and Smart Devices in Ireland: A 10-Step Checklist
New router passwords, WPA3 or WPA2, WPS off, updates, a guest network, two-step login for Ring and Eufy, family access, and how to spot a call pretending to be your broadband provider. From Ireland's NCSC, the Gardaí and the makers' own guidance.
Read articleWi-Fi 6, 6E and 7 Explained: Do You Need a New Router in Ireland?
Wi-Fi 6 copes better with a busy house, Wi-Fi 6E adds the 6 GHz band and Wi-Fi 7 adds wider channels in it. What ComReg allows in Ireland, what your phone and laptop need, which routers eir, Vodafone and Sky supply, and when a new router will not help.
Read articleWhy Does My Wi-Fi Keep Dropping? Causes and Fixes for Irish Homes
Wi-Fi that cuts out for a few seconds, or drops a device off entirely, usually comes down to a weak signal, interference on a crowded band, a tired router, or the broadband line itself. The one test that tells the Wi-Fi from the line, and the fixes from free upwards.
Read articleWhat Broadband Speed Do You Actually Need in Ireland?
Less than the gigabit plans suggest. What streaming, video calls, gaming and cameras each use, how to add up a household, why upload matters more than people think, and why the Wi-Fi in your house, not the plan, usually decides what reaches the room.
Read articleWhy Is My Wi-Fi Slow in the Evening? What Changes After Tea
Broadband that flies all day and crawls at eight has two usual causes: the line slowing at peak times, and the neighbours' Wi-Fi crowding the same channels. How to tell which with one cabled test, and what fixes each.
Read articleIs Your Wi-Fi Overloaded? How Many Devices a Home Network Can Handle
A modern Irish home can have thirty or more things on the Wi-Fi. Why that slows everything down, how the band they sit on and the router you have decide it, and the fixes that add capacity, not just coverage.
Read articleHow to Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal: What Works and What's a Waste of Money
The free moves that genuinely help, the kit that works when it is the right kit, and the hacks and gadgets that do nothing. An honest Irish guide to a stronger Wi-Fi signal, measured before you spend.
Read articleApartment Wi-Fi in Ireland: Slow, Crowded and Dead Spots in Flats
A flat's Wi-Fi problems are its own: a 2.4 GHz band shared with the whole block, one small router by the door, and walls you cannot drill if you rent. What actually helps in an Irish apartment, renting included.
Read articleRural Broadband in Ireland: Your Options When There's No Fibre Yet
Fibre, fixed wireless over 4G or 5G, or satellite like Starlink: the connections a rural Irish home can actually get, how to check what is at your Eircode, and why the home network still decides what reaches each room.
Read articleHow to Run Ethernet Cable in an Existing Irish House Without Ripping Walls Apart
A cable still beats Wi-Fi for a desk, a TV or a mesh unit. The routes that avoid chasing walls, from the attic to the hot press, Cat5e, Cat6 or Cat6a, the 100 metre limit, keeping clear of mains, outdoor cable, and wall sockets or patch leads.
Read articleWhy Your Wi-Fi Is Slow Upstairs, and How to Fix It in an Irish House
Foil-backed insulation, block walls, metal, distance and a router left where the line comes in all take Wi-Fi on its way upstairs. What ComReg's tests found, 2.4 or 5 GHz, how to find the weak spot, and the fixes from free upwards.
Read articleWi-Fi in a Garden Office: Six Ways to Get a Good Connection
Wi-Fi rarely reaches a garden office or garden room on its own. Why the signal drops, the six ways to get a connection down the garden, from a mesh unit to a cable in a duct, what each involves, and how to keep video calls steady.
Read articleWorking From Home Wi-Fi: Why Teams and Zoom Calls Keep Dropping
Video calls depend on upload and a steady connection more than on download speed. What Teams and Zoom actually need, why a busy house breaks calls up, and the fixes that work in an Irish home office, from a cable to the desk to a better plan.
Read articleWi-Fi Calling in Ireland: Which Networks Support It, and How to Turn It On
Bad mobile signal at home? Wi-Fi Calling carries your calls over your broadband instead. Which Irish networks offer it, how to switch it on for iPhone and Android, what it needs from your Wi-Fi, emergency calls, and the other fixes ComReg suggests.
Read articleBroadband Speed Test in Ireland: Is It the Line or the Wi-Fi?
An eir, Virgin Media or Vodafone speed test tells you about your broadband line. A test in the room that struggles tells you about your Wi-Fi. How to run both, read the numbers, and know who to call.
Read articleHow to Test Your Wi-Fi Speed Properly, Room by Room
One Wi-Fi speed test beside the router tells you very little. Where to test instead, what download, upload and ping mean for your TV, calls and cameras, and when the results point to a fix.
Read articleMesh Wi-Fi Explained: What It Fixes, and What It Can't
A mesh system puts one Wi-Fi network in every room, if its units can talk to each other. What mesh is, why the link between the units decides everything, where the second unit should go, and when mesh is the wrong fix.
Read articleDo Powerline Adapters Work? What Decides It in an Irish House
Powerline adapters carry your broadband over the electrical wiring. Why they fly in one house and crawl in the next: the number on the box, extension leads, appliances, the route through your fuse board, and how to test it.
Read articleWi-Fi Extender, Mesh or Powerline: Which One Fixes Which Problem
Extenders, boosters, mesh systems and powerline adapters all promise Wi-Fi in every room. They fix different problems. How each one works in an Irish house, what stops it, and how to find out which yours needs.
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