Camera and Doorbell Removal and Reinstall for Siding, Paint or Windows
The siding crew starts Monday and there are four cameras, a doorbell and a floodlight screwed to the old siding — taken down the week before, put back on the new wall when they are done, and pointed where they were.
JMB Builders will remove and reinstall cameras for siding, painting and window jobs across the Twin Cities metro. Before the crew starts we take down the cameras, video doorbell and low-voltage lights, label and protect the cables, and seal the openings. After the work is done we remount everything on mounting blocks or new anchors, re-pull the cables through sealed penetrations, and check each device in the app. Hardwired lights go to a licensed electrician. Priced per device.
- Priced per device, takedown and remount
- Cables labeled, protected and re-pulled
- Mounting blocks set on new lap siding
- Hardwired lights reconnected by an electrician
- Licensed MN contractor BC809005
A siding crew will not take your cameras down carefully. They will unscrew them, drop them in a bucket, cut the cable that is in the way and leave it for you to sort out. Painters tape around them and paint the mount. Window installers pull the doorbell off the trim and set it on the step. The devices are cheap to replace; the wiring, the camera angles you spent a weekend setting, and the holes in the new siding are not.
We handle the devices as their own small job on either side of the bigger one. Before the crew starts, each camera, doorbell and low-voltage light comes down, the cable is labeled with where it goes and coiled inside a sealed cover or pulled back into the wall, and the old mounting holes are noted so the siding crew can flash over them. After the siding, paint or windows are done, everything goes back up: on a mounting block cut into new lap siding so the camera sits flat and sealed, on a new anchor in stucco or brick, or on the new window trim for a doorbell. Cables are re-pulled through a sealed penetration, not stuffed behind a lap.
It is also the right moment to move a camera that was in the wrong place. A camera that has been staring at the neighbor's fence can go to the corner that covers the driveway, since the wall is open and the cable is already loose. Hardwired light fixtures come down and go back up with a licensed electrician on the connections; we set the blocks and do the carpentry.
What you supply
- A photo of each side of the house showing every camera, doorbell and light that is mounted to it
- The dates the siding, painting or window crew starts and finishes, so we come the day before and the day after
- Which devices are wired and which are battery, and the app you use so we can check them after
- Any changes you want: a camera moved, one added, a doorbell relocated to the new trim
What JMB supplies
- Careful removal of each camera, doorbell and low-voltage or plug-in light, with the cables labeled and protected
- Old cable ends sealed in a weatherproof cover or pulled back inside so the crew can flash the wall
- Mounting blocks for new lap siding, or new anchors in stucco, brick or trim, sealed to the housewrap
- Cables re-pulled through a sealed penetration in the block, with a drip loop at each device
- Doorbell wiring reconnected at the low-voltage transformer wires, and the doorbell aimed at the walk
- Each device re-aimed to its old view, or the new one you asked for, and checked in the app before we leave
- Coordination with your electrician for hardwired floodlights and sconces, and photos in your job folder
How it is priced: per unit
Quoted in writing from your photos within one business day. What moves the number:
- Number of devices to take down and put back, and how many are hardwired vs. battery
- Two visits, before and after, vs. one when only the remount is needed
- New lap siding that needs mounting blocks vs. stucco, brick or trim that takes a new anchor
- Cables that have to be re-pulled through the wall vs. ones that stay in place behind a cover
- Devices being moved to a new location, which means a new cable route
- Ladder height; second-story soffit cameras take longer than a doorbell at the door
- Painting of blocks or covers is quoted as a separate line, or paint them yourself with the house
Send one photo per side of the house and the crew's start date; the quote lists each device with its takedown and remount.
How long it takes
Takedown of four cameras and a doorbell: a couple of hours the day before the crew starts. Remount on the new wall: a half day, usually the day after they finish.
How your project works
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Send photos, get a written quote
Send three photos of the space and a sentence about what you want. You get a clear, itemized quote within one business day. We only come out to measure first when the job needs a tape measure — no pressure, no games.
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Pick materials, or bring your own
We help you choose profiles and materials that fit the house and the budget, or match your existing millwork exactly — or you buy the door or trim yourself and we install it. Everything is confirmed before the crew is scheduled.
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Clean, precise installation
The crew shows up on time, protects floors and furniture, and installs with tight joints and consistent reveals. Photos of the finished work go in your job folder.
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Walkthrough and invoice
We walk the finished work with you. If anything is not right, we fix it before we call the job done. Then one invoice, paid by check or direct deposit — no card fees, no payment links.
Situations and options
Before and after a siding job
Everything comes off the old siding and the cables are protected so the crew can strip the wall. After the new siding is on we set mounting blocks, re-pull the cables through them and remount each device. The best time to move a camera to a better corner.
Before exterior painting
Cameras, doorbell and light heads come down so the painters get a clean wall and nothing gets painted over. They go back on the dry paint with fresh sealant at each mount. Battery cameras and doorbells are the quick ones here.
After window or door replacement
A doorbell on the old brickmould or a camera over the garage door header comes down for the install and goes back on the new trim, with the low-voltage doorbell wire extended when the new trim moved it.
Move a camera while the wall is open
With the siding off, a camera cable can run to a better spot at almost no extra cost. We route it through the attic or the wall to the new corner before the siding goes on, and the old hole gets flashed over.
Hardwired lights and sconces
Floodlights and porch lights on house wiring come down and go up with a licensed electrician on the connections. We set the mounting block and do the carpentry around it, and schedule the electrician for the same day as the remount.
Camera and Doorbell Removal and Reinstall for Siding, Paint or Windows: questions, answered
Should cameras come down before new siding?
Yes, before the crew arrives, and by someone who will label the cables and protect them. A siding crew pulls everything off the wall in a hurry, and a cut camera cable means a new run through the attic later. Taking the devices down the day before, sealing the cable ends and telling the crew where the old holes are lets them strip and flash the wall clean. Then the cameras go back on mounting blocks cut into the new siding.
Can you take down my Ring doorbell so the painters can work?
Yes. The doorbell comes off its bracket, the two low-voltage wires are capped and tucked, and the bracket comes off the wall so the painters have a clean surface. After the paint cures the bracket goes back on fresh sealant, the wires reconnect and the doorbell snaps on. For a battery doorbell it is even simpler. We check it rings and shows in the app before we leave.
Will the cameras go back in the same holes after siding?
Not the same holes; new siding covers them and the crew flashes over them. Each camera goes back in the same spot on a mounting block set into the new siding, with a fresh sealed hole for the cable through the block. On stucco or brick the old anchor holes are filled and the camera goes on new anchors an inch or two over. The view ends up the same; we aim each one to match its old picture in the app.
Can you move the camera to a better spot when you put it back?
Yes, and a siding job is the cheapest time to do it. With the wall open the cable can be routed to a new corner through the attic or inside the wall before the siding goes on, and the old hole disappears under the new siding. Tell us which view you actually want, the driveway, the side gate, the back door, and we put the camera where it sees that and pull the cable to it.
Do you reconnect outdoor lights too?
Low-voltage landscape lights, plug-in lights and solar lights, yes. Floodlights, porch sconces and anything on house wiring are reconnected by a licensed electrician; we take the fixture down with the electrician, set the new mounting block and the carpentry around it, and have the electrician back the day the fixtures go up. The camera and doorbell work on the same visit is ours.
Will my cameras need to be set up again in the app?
Usually not. A wired camera that goes back on the same cable, or a battery camera that goes back in range of the same Wi-Fi, reconnects on its own when it powers up. What changes is the view, and we re-aim each camera to match the old one or the new one you asked for, checking in the app on site. If a camera was moved far enough to lose Wi-Fi, we tell you before we mount it, and a wired run or a closer access point fixes it.
Recent JMB work, from our job log
59 installs recorded across 30 Twin Cities communities since Dec 2025. Window and door installs for homeowners and for the builders and dealers we sub for. Counts come straight from our job log; no customer names.
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