WiFi and network installation in Essex
Home, business and school networks across Essex, Thurrock and East London, planned with the gates, cameras and door entry we already install.
A network that reaches the whole property
A lot of the work we already do depends on a network that actually reaches the places that matter. An electric gate intercom, a camera on the driveway and a WiFi signal in the garden office all fail for the same reason: the router is in the hall, and nothing was planned beyond it.
Charged designs and installs WiFi and wired networks for homes, businesses and schools across Essex, Thurrock and East London. We are the same team that fits electric gates, CCTV and door entry, so the survey looks at the building and at the systems that will use the network, not just at a coverage map on a datasheet.
That usually means a tidy cabinet, a switch that can power the devices on it, cables to ceiling access points, and a clear plan for anything outside the main building. Mesh still has a place where a cable cannot go. It is the fallback, not the starting point.
Home, business, cabling and links outdoors
Each of these has its own page, with the detail of how we survey, design and quote the work.
Home WiFi and networks
Dead spots, wired access points versus mesh, garden coverage, WiFi to the gate, and a backbone for cameras and smart devices.
Business and school WiFi
Coverage surveys, guest networks, separate networks for cameras and other devices, and managed switches.
Data cabling, PoE and racks
Cat6 internal and external runs, Power over Ethernet, cabinets, patching, testing and labelling.
Outbuildings and gates
Wireless links or a cable run to a garden office, barn, annex or gate, and an honest view of which is better.
We start with the building, not a product list
A useful survey is a walk around, not a call about a particular access point. We look at where the broadband comes in, which rooms, floors and outbuildings need a signal, and where a cable can reasonably go – lofts, voids, existing ducts and, where it is justified, a short trench.
We also ask what the network has to carry. Cameras, a gate intercom and desk points have different needs from a laptop in the kitchen. If those systems are part of the job, we plan the cable routes and the power budget together, so you are not opening the same wall twice.
You get a written quote for the work we recommend, with the equipment and the cable routes explained in plain language. We agree every access point position and every visible route with you before we drill.
Wire first, then add WiFi where people actually are
The reliable pattern is straightforward. The broadband comes into a small cabinet or a tidy shelf, usually with a UPS so the network and the cameras do not drop the moment the power blips. A switch in that cabinet feeds cables out to access points and to anything that should not depend on WiFi, such as a television, a desk, a recorder or an intercom.
Access points go on the ceiling or high on a wall, on a cable of their own. That is why a wired system holds up better than a row of mesh units hopping through brick walls. Mesh, or an outdoor access point, is what we use when a cable really cannot be run. Ofcom’s own advice is that mesh can help in a larger home, but that adding too many units can make things worse.
On sites we have already looked after, that has meant external access points to cover grounds and outbuildings, not just a stronger router in the house. The same thinking applies to a long driveway or a gate: get a proper connection to the entrance, then the intercom and cameras have something to work with. See WiFi to outbuildings and gates for that choice between a cable and a wireless link.
The network that carries your cameras and door entry
Many of the networks we install use UniFi equipment, because it sits naturally beside the Protect cameras, Access control and intercoms we already fit. The UniFi hub on this site is about that range. This set of pages is about the survey, the cabling and the WiFi itself, including work that is not UniFi.
Charged is affiliated with J&G Systems, the family IT business. J&G Systems has been a UniFi support partner since UniFi came to the UK. Charged itself is not a UniFi partner. The installs we describe come from our own experience and a portfolio of UniFi work: Protect cameras, Access, intercoms including gate intercoms, and the network that joins them up.
Request a QuoteWiFi and network questions
Plain answers about surveys, wired access points, mesh, and getting a signal to a gate or garden office.
Yes. We install WiFi and networks in houses, small businesses and schools across Essex, Thurrock and East London. Home and business work is explained on their own pages, home WiFi and business and school WiFi.
It depends on the building. A mesh system is quicker to fit because the units talk to each other wirelessly, but each hop shares the signal. Wired access points each have a cable back to the switch, which is the more reliable pattern in most houses and almost all businesses. We recommend one after a survey, and we only use mesh where a cable truly cannot go.
Yes. Cameras and intercoms are best on a cable, which can also power them. Where a trench is not practical, a wireless link or an outdoor access point is the alternative. See our page on links to outbuildings and gates.
We visit the property, see where the broadband comes in, walk the rooms and outbuildings that need coverage, and look at practical cable routes through lofts, voids and ducts. We also ask what else the network needs to carry, such as cameras, door entry or a gate intercom. You then get a written quote for the work we recommend.
Every installation is priced after a survey, because the building, the cable routes and the equipment you need all change the price. There is no typical “from” figure on this page. Send us a few details and we will arrange a visit and a written quote.
Need WiFi that reaches the whole property?
Tell us about the building and what the network needs to carry. We will arrange a survey and a written quote.