I would like to mount a doorbell video camera, but my doorbell is in the mortar between very uneven limestone brick rock. I am sure someone in here has a good suggestion on how to do it.

I bought a Wyze v2 Doorbell Camera but now I don’t know how I can mount it so I figured I would ask here before I return it. The camera has to be powered by the wiring of the existing doorbell.

Here are some pictures of the current doorbell and the rock above it sticks out much more than the rock below it. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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buy some aluminum plate from the hardware store, and fashion a plate to fit the device's mounting holes. Then use any kind of standoff material in the back, and use very fine SS bolts with recessed heads (aka allen or torx heads), and screw into plastic inserts inserted into holes drilled into the brick facia. I'd recommend a cheap disposable grade twist drill bit instead of a tapcon hammer drill bit, the latter may be too aggressive for the aggregate.

Or something along those lines. Or call the manufacturer, their tech support dept prob can tell you what they recommend.

If you like doing your own stuff it should be a fun project. Without special saws and tools you should be able to pull it off with hacksaw and file, a ruler for a straight edge, some sandpaper, stuff like that.

On my previous house I wanted to mount a (wall mount) flagpole. Drilling in to mountain stone was near impossible and the chinking was not evenly spaced. In desperation I used either PL200 OR PL2000 construction adhesive. It was still mounted when we sold the house 6 years later.

I would suggest using a properly sized piece of wood and use the adhesive to mount that and screw (?) the doorbell to the wood.

3D print a block to fit the mounts for the existing button on the one side, and provide a surface for the new unit to mount to on the other?

Get a Ring video doorbell and then “no drill” mount.

https://ring.com/products/vide...o-drill-mount-bundle

Limestone is soft, you could easily smooth the area with an angle grinder and a standard wheel.

2-part epoxy putty, wire brush the loose stuff off first.

Good ideas so far to think about.

Maybe Gorilla Glue due to its expanding characteristics over a very rough and uneven surface. (It must be good for something. )

I'd say it doesn't really matter what you use the camera will be facing the wrong way. I think you can only get 40° from the angle mount you'd probably need somewhere near 70° to point it in the right direction.

Edit, just saw the Waze part, I'm unfamiliar with their angle mount options. For some reason I thought I saw RING.

I would suggest that you mount it on the doorjamb next to the door. Where that doorbell should have been mounted if the crew who built the house had even a hint of common sense. The Ring cameras use a rechargeable lithium ion battery that is pretty simple to use and has enough capacity to require charging only once a month or so.

Maybe a small 90 degree angle bracket from the box store. Throw it in a vice and make it around a 45 degree angle. It looks like one leg would fit where the existing button is and the other leg could have a piece of 1x screwed to it the size of the new doorbell. That gives you wood to mount to and a better angle.

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Originally posted by Scooter123:
I would suggest that you mount it on the doorjamb next to the door. Where that doorbell should have been mounted if the crew who built the house had even a hint of common sense. The Ring cameras use a rechargeable lithium ion battery that is pretty simple to use and has enough capacity to require charging only once a month or so.

I thought of this, but the only way would be to extend the doorbell wires and they would be exposed.

I want to go with the Wyze camera because it is 2K video and holds a micro SD card so you can store video without any subscription like Ring. I have two other pan/tilt Wyze cameras and can hold about 30 days of video with no subscription.

I’d buy this and mount it with two screws in the mortar.
Maybe us a little silicone to fill the gaps on the top and side. Would not exactly be pretty but would work and would give you a better approach view angle.
https://a.co/d/fQDhCIK

Are you sure it’s brick and not facade stone (2-3 inches think and more brittle)?

There's plenty of ways to do it but the most basic way I can think of for a professional look, assuming you have basic tools would be...

Remove old button,fix a piece of wood to the mortar joint using some tapcons (countersink wood so the screw heads are sub-flush). Use a piece of wood maybe a 1/4" smaller in dimension than the angle bracket/ camera base you plan to use. It will sit wonky but you can set the angle against the uneaven limestone with some 2 part epoxy putty... maybe 3 points of balled up putty.

Wait until it hardens and tighten the screws once more. Use type N mortar to fill all the gaps around the limestone wall and bracket/camera base leaving a finished appearance.

Probably difficult to envision but it is similar to the way we would mount pumps. It wouldn't permanently damage the existing stonework if you ever remove the camera altogether.

Costco has had the Rings systems on sale after Halloween and before Christmas,
Three years in a row now .

That would be the way to go for optimal viewing and mounting.


Keep in mind.

One neighbor has the best high speed internet available , top dollar, and his cam works awesome.

He's neighbor across the street with the same setup has the least available internet,
His cam has a two second lag time.

But he saved $54.00 per month.

Chisel and Hammer, light blows, create a flat face, people have been smoothing stone before Christ was born with hand tools...

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Limestone is soft, you could easily smooth the area with an angle grinder and a standard wheel.

I'm liking this. But not if you're not already a hands on guy with power tools and a steady hand. I'm the former but I'm not good with grinding stuff - oops, you can take it off but you can't put it on. But you may have been born w/good hand-eye skills, I wasn't.

I wouldn’t touch the stone as you don’t know what the future holds. I also wouldn’t use wood as you’ll end up having to redo it at some point in the future. I like the idea of an offset aluminum panel secured to the wall, with your camera to the panel.