I'd probably get some sort of L bracket drilled into the masonry, and bolted to a plate of aluminum at whatever angle you need it at. It will be invisible once the Ring is mounted to the plate.

I think I know what I am going to try as I really don’t want to mess with the limestone bricks. I bought a mount that can angle at any degree although the housing is larger than I want but it is supposed to make it more secure from theft.

It comes with 3M tape on the back or holes for screw mounting. I am going to see how the mounting tape works and place the mount on the flat bricks at the left side of the window. If that doesn’t work, then I will drill mount it there. I will extend the existing doorbell wires to reach where I will put it and cover the exposed wires with a plastic conduit that I will caulk in place to hold it. This way it can all be removed and a normal doorbell put back if wanted and the limestone not affected.

This is just what I am thinking, we will see. All these ideas have helped.

I now have it installed



View from the camera:

Nice job, camera has a good picture, have you tested the response time from when it acquires motion, to notification and how long before you can get on live.

Curious to know how it responds, our Ring isn't always good at getting us notification on movement. A lot of the alerts by the time it comes on line the live action is over and the delivery person is driving away.

I'd put some elbows on there (or cut the corners at 45s and glue them together) and cover it with some sort of spackle. Otherwise, good solution.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Nice job, camera has a good picture, have you tested the response time from when it acquires motion, to notification and how long before you can get on live.

Curious to know how it responds, our Ring isn't always good at getting us notification on movement. A lot of the alerts by the time it comes on line the live action is over and the delivery person is driving away.

Takes 3-5 seconds from when motion is detected to when I get alert on my phone or watch. Alert has a thumbnail image of what activated the motion. If I go into the app to go live, it is pretty instant. If I go in and want to play video that caused the motion, it takes 2-3 seconds as it is loading it from the SD card. I like these cameras because the SD card lets me record 24/7 and still get alerts on the app all for free. They do offer a subscription plan where recorded video is stored in the cloud.

I have four of this brand of camera. I also have a Ring and a full hard wired camera system to a DVR. The other two cameras I have of this brand are pan/tilt and it will follow the motion which is cool, but I have it turned off as it will follow moving trees or bushes. They do a good job for the price.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
I'd put some elbows on there (or cut the corners at 45s and glue them together) and cover it with some sort of spackle. Otherwise, good solution.

45 degree angles was the plan, but it was so freaking hot this weekend and I was in a hurry to get it done. Might spackle over it to make it look better.

The wires are petty thin, maybe bend some aluminum or copper tubing that fitsbetween the brick mortar, snake the wire behind the unit to eliminate the vertical piece

I'm happy you solved your problem.

That's a bright picture.