Camera Location by Garage

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I'm looking to add two cameras to the right and left of a three car garage setup. Ideally, I would like to place these about 6 feet off the ground. There are two outdoor coach lights (drawn in red below) that pose a problem. Would you put the cameras below the coach lights (indicated by the black question mark in the photos below)?

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At our old house I had them mounted above the coach lights, worked great.

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I installed mine under the garage door header. I didn't use a junction box, but cut a slit in the weather stripping to pass it into the garage and made the connection there.

Looks great. What camera did you use for that? Are you able to get IDENTIFY info?
 
I'm looking to add two cameras to the right and left of a three car garage setup. Ideally, I would like to place these about 6 feet off the ground. There are two outdoor coach lights (drawn in red below) that pose a problem. Would you put the cameras below the coach lights (indicated by the black question mark in the photos below)?
Is the builder going to drywall the exterior garage walls? If not, it's much easier for you decide some of the details in the garage later so long as you have enough cables run with a nice coil of extra wire. I'd probably do 1 or 2 on the garage door header and 1 or 2 in the soffit above (likely a larger camera zoomed in at the street or end of driveway, possibly just a prewire), a couple around the corner on the sides of the garage and 1 inside the garage near the door into the house or on the wall / ceiling. There are a lot of other locations around the house that will be much harder to install cameras after the fact.

I installed mine under the garage door header. I didn't use a junction box, but cut a slit in the weather stripping to pass it into the garage and made the connection there.
That's a nice location for a camera. I have one like that I installed with a junction box. I didn't drill into anything structural, but in new construction, I could see the inspector being grumpy. I like your solution better, but I'd probably still install cameras in this location after the final inspection. I wish the screw that locks the adjustment on these newer cameras tightened down more.
 
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Is the builder going to drywall the exterior garage walls? If not, it's much easier for you decide some of the details in the garage later so long as you have enough cables run with a nice coil of extra wire. I'd probably do 1 or 2 on the garage door header and 1 or 2 in the soffit above (likely a larger camera zoomed in at the street or end of driveway, possibly just a prewire), a couple around the corner on the sides of the garage and 1 inside the garage near the door into the house or on the wall / ceiling. There are a lot of other locations around the house that will be much harder to install cameras after the fact.

Yes they are drywalling the garage. I was planning on doing 2 at the garage headers at the ends. It's a 3 car garage so they will be fairly far apart.

I also have two in the soffit. One towards the back end of the garage and one at the very front edge.
 
That a nice location for a camera. I have one like that I installed with a junction box. I didn't drill into anything structural, but in new construction, I could see the inspector being grumpy. I like your solution better, but I'd probably still install cameras in this location after the final inspection. I wish the screw that locks the adjustment on these newer cameras tightened down more.
Yea, that was my reason for running it back through the weather stripping. I didn't want to drill a hole for the cable or use a junction box. OP could always have a drop ran to the inside, near those locations, and then use a patch cable or surface mount the cable, if long enough.