JeffL2

Thanks for the tip. I couldn't think of what to Google. My attic is kind of tight with HAVC ducts so it might be easier to feed the cable from the exterior wall into the cavity instead of feeding it into the attic and then down the wall. I'll have to figure it out when I'm ready to install.

I plan to install a system but I don't know what is involved in running the cables from the cameras to the DVR. The easiest entry point to the DVR is via my house's crawl space. I think the easiest way to get the cable from the cameras to the crawl space would be through conduit running down the exterior of the house, but it would be neater to bring the cables down through the exterior walls. How could that be done?

I was afraid there wouldn't be a simple answer. FWIW, I'm in North Hollywood, CA and my house was build in 1939. I hate going under my house more than necessary, but maybe I can go under there with a mirror and flashlight to see if the wall is open from bottom to top.

I'm a total newbie who knew nothing about CCTV a few days ago. I'm still in the research and learning stages. Here's my first question - I have a single story stucco home on a raised foundation with a crawl space. My first thought was to mount the cameras in the eaves and bring the cable down to the craw space through a piece of electrical conduit that I would mount on the exterior wall. Now I wondering, if I drill a hole in the stucco exterior wall at the top near the camera, would the house framing be open all the way down to the crawl space so that I could just fish the cable down inside the wall?