Security work spans quick service calls and full system fit-outs — a keypad or PIR replacement and a battery swap one day, an eight-camera CCTV job or a multi-door access-control system the next. What moves the price is rarely the hardware alone: cable run lengths, mounting access, and whether an old system can be recommissioned or has to be replaced. Tradewin prices any security job against your real costs and sends a professional quote from site. Save your routine call-outs — alarm battery swaps, single-camera replacements, sensor adds — as TradeWin Recipes™ so repeat jobs quote in two taps.
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Main switch + RCD
Cabling & consumables
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Pre-loaded job types with benchmarks — plus the ability to add your own custom jobs.
The same job can vary widely. Tradewin prices against your real costs, so these factors are built in — not guessed.
Camera and sensor cost is the easy part — run length back to the recorder and how awkward the mounting position is drive most of the labour on a CCTV or alarm job.
A 4-camera CCTV job is not half an 8-camera one, and access control scales with door count and reader type — pricing off the right job size keeps the quote accurate.
A recommission, keypad swap or single-camera replacement is a fraction of a new system; separating service call-outs from full installs stops one subsidising the other.
NVR/DVR spec, hard-drive size and camera resolution move the hardware cost. Quoting off your current supplier invoice keeps larger systems profitable.
Access Control System
Number of doors, reader type, and integration with existing systems cause wide variation.
Alarm Keypad Replacement
LCD or touchscreen keypad swap — brand and wiring complexity affect pricing.
Alarm Recommission (Post-Tenancy / Reno)
Code reset, zone test, user reprogramming — common after tenant vacates or renovation complete.
Alarm System Battery Replacement
Most common security service call — panel and siren batteries; cost varies with battery count and brand.
Alarm System Installation
Number of zones, detector types, and monitoring requirements drive price variation.
CCTV Camera (per camera)
Run length from recorder and mounting complexity vary by location.
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Yes. Tradewin supports 22+ security systems job types including Access Control System, Alarm Keypad Replacement, Alarm Monitoring Setup. You can also add custom job types for work that isn't in the list.
Most tradies price and send a quote in under two minutes once costs are saved. Repeat jobs are faster — apply a TradeWin Recipe and the costs scale to the new job size automatically.
The website quote form works on the free plan and every paid plan. A dedicated inbound number is included with Business and Scale, or available through the separate number add-on on other plans. Either way, a saved Recipe can prepare a priced draft for you to review and send.
Yes. Once you issue an invoice you can push it straight to Xero as a draft — no double data entry.
Yes — single-camera installs and replacements are priced per camera, while 4-camera and 8-camera systems are their own job types with recorder and cabling costs built in, so you can quote a one-off add-on or a whole fit-out.
It does. Alarm battery replacements, false-alarm and fault diagnosis, keypad and PIR swaps and recommissions are all pre-loaded, so the common recurring call-outs quote as fast as a new install.
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