But, if you’ve never installed any doorbell before, the actual installation can feel a little daunting.

It’s a pretty easy installation process—we’ll walk you through it.

The Basics

For this guide, we’ll be installing a Nest Hello.

Google Pixel 9a laying on a table.

Every video doorbell is different, but they share most of the same basic similarities.

After you flip a breaker, make a run at ring your doorbell.

When it’s not working, you go the right one.

Article image

First, find the chime box and remove it.

Depending on your hardware, you’ll do one of two things.

But confirm you don’t interfere with the strikes that hit the metal bars to chime.

A Wooden chime box near a ceiling.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

Replace your chime box cover and move to your doorbell.

Typically, two screws hold a standard doorbell in place.

Gently pull on the wiring.

A chime box with wiring exposed, a red wire on the trans terminal and white on the front terminal.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

Extra slack can be helpful in the upcoming steps.

The next step is to attach a mounting bracket to your home over the doorbell wiring.

Attach it to the mounting bracket.

A chime accessory wired into the chime box.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

Next, the mounting bracket against the wall with the exposed doorbell wires running through it.

Find the screw holes in the mounting bracket and mark them with a pencil.

Remove the bracket anddrill pilot holesin the spots you marked.

Two exposed wires protruding from the wall.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

Then put the mounting bracket back and screw it to your wall.

Then tuck them into the wall as tightly as it’s possible for you to.

In the case of Nest Hello, these are clamps similar to the Chime box.

A Nest Hello mounting bracket attached to a door frame with wires poking through.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

Those slip onto the home’s wires until you feel a click.

Then tuck the extra wire into the space behind the mounting bracket.

Next, attach the bridge wiring to the video doorbell.

Bridge wiring attached to the Home wiring and tucked into a mounting bracket.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

For most doorbells, that’s two terminals on the back.

when you land everything connected, it’s time to mount the doorbell into the mounting bracket.

Other doorbells may require screws to connect them to the bracket.

The back of a Nest Hello doorbell with wiring attached.

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek

That will typically call for a security screw, and your doorbell likely came with the necessary screw.

Now turn the power back on and check on the doorbell.

Typically it should light up right away to signify that it’s ready to pair with the associated app.

If that doesn’t help, contact your doorbell manufacturer for additional troubleshooting steps.