Installation Guide

Mounting with screws
Install Nest Detect with screws if your walls, windows
or doors have rough surfaces, are contoured or dirty,
are prone to heat or high humidity, or are painted
with low-VOC or zero-VOC paint. For best results use a
Phillips #2 screwdriver.
1. Remove Nest Detect’s mounting backplate and
you’ll see the screw hole.
2. Remove all the adhesive material from
the backplate.
3. Screw the backplate onto the surface. Drill a
3/32" pilot hole first if you’re attaching it to
wood or other hard material.
4. Snap the Nest Detect onto its backplate.
To install the open-close magnet:
1. Snap off the backplate and you’ll see the
screw hole.
2. Remove all the adhesive material from
the backplate.
3. Screw the backplate onto the surface. Drill a
1/16" pilot hole first if you’re attaching it to wood
or other hard material.
4. Snap the open-close magnet onto its backplate.
Orienting Nest Detect for motion detection
When installing Nest Detect on a door or wall,
the Nest logo must be upright to detect motion.
Installing Nest Detect on a door or window
• Nest Detect should only be installed indoors.
• Install Nest Detect on the upper corner of a door or
window with the Nest logo right side up.
• Nest Detect should be attached horizontally on
vertical double-hung windows.
• Make sure you choose a spot for Nest Detect where
the magnet can also fit. They need to be installed
close together to sense when doors and windows
open or close.
Installing the open-close magnet:
• Install the magnet on the door or window frame
inside the room. The Nest app will show you where to
place it, and you’ll know it’s in the right spot when
the Nest Detect light ring turns green.
• The magnet should be aligned with the bottom of
Nest Detect and placed within 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) of
Detect when the door or window is closed, as shown
in the image below.
IMPORTANT: Nest Detect should only be installed
indoors.
1.5 inches (3.8 cm) max
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