wireless doorbells

Posted by Tony Hwang on October 17, 2009, 12:24 am

Stepfann King wrote:

> Just place a sign at your door reading:
>
> I don't have a doorbell. Please yell out Ding Dong.

Hi,
No bell? I have door gong, it plays Westminster chime
LOUD. It is a motorized mechanism with 5 tunes pipes. 3 different tunes
for front, side, back door.

Posted by Nate Nagel on October 17, 2009, 7:59 am

Tony Hwang wrote:

> Stepfann King wrote:

>> Just place a sign at your door reading:
>> I don't have a doorbell. Please yell out Ding Dong.

> Hi,
> No bell? I have door gong, it plays Westminster chime
> LOUD. It is a motorized mechanism with 5 tunes pipes. 3 different tunes
> for front, side, back door.

speaking of which, can anyone recommend a commonly available doorbell
that a) isn't cheezy looking b) is a real bell, not an electronic thing
and c) is loud enough to be heard throughout an older house with plaster
walls? If I'm not on the main floor of my house, I simply can't hear
the doorbell. At some point in time someone put a lot of insulation in
the ceiling of the basement, presumably for sound insulation, which
probably doesn't help.

I've been keeping an eye out for an old long bell door chime from the
30's or 40's but they seem to command premium prices.

My house isn't that big, but the rather normal-looking doorbell that I
have, with the two flat xylophone bars, just isn't loud enough to carry
throughout it.

Ideas?

thanks

Nate

--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel

Posted by Bernie Hunt on October 18, 2009, 12:13 pm

Nate,

I solved that problem by putting a doorbell on each floor. But to do this
you need access to run the wires.

Bernie

> Tony Hwang wrote:

>> Stepfann King wrote:

>>> Just place a sign at your door reading:
>>> I don't have a doorbell. Please yell out Ding Dong.

>> Hi,
>> No bell? I have door gong, it plays Westminster chime
>> LOUD. It is a motorized mechanism with 5 tunes pipes. 3 different tunes
>> for front, side, back door.

> speaking of which, can anyone recommend a commonly available doorbell that
> a) isn't cheezy looking b) is a real bell, not an electronic thing and c)
> is loud enough to be heard throughout an older house with plaster walls?
> If I'm not on the main floor of my house, I simply can't hear the
> doorbell. At some point in time someone put a lot of insulation in the
> ceiling of the basement, presumably for sound insulation, which probably
> doesn't help.
> I've been keeping an eye out for an old long bell door chime from the 30's
> or 40's but they seem to command premium prices.
> My house isn't that big, but the rather normal-looking doorbell that I
> have, with the two flat xylophone bars, just isn't loud enough to carry
> throughout it.
> Ideas?
> thanks
> Nate
> --
> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
> http://members.cox.net/njnagel

Posted by Marilyn & Bob on October 18, 2009, 2:00 pm

> Nate,
> I solved that problem by putting a doorbell on each floor. But to do this
> you need access to run the wires.

And you need to be sure that your transformer is heavy duty enough to
operate several bells at once.
--
Peace,
BobJ

> Bernie

>> Tony Hwang wrote:

>>> Stepfann King wrote:
>>>> Just place a sign at your door reading:
>>>> I don't have a doorbell. Please yell out Ding Dong.
>>> Hi,
>>> No bell? I have door gong, it plays Westminster chime
>>> LOUD. It is a motorized mechanism with 5 tunes pipes. 3 different tunes
>>> for front, side, back door.

>> speaking of which, can anyone recommend a commonly available doorbell
>> that a) isn't cheezy looking b) is a real bell, not an electronic thing
>> and c) is loud enough to be heard throughout an older house with plaster
>> walls? If I'm not on the main floor of my house, I simply can't hear the
>> doorbell. At some point in time someone put a lot of insulation in the
>> ceiling of the basement, presumably for sound insulation, which probably
>> doesn't help.
>> I've been keeping an eye out for an old long bell door chime from the
>> 30's or 40's but they seem to command premium prices.
>> My house isn't that big, but the rather normal-looking doorbell that I
>> have, with the two flat xylophone bars, just isn't loud enough to carry
>> throughout it.
>> Ideas?
>> thanks
>> Nate
>> --
>> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
>> http://members.cox.net/njnagel

Posted by Bernie Hunt on October 18, 2009, 4:35 pm

hahaha, that was the easy part of the project. Snaking a wire to the second
floor was the big challenge. I also dropped a wire down to my workshop in
the basement. On that one I put a illuminated doorbell like deaf people use.
That way I can see it if I'm wearing hearing protection and making a lot of
noise in the shop. With adding two additional bells, I replaced the
transformer with a new one. The existing was over 50 years old and rusted
out.

Bernie

>> Nate,
>> I solved that problem by putting a doorbell on each floor. But to do this
>> you need access to run the wires.

> And you need to be sure that your transformer is heavy duty enough to
> operate several bells at once.
> --
> Peace,
> BobJ

>> Bernie

>>> Tony Hwang wrote:
>>>> Stepfann King wrote:
>>>>> Just place a sign at your door reading:
>>>>> I don't have a doorbell. Please yell out Ding Dong.
>>>> Hi,
>>>> No bell? I have door gong, it plays Westminster chime
>>>> LOUD. It is a motorized mechanism with 5 tunes pipes. 3 different tunes
>>>> for front, side, back door.
>>> speaking of which, can anyone recommend a commonly available doorbell
>>> that a) isn't cheezy looking b) is a real bell, not an electronic thing
>>> and c) is loud enough to be heard throughout an older house with plaster
>>> walls? If I'm not on the main floor of my house, I simply can't hear the
>>> doorbell. At some point in time someone put a lot of insulation in the
>>> ceiling of the basement, presumably for sound insulation, which probably
>>> doesn't help.
>>> I've been keeping an eye out for an old long bell door chime from the
>>> 30's or 40's but they seem to command premium prices.
>>> My house isn't that big, but the rather normal-looking doorbell that I
>>> have, with the two flat xylophone bars, just isn't loud enough to carry
>>> throughout it.
>>> Ideas?
>>> thanks
>>> Nate
>>> --
>>> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
>>> http://members.cox.net/njnagel

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