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Wired doorbell vs new door

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Primotomb · 28/04/2021 19:58

We currently have a wired doorbell connected to a chime in the hall.

We are having a new composite door fitted and don't want to drill the new door for the doorbell.

Is there such a thing as a wireless bell push with a receiver that could utilise the existing ringer?

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Bzzzzzbumblebee · 28/04/2021 20:08

I got a wireless doorbell recently and you brought a receiver with a build in chime, very small inside unit and choice of tunes (including dogs barking and happy birthday).

Think trying to keep your existing ringer will make it a lot more complicated.

MindatWork · 28/04/2021 20:48

You can buy all sorts of different ones on Amazon but I don’t think you’d be able to use the existing chime.

The one we had worked on wifi - there was a push button which you literally stuck on the house/doorframe with a sticky pad, then it came with two receivers that plugged into plug sockets and chimed when the button was pressed. It was handy as we could have one in the hallway and one at the back of the house so we could hear it in the garden.

Only drawback is that it took up plug sockets.

HopeHappy · 28/04/2021 21:49

If you really want to keep the wired doorbell you could ask the door fitters to feed the wire through the edge of the doorframe maybe? Then you can just stick the doorbell to the frame/wall with some command strips maybe?

Our doorbell was wired around the frame, then annoyingly broke shortly after. We replaced it with a wireless doorbell that now doesn't look wireless as we had to put the wire behind it to tuck it out the way!

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