On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:17:19 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 11/03/2019 15:51, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:33:03 +0000, Malcolm Race
wrote:

On 11/03/2019 12:42, Graham. wrote:
1)Doorbells

Disagree. Installing a doorbell in an existing building can easily
result in untidy wiring, We have an existing wired doorbell installed
in the house when newly built 20yrs ago in the hallway by the front
door. We needed a repeater in a room to the rear of the house which
would have been difficult to wire in. A wirless doorbell extender was
the answer with the advantage of being able to tale the receiver(battery
powered) into the garden when working outside.

Malcolm

+1

Wireless doorbells have their place. We had a conservatory installed
at the front, and a wireless doorbell avoided having to drill holes in
walls and string wires along the supporting beams.


+2, if you have a big house. I have a wired bell that also switches a
wireless sender, and apart from a fixed receiver in my office I have a
battery one that can go out into the garden or workshop.

However, wireless doorbells have a downside - the sound is always the
same no matter how long or short the button press is, so you can't
tell how desperate the caller is. A short blip from a leafleter who
doesn't really wan't a reply sounds the same as a long press from your
neighbour who has been blocked in by your car.
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Dave W