Door Bells...

@Calais (10893)
Australia
July 30, 2007 12:12am CST
Do you have a door bell ?? A knocker ? Or what do you have on your door to let you know that someone is there ? What chime do you have ? I have a door bell at the moment its the usual ding dong sound...
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
30 Jul 07
Hello Calais! I live in a single studio. We do have a door bell but it doesn't ring in our room. It's on the door shared by us and the homeowner. So, the bell rings in her place. She is a very nice lady and tells us if someone has come for us. I have had problems though, especially for the postal package deliveries when she's not home and as I don't hear the bell, I can't know if there's someone out there. I usually have to go to the post office by my own after they leave a message in the letter box. I have asked from homeowner a couple of times to fix the situation but perhaps she forgets and I don't want to push her on it. After all, I can get my stuff with a 10 minutes walk which is good for health:-) My friends usually co-ordinate in advance and give a missed call when they arrive at my place so that I could come to door to let them in:-)
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
Thats a good system, maybe you could just buy a portable doorbell, or get a knocker, maybe ask the owner..
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
30 Jul 07
I have tried to communicate this problem to her from explicit (a couple of time) to very indirect way, as I would hate to embarrass or offend her, but it seems that she either doesn't pick or don't want to do a change for unidentified reason. I had no big problems so I go as it goes:-)
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
Theres only so much you can do then...maybe get a little hand bell and leave it at your door...
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@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
30 Jul 07
My 125 pound Akita, Yoshee, lets me know what is going on..don't need a knocker, or door bell..Just Yoshee..I don't even lock my doors..They wouldn't dare try to enter...ding dong, eh!!!sounds familiar. *laughing*
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
LOl..Im sure that he does...They seem to have a more aggressive bark when someone is there...
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
LOl....My Doberman is a pretty good door bell too....Its great, mine dosnt get much use...
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@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
30 Jul 07
He scares me when he barks, I would hate to be a stranger..LOL
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@balasri (26537)
• India
31 Jul 07
I have a door bell.But I as I hate the sudden noice of the bell I have muffled the volume of considerably.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
31 Jul 07
The main idea is to save the bell pushers from my wrath.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
Thats a great idea...
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
30 Jul 07
currently, even i have the ding dong one. its polyphonic and sounds nice and simple. previously we used to have an old chime. it was very soothing but we had to change it for it wasn't working okay. it was quite old and we have kept it still as a memento.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
Mine must be polyphonic too, because it sounds really cool, not like the older style..
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
30 Jul 07
yeah, these days we get polyphonic ones.
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@sophylline (1041)
• Philippines
1 Aug 07
Yes, we do have a doorbell. It's sound is also the usual ding dong sound. We have a set of doorbells at the gate. And one on our main door. You see, we live in an apartment of three doors. The people who come to the house (wheteher our guests or the guests of the neighbors) always for some reason use the doorbell of ours. They always press our doorbell from the gate. I guess, it's just instinct to use the doorbell on top of the other two. We happen to have that top doorbell.LOL Gosh, we keep on opening the gate for the neighbors guests.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
1 Aug 07
Start charging them for your service...LOL... Or maybe can you label yours somehow ??
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• United States
31 Jul 07
i have a doorbell that rings twice for the front door and once for the back door. I also have my jack russel terrier which continues to remind me that there is someone at the door with her barks until i open it.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
LOl..yes those dogs are great doorbells...
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
I have a door bell, the preess buttoin kind. It just makes the usual ding dong sound. I don't like it much. This stems from years ago, when the naughty kids down the streeet, would press it numerous times. They didn't have the patience to wait for me to get to the doorr, they just had to press it numerous times. I developed an aversion to it. Now if my hubby or kids press oit more than once, I refuse to answer.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
LOl.....Yes, I hate when kids do that...Very frustrating..Im a bit like that too...Refuse to answer it or take my time getting to the door..make them wait.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
30 Jul 07
That sounds like the one I have. I have one in the back and the one in the front. However we hardly hear it, because as soon as we hear footsteps or the car driving up, we open the door before it rings. We have one of those sensor lights as well. That helps.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
We also have the the two dogs that usually let us know that some one is there..
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@twils2 (1812)
• United States
30 Jul 07
Hi Calais, I dont have a doorbell or a knocker. I have two black labs that let me know every time someone walks down the street and they go wild when someone walks toward the door. I usually have no problem knowing when someone is coming to the door. Take care, Terry
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
LOl...Yes we were just saying about the dogs..they are brilliant door bells..
@muscare (3068)
• Australia
26 Sep 08
Hello Calais, this is an oldy, I probably should've checked all the other responses to make sure I haven't responded already, LOL! Yep, I've got a doorbell, but it is my wife with the knockers....sorry, couldn't help myself, LOL! But yep we have push button doorbell on the front door and the side door. The one on the side door goes ding, but the front door does the ding-dong. Took me a while to work out which was which, and I kept answering the wrong door!
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
26 Sep 08
Your Toooo Funny, thanks for the laugh......still the same...I forgot to check if you had already responded to, dosnt matter, thanks anyways....lol
• United States
30 Jul 07
The house that we are renting has an old time chime doorbell, but it does not work. I think that it would make a really beautiful sound, but the renter does not want to fix it. If I am downstairs or in the bathroom I can't hear anyone knocking and that is the worst part about it. I would love to have a really melodious chime, not just the usual ding dong.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
You can buy portable ones with a great choice of different chimes, if he wont fix it then maybe buy one of those , they do come in handy sometimes, and you can take it with you if you ever move out..
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
30 Jul 07
I have two different types of door bells. The one on the house by the door sounds like an old bicycle bike bell. And the one I have inside the house, is a little chihuahua that barks anytime that someone is at the door!
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
They sound like real cool...the dogs are good ones also..
• United States
30 Jul 07
Cute response! I have a silent, but over-friendly kitty roommate who waits until the door is opened and the person presents themself over our threshhold. Then it's as if the cat thinks "you're mine" as he walks all around you then on top of you. I have a lap cat that loves nothing more that to be touched! Just doesn't provide very effective company-announcing!
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@jolenegreen (1209)
• United States
31 Jul 07
Currantly we dont have anything. LOL. ANd our door is at the back of our house, LOL. We cant even hear people knocking but most of the time my family or hubbys family just walk in anyways...LOL. Actually I like having no doorbell or anything its kinda nice then people that are seeling somehting.....I can ignore. LOL
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
Oh thats great, and the door is at the back even better, that way you dont get unwanted visitors I suppose.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
knocker - A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) attached to it by a hinge that may be lifted and used to strike a plate fitted to the door, or the door itself, making a noise. The struck plate, if present, would be supplied and fitted with the knocker.

Door knockers are often ornate, but may be no more than a simple fitting with a metal bob or ring.
We have three doorbells.*LOL* One at the gate with the 'ding dong' sound. Another inside the house (connected to the maids' quarter for them to know they're being called. It has the 'buzz' sound. And the last upstairs still connected to the maids' quarter to let them know they're being called upstairs. With the melody type of sound. =)
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
Wow, thats a lot ... That send send me batty if they were all going off at once...lol.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
Oh thats goo then...LOL..
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
Not really. There are codes for each maid. Like 2 buzzes for maid 1, etc. =) We are quite systematic at it. *LOL*
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
31 Jul 07
We have a doorbell that has just the standard 'ding dong' sound. This drives our dog crazy and he barks for literally an hour after the doorbell has rung. For this reason, many who know us well only knock on the door rather than ring the bell because they know what we go through with the dog!
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jul 07
LOL.....Yes, we had that problem too once..It gets a bit annoying...
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
3 Aug 07
I have several things actually. Any vehicle that pulls up outside our gate is looking for fuel....Lucy tells me this by barking. We also have a squeaky gate, if someone uses it ...I hear it and so does Lucy and she starts barking. If they climb over the fence and come up the front steps quietly they push the door bell (which is like yours) and Lucy starts barking. There will never be anyone on my property without me knowing about it ...and Lucy too, of course...lol.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
4 Aug 07
LOL....Dogs are great doorbells..
@Melody1 (967)
• India
1 Aug 07
I have a door bell and a knocker.The door bell has the common ding-dong sound.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
1 Aug 07
The best of both...lol.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
2 Aug 07
I have a door bell on my home. No knocker. The door bell only works about half the time. I have had it checked out numerous times for some kind of short in the electrics but nothing ever shows. It always works perfect when the handyman comes. It doesn't matter, I have two dogs who hear the slightest things at the door and start barking. They are my door bell.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
2 Aug 07
LOL...Yes, of course it always works when they come, but those dogs are very reliable..
• Australia
30 Jul 07
no door bells or chimes on my door, no need i have a dog the goes woof woof woof
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
30 Jul 07
Yes, I think that those are the best types...
@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
25 Sep 08
Yes, we do have door bells in the house and we choose the bird chimps for the chime or songs that we have in our door bell but sometimes it is very irritating when I am busy in the kitchen or when my daughter is sleeping......It is very disturbing.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
25 Sep 08
They can be very disturbing, i know...lol.... thanks for answering