Door Bell installation

[Brian G]

Hi
I want to install a door bell (front door). Cables have been installed (not by me) see attached photos.
There is a back box in the wall of the hall with two x 2 core cables coming out of it.
There is a single 2 core cable for the bell push at the front door -I have unscrewed this to show the cables.
Also there is a single 2 core cable coming out just under the consumer unit in the utility room adjoining the hall.
How do I proceed with connecting up a door bell

Many Thanks

 

[LittleTyke]

I would forget about a wired doorbell and just get a wireless one. I've had one for years. The bell push simply sticks to the front door frame and the chime unit is totally portable. I bought mine years ago, but in 2024 there's a much wider choice of much more technologically advanced doorbells, including systems with several chime units that you can hear elsewhere in the house or even in the garden.

Although my house, new in 2004, is indeed fitted with a wired doorbell, which still works, if it suddenly stops working I won't shed any tears.

 

[Brian G]

I would forget about a wired doorbell and just get a wireless one. I've had one for years. The bell push simply sticks to the front door frame and the chime unit is totally portable. I bought mine years ago, but in 2024 there's a much wider choice of much more technologically advanced doorbells, including systems with several chime units that you can hear elsewhere in the house or even in the garden.

Although my house, new in 2004, is indeed fitted with a wired doorbell, which still works, if it suddenly stops working I won't shed any tears.

Thanks for the advise.I will look into which wireless doorbells are available. Probably a lot easier than messing around with the installed wires I have now.

 

[littlespark]

From what’s there, you would also need a transformer to power the doorbell circuit, which would mean taking a 230V supply from the consumer unit.

Being a new circuit, albeit only 12 inches long, would still require testing and the services of an electrician.

You can still get the old “ding dong” type chimes that take batterys

 

[Brian G]

From what’s there, you would also need a transformer to power the doorbell circuit, which would mean taking a 230V supply from the consumer unit.

Being a new circuit, albeit only 12 inches long, would still require testing and the services of an electrician.

You can still get the old “ding dong” type chimes that take batterys

Hi Thank you for getting back.
I think it would be easier (and cheaper) to go wireless, or battery.
Thanks again for the advice.

 

[Avo Mk8]

Just to follow up on the 'ding-dong' option that Friedland have been making for years, if you put batteries in one of those, all you would need to do is connect the cable from the bell push to the two terminals in the chime (example below), screw it on the wall, and job done.

That is on the assumption that your bell push does not have a light in it. If it does, you would need to add a transformer (or take the bulb out of the bell push, as it would flatten the batteries in no time).

I'd expect batteries to last for several years (unless you have hoards of visitors pressing the doorbell every day)