Doorbells, are they a thing of the past?

[bitchstewie]

I have a doorbell on the front door.

Nothing exciting just a cheap plain old boring doorbell that's at eye level on the door frame but it can be heard throughout the house and in the back garden.

Practically nobody seems to use it they just bang on the door.

Amazon - bang on the door.

Ocado - bang on the door.

Royal Mail - bang on the door.

Everybody bangs on the door.

It's brand new and it works perfectly so they are absolutely not pressing it.

I don't want to sound like Victor Meldrew but has anyone else noticed this and is there a reason for it as I honestly don't get it?

[Vasco]

They probably know that many bells never work (mine doesn't), so will bang on the door after a few seconds. Saves time to not use a bell....

[Kuwahara]

Kinda get it ,can’t remember the last time a doorbell actually worked ,obviously yours being the exception….

[hairy v]

Ours gets used most of the time but yes - more than one amazon driver has resorted to bang on the door.

[Alan140266]

I’ve opened the door before, looked at the “banger” then looked at the illuminated door bell and pressed it to check its working and asked “oh did you press the bell” quizzically.

[Lincsls1]

As a field worker, I tend to press the doorbell and knock on the door.
Many many doorbells do not work, especially the battery/remote based ones.

[Jamescrs]

Whenever I go to a house with a door bell I pretty much assume it won't work unless it's the ring type of door bell.

Usually end up knocking shortly after pressing the bell

[Big Nanas]

Kuwahara said:

Kinda get it ,can’t remember the last time a doorbell actually worked ,obviously yours being the exception….

How long does it take to do both?

[bobtail4x4]

probably half the houses I visit with doorbells dont work,
I knock and ring

[anonymous-user]

I thought our doorbell wasn’t working as things are getting dumped on the doorstep when we are in , checked the bell and it’s working.
Maybe they are a thing of the past as folk don’t seem to use them ?

[Spare tyre]

If it’s a battery modern thing I don’t bother

If it’s a hard wire I use it and knock

[Kuwahara]

I suppose when you think about it door bells were an option over knockers (fnaaar) that are not as good…

[wildoliver]

They almost never work. Even when they do you can't hear them from outside any more, so you assume they don't work. I miss the days of a bong you could hear three streets away or a good old blast of classical music from a three note chime.

I'm a serial banger too. I also knock on doors.

[Chromegrill]

Noone seems to bother with mine, they bang the door and if I'm buried away indoors I don't hear it.

The doorbell is sweet though. The button doesn't have a battery but uses piezoelectric generation from the force of pressing it, to send a radio signal to chimes dotted around the house that plug into wall sockets. Works like a charm out the box, no wires and no risk of flat battery in the button unit. The best of it is the signal is so strong it reaches the kitchen at the vaccine of the house yet that's out of range of my whole home WiFi.

Don't you live it when something so simple just works?

[grumpy52]

Got a Ring Video doorbell that activates a chime and my smartphone. Most visitors or delivery people do use the doorbell the odd person don't.
The joy of the smartphone connection is I can tell the unwanted callers to sling their hook without opening the door.

[Hoofy]

Put a "WET PAINT" sign on the door.

[Glassman]

bhstewie said:

I have a doorbell on the front door.

Nothing exciting just a cheap plain old boring doorbell that's at eye level on the door frame but it can be heard throughout the house and in the back garden.

Practically nobody seems to use it they just bang on the door.

Amazon - bang on the door.

Ocado - bang on the door.

Royal Mail - bang on the door.

Everybody bangs on the door.

It's brand new and it works perfectly so they are absolutely not pressing it.

I don't want to sound like Victor Meldrew but has anyone else noticed this and is there a reason for it as I honestly don't get it?

No doorbell, but a heavy brass knocker at eye level and a letter flap at waist height.

They still thump on the door.

[4130chris]

The inventor of the door-knocker?



He got a No-bell Prize

[number2]

Chromegrill said:

Noone seems to bother with mine, they bang the door and if I'm buried away indoors I don't hear it.

The doorbell is sweet though. The button doesn't have a battery but uses piezoelectric generation from the force of pressing it, to send a radio signal to chimes dotted around the house that plug into wall sockets. Works like a charm out the box, no wires and no risk of flat battery in the button unit. The best of it is the signal is so strong it reaches the kitchen at the vaccine of the house yet that's out of range of my whole home WiFi.

Don't you live it when something so simple just works?

Go on, save me Googling for it...

[Vanden Crash]

With the number of foreigners doing door drops, they only know how to knock as bells font exist whence they came

Or the natives are typically council so a bell is something they only hear in the pub