Might doorbell signal go thru wood door, up long flight of stairs to 2nd floor, thru another wood door and around bend of a couple cement walls.
920882
I just received mine yesterday. I have a metal door downstairs. Another metal door upstairs in a concrete block apt. and it works great. The only problem was the cheap two way tape for the push button didn't hold and fell off the wall. I bought heavy duty 3M Command so just testing that out.
920883
If the wood door has metal cladding, you very likely will have a problem. Attach a short piece of copper bell wire to the push button's spiral antenna, thread it through a hole in the plastic mount and the door, and let a short length extend on the inside.
920884
I don't have a second floor but I do have several doors that the signal has to pass through with one being a really heavy metal front door and it has never failed me. I also carry the receiver outside to the patio and that's about 30 yds. from the front door through the house and it's brick. hope that helps give you an idea!
2249058
Two choices -- a blaring, constant alarm or a loud chime that sounds like a doorbell on steroids.
2283495
It's a cascaded wireless system, so it depends on distance between alarms and walls between.
2168151
My buttons were installed on both wood and metal frames and they work great. I take the doorbell with me out side when Iam working in the shop and potting shad and have not problem receiving the signal from the buttons. HAVE
1670518
I live in a double wide,bricked up to conform as a house. That doorbell will work good. The volume control is so good, that you can stick it in one side of the house, and when it rings you can hear it in the the other side. the wife yells at me to turn the volume down. It works real good.
2238884
No. We had to get our neighbor (who is a builder) to come over and cut out a small part of the molding where the doorbell button was to be placed. I really like this doorbell button, however. It's different and adds charm to our home. I just read David B.'s response. Sounds as if we didn't have the same doorbell. We were replacing a wired doorbell, but this doorbell button would not fit into the space.
1323249
I'm not sure. I haven't done it but in theory it should work. I do know the signal can't go through several walls.
846562
Maybe. The bell is nice and loud. The button is meant to stick to a wall but good challenge. There is a pager system that has a button for the person to push and you can move the ringer with you. About the same price.
28128
I would think so as each receiver could be programmed to that same doorbell button. One receiver would not know about the other. That is my GUESSS, but I think that it is a logical conclusion.
803090
I have a motion sensor mounted in my hallway and the receiver in the garage turning on a loud bell(instead of the lights) when I'm away, that's about 25 feet through walls, I'm betting it goes farther.
1865400
U need to go under light and sometimes u have to wave but if u have a door it will detect it
361317
I don't think it should affect the Z-Wave...Make sure the path to the Z-Wave is unobstructed...I wanted one installed in my upstairs as well as downstairs..Upstairs wouldn't work...Downstairs worked like a charm..Signal couldn't get through walls, floor, etc...:-(
1268940
Have not used my unit that way. But if unit made for one structure I doubt if signal can penetrate one exterior wall to enter the wall of another house. That just my opinion.
156281
I believe so. We have a bi-level house and this sits under a small stand along side the front door. At times I could move around the corner to go down the second level of stairs and not set it off if I was close enough to the post. Usually just the front door opening or someone standing right in front of it would set it off.
656670
Make sure it is pressed firmly. If the push is too lightly it wont ring. may be out of range or if door is metal....
291931
Yes. But if it is used in a basement, you may need to place it above ground level to get a signal. (That is what happened to us. Not a big deal for us.)
1186239
It might be a bit late, but for others, if this bell were mounted so that the hammer strikes upward, it would work perfectly well when wall-mounted. You'd probably want to mark the position of the hammer on the outside of the base so that you know which way is up, though.