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@sallypup (63370)
Centralia, Washington
March 26, 2025 5:30pm CST
Two story house and a shed fifty feet down property. Add in one mostly deaf person and you get dynamite. Wife tries to call hubby from bottom floor. Can't hear. Needs help from the shed. Same story.
Daughter loves to be a detective. Hubby and daughter emailed back and forth. The results arrived today: doorbells that have a transmitter that plugs into the wall. We're hearing Avon Calling! and Happy Birthday chimes and the William Tell Overture- get on your pony and ride.
I'm very loopy and working on antibiotic pills while hubby is install-playing with the doorbell gizmo. I just heard the William Tell Overture floating down the stairs. Fun times are here for sure.
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@wolfgirl569 (113641)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Mar
@sallypup I have the ring doorbells on the doors. They work great
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
@wolfgirl569 No smart phones over here.
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
@wolfgirl569 We had thought to hire an electrician to figure out why the house bell doesn't work but this is far cheaper.
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@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
27 Mar
I hope those work out well for you two. 
Pretty can't hear me when I'm in the back yard and she's in the house... I end up walking all the way back to the house and opening the door before she admits she can hear me calling for her. 
I know the walls of this house block out phones but there are at least two windows in every room and she should be able to hear through the glass... 
I think she doesn't want to hear me. 
Pretty can't hear me when I'm in the back yard and she's in the house... I end up walking all the way back to the house and opening the door before she admits she can hear me calling for her.
I know the walls of this house block out phones but there are at least two windows in every room and she should be able to hear through the glass... I think she doesn't want to hear me. 3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
27 Mar
@sallypup You're welcome.
I'm a fall hazard as well. Pretty tells me not to go outside unless I let her know I'm going. But once I'm outside, she doesn't hear me calling for help.
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
Thanks @DaddyEvil. Safety first for us- I am a fall hazard. The older we get the more we need to be able to reach each other if we're in need.
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
@snowy22315 Anything to avert a crisis. I love the wooden stairs but if I have a crisis going, I can get help from hubby or vise versa.
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@kaylachan (76370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Mar
Those things can be a bit of a lifesaver. Same as chime extenders. Turns out we don't need those because our house is so small.
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
@kaylachan Cozy houses are nice.
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@GardenGerty (162838)
• United States
30 Mar
Little sound devices can be really helpful in those situations. When my first husband had ALS we had a bicycle horn he could stomp on for one reason and an array of four sounds also designed for a bike to communicate other things if I was not present.
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Mar
@GardenGerty Did you have a reactive dog at that time? A bicycle horn sounds like fun. I just worry about our Rufus using that sound as an excuse to bark- he really is a terror when the phone rings.
@Tampa_girl7 (52186)
• United States
27 Mar
I need to get a doorbell for our home in West Virginia. Glad you found one.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52186)
• United States
27 Mar
@sallypup Maybe you could photo it and do an image search.
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 Thanks. There is a doorbell here but somehow or other, its not wired correctly. It doesn't work. There is a piece on the kitchen wall that looks like a big chimes but who knows?
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@sallypup (63370)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 True. The wiring might have to be traced from the front porch to the kitchen. That sounds spendy. I can think of other things to spend money on like the roof.
@RasmaSandra (83416)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Mar
Hopefully it will all work out and be helpful. Right now getting used to being all alone again I would probably jump out of my skin if I hear a voice or even a bell,
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@LindaOHio (185263)
• United States
27 Mar
Walkie talkies or an intercom system might be good for you.
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