"Paper2002AD" wrote | The front door chime in our new house is a pathetic 'bing bong', but | all of the replacements we have tried are all too quiet. | We have a fairly large hall, and it is difficult to hear the door bell | at all. | Any recommendations for louder replacement - the thing is wired off a | transformer btw.
Cheap chimes don't give as good a tone or volume as good ones; if you want a good bing-bong get a genuine Friendland Facet. If that's not loud enough, most transformers will power two chimes in parallel, so you can have one near the door and another one elsewhere in the house.
If that's not loud enough, change the transformer to a 24V dc supply and get a fire bell / school lesson bell, both from an electrical wholesaler.
Owain