Volkmann
2015-12-26 16:55:05
- #1
Hello everyone,
we want to buy a new doorbell button. Before we order it, I am wondering how I could best mount it on our house wall.
We have Klinker (see photo).
The button protrudes about 2-3 cm from the back of the doorbell plate (see another photo). I estimate the diameter to be about 2 cm.
Question 1: Do you think I can drill a sufficiently large hole into a joint of the Klinker wall so that the button disappears into the wall and the doorbell plate lies more or less flush on the exterior wall? I also need to be able to attach the cable (which runs horizontally in a joint; see photo) to the back of the button.
Question 2: For mounting, there are two threaded studs on the back, into which pins are screwed and then inserted into anchors. So I would have to drill two holes into the Klinker, which I would rather not do. Can I instead cut off the two threaded studs with a Dremel and glue the doorbell plate to the Klinker with silicone? Would that hold or not?

we want to buy a new doorbell button. Before we order it, I am wondering how I could best mount it on our house wall.
We have Klinker (see photo).
The button protrudes about 2-3 cm from the back of the doorbell plate (see another photo). I estimate the diameter to be about 2 cm.
Question 1: Do you think I can drill a sufficiently large hole into a joint of the Klinker wall so that the button disappears into the wall and the doorbell plate lies more or less flush on the exterior wall? I also need to be able to attach the cable (which runs horizontally in a joint; see photo) to the back of the button.
Question 2: For mounting, there are two threaded studs on the back, into which pins are screwed and then inserted into anchors. So I would have to drill two holes into the Klinker, which I would rather not do. Can I instead cut off the two threaded studs with a Dremel and glue the doorbell plate to the Klinker with silicone? Would that hold or not?