I imagine most hardware (or big box) stores will have them.

You can get white plastic ones at most of the big box stores. You can go fancy with Restoration Hardware doorbells. You can go fancy but lower priced with those from Vandyke's.com.

http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/category/products.jsp?navAction=pop&navCount=1&categoryId=cat1463018#cat1537160

http://www.vandykes.com/category/bells

There are plenty of options - just google the name of a store and 'doorbell' and you'll get loads of hits.

We replaced our entire doorbell assembly with a wireless chime. Instead of the box and chimes the unit consists of a small item about the size of a cell phone charger. You plug it in to any electrical outlet. We picked ours up at a yard sale for $1, but I think you can get one at Home Depot or Lowes.

I agree with dilettante. I'm shopping for a hardwired doorbell too, but how do you get to listen to them beforehand? Our HD used to have a live display, but not any longer.

If someone has a recommendation for one that is loud enough to be heard several rooms away and a nice dingdong, as compumom said, I'd like to know it.

No, the big box stores only have the wireless variety or an inexpensive variety that play a song. That's what I don't want. We've spent loads of time and effort and dollars customizing our home of 33 years, a plastic doorbell from a garage sale just won't do.

Just checked Restoration and Van Dykes and sadly both only have the button, not the chime. The looks are classic-- but it doesn't solve the problem. I did find two unobtrusive boxes that are from Nutone with the two tone WIRED chime. Maybe I'll source those and build a new cabinet. Sigh...

We bought our wired unit at HD. They had a "listening" display. We have two entrances, so the chime has two separate sounds ... although I never remember which is which.

I did see them at HD a few years back, but as I recall there was something that didn't work for us. In this age of electronics, computers and gizmos you'd think they could come up with something that looked and sounded better that was also wireless!

We have a second issue and that is in our master suite we couldn't hear the old doorbell at all. We only have one entrance, but you would think we could have an additional chime upstairs-- and that one could be wireless. We tried a plug in from HD after that phase of the remodel, but it never worked decently.

Did you look at Rejuvenation yet? Hardly unobtrusive, but attractive.

Here is a link that might be useful: Revuj-y

I checked a local store's website for our doorbell and found something very similar, so I posted the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Destination Lighting

Thanks all-- we found that Nutone has a fairly good selection of hardwired chimes and PLUS they also have one that will ring with a secondary speaker in the master suite that is wired to the chime. A tech referred us to Unitron as a vendor with a good selection.

the one we bought is simply a 5x7" vent in the wall which we can paint with the wall color. I hope it all works out!

I had to replace ours last year. same frustrations. After taking ours apart and opening one of two of the boxed ones at the store I realized that the cover really justs sits on the chime plate. No special hookups required. So I bought the best sounding one which ironically was the cheapest with a plastic cover at our local Menards; and also bought a second one that had a nice wood cover and nasty chime and swapped them out. Sounds silly, but it worked of me. I still didn't pay more than $40 total, so I figured I was doing okay vs some of the nicer websites online.

Good going, that's a creative way to get exactly what you wanted! If ours doesn't work out, I'll cover the vent with something nice looking too! I promise to try and post photos after the work is complete-- 1 to 2 months!

I've never had a problem with NuTone products. I think you will be pleased.

I so understand the ugly chime box problem! We had a good hardwired doorbell with a pleasant chime and a hideous 1950's plastic wood-grained curlicue-infested box.

I had a piece of 4" x 1/4" light wood (it might have been balsa from the craft store) with a bull-nosed edge, so I made a box out of that. I started with an interior frame I nailed together out of scrap 1X2 strips. I stapled a double layer of copper screening over that, and cut the balsa to fit snugly around it. I mitered the cuts on the balsa so the box would look cleanly finished, and painted the box to match the wall.

Then I cut two little bits of sticky-back velcro, and stuck them on the upper edge of the chime works and the upper inside edge of the box. It was so light in weight that it only needed a little encouragement to stay up there. Worked like a charm, looked good, and made me inordinately proud of myself!

It looks like you don't need the info anymore, but just in case... We found this website when I was looking to replace our builder's grade doorbell -- great selection and price. They have tons of styles of chimes/bells, and many have ratings/reviews, and that was helpful for us. No affiliation, just sharing my experience! Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Door chimes at accent-furniture-direct.com