Looking for laaarge letter box or letter slot

[James Harris]

I've seen them on doors:

1. Large letter flap with a large slot behind it so it will accept telephone directories, small packets etc. rather than just letters
2. Inward opening
3. Weak spring so even lightweight post will drop and not get caught

but cannot find a supplier who sells them. Anyone know where I can buy such a thing?

On the DIY theme are there any issues with moving the letter slot from one part of a front door to another? For example, planning permission. I'd like to move it from the bottom of the door to the middle so I can catch the mail behind the door. Of course, I'd need a way to block up the existing slot somehow.

Any help appreciated.

-- James

[Roger]

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Mine came from the local hardware store. AFAIK they all go by the name of letter plate.

Currently I have one that has a slot approximately 9" by 2" which replaced one with a slot 8.5" by 1.5" which was a tight fit for things like Yellow Pages. The later has quite a strong spring. The earlier on relied on gravity and seemed to give some postmen a problem as it was a matter of lifting rather than just pushing.

The upgrade seems redundant now as the last telephone directory was left on the wall by the gate (idle sod) and the previous directory was just pushed through a gap under the inner gate by an illiterate who couldn't read the prominent message in front of his (or her) nose saying the letter plate was in the gable end.

Can't see why if the door will take the butchery unless you are in a conservation area in which case planning might need to be consulted. I shifted mine from a letter box hung on the back of the inner garden gate to a hole in the gable end without consulting anyone.

[NOSPAMnet]

Planning permission ?....For that ?

I'm sure your postman will be delighted even tho' you are doing it for other reasons .

[Kevin]

only problem with large letter boxes is people putting things though to a, to open the door b, fish for item in the hall i.e. car keys hand bags ETC. if your front door can be opened with out a key from the inside then you will need to remember to lock it up at all times and remove the key, or at least put a cage over the slot to prevent it happening

[NOSPAMnet]

I think they can do that with any normal letter box ..even relatively small ones .

[James Harris]

Good point. A large middle slot would make it much easier to reach any key behind the door.

-- James