Sourcing a letter box to go through a cavity wall.

flat plastic ducting, what is it, 7" or something?

A French DIY shed. The standard French letter box is a big steel box with a footprint large enough to take a folded newspaper and about as high as it is wide. They come as single entry (a door where the letter slot is) and double entry (a door at each end). The single entry ones can be either built in or surface mounted, but the double entry boxes are designed to be installed through walls.

Colin Bignell

... coin slot at the top, and a knob on the side ...

|> I want to put a letter box into a cavity wall. The wall is double |> concrete block and, in total, is approx 300mm thick. |>

|> Does anyone know where I could get a letterbox which will go |> through it - and eliminate (as much as poss) draughts! | |A French DIY shed. The standard French letter box is a big steel box with a |footprint large enough to take a folded newspaper and about as high as it is |wide. They come as single entry (a door where the letter slot is) and double |entry (a door at each end). The single entry ones can be either built in or |surface mounted, but the double entry boxes are designed to be installed |through walls. | |Colin Bignell

Thats good. Ta for the info. I'm over in France to do a bit more reno work in March. I'll have a look around then.

Cheers!

Silly thought: are letters going to get stuck inside it? I'd imagine a standard bank statement or something being easily able to hide between the two ends.

Perhaps you'd need to slant it, like a mini coal chute.

|Silly thought: are letters going to get stuck inside it? I'd imagine a |standard bank statement or something being easily able to hide between |the two ends. | |Perhaps you'd need to slant it, like a mini coal chute.

I don't think letters are going to stick ;-) After all, it's just a hollow, box-section tube. Probably easier to locate letters in than those lockable post boxes you can screw on an outside wall!