Low Letter Boxes

[CharlesSpooner]

Has anyone ever heard a reason for putting letterboxes low on the door? ....

The only reason I've ever been able to think up is so any fragile items don't have a long drop to the floor once pushed through. There must be a better reason though....surely??

[POSTMAN]

Is there any guidelines into letter boxes about two inches off the ground? A Mate of mine at a nearbye office tells me some new houses has gone on to his walk and the letter boxes are a couple off inches of the ground, there is 40 houses and the bag just drops every time he delivers. As he is not on the internet I said I would ask on here, his line manager ignored him when he asked...

Get the union onto it,down near my way this happened on a new housing estate,area H&S told RM it's a no no for our guys to deliver there,RM got onto the builders and got the doors changed.Straight up.
40 houses,on the spin i presume is taking the piss.

[Pat Ostman]

I hate the letterboxes that are vertical just as much.

Has anyone ever heard a reason for putting letterboxes low on the door? ....

The only reason I've ever been able to think up is so any fragile items don't have a long drop to the floor once pushed through. There must be a better reason though....surely??

Can also be a design issue if they want the large glass effect or fancy look. Most people buying a new front door do. In turn the letterbox is an afterthought.

People also do not generally like them as they see it as an eyesore. Out of sight, out of mind.

Bit like the people who insist on calling their house a 'name' instead of the allocated number, but thats another thread.

[Stormproof]

Bit like the people who insist on calling their house a 'name' instead of the allocated number

Spend £100000's on the house put numbers on their wheelie bins but not their houses

[DGP1]

Bit like the people who insist on calling their house a 'name' instead of the allocated number

Spend £100000's on the house put numbers on their wheelie bins but not their houses

That's because people steal your bin...............of course in some areas they'd also steal your front door

Anyway, I have a low level letter box because that the way the door is designed, two big glass panes running the full length of the door (it was here when we bought the house, just like nearly all the doors on the estate), not that it matters because I've a box on the wall

[thevardinator]

Remember one round I was on, about a year back, must have had 60 low letterboxes in a row on a new street.

[Pinky 1]

Is there any guidelines into letter boxes about two inches off the ground? A Mate of mine at a nearbye office tells me some new houses has gone on to his walk and the letter boxes are a couple off inches of the ground, there is 40 houses and the bag just drops every time he delivers. As he is not on the internet I said I would ask on here, his line manager ignored him when he asked...

Get the union onto it,down near my way this happened on a new housing estate,area H&S told RM it's a no no for our guys to deliver there,RM got onto the builders and got the doors changed.Straight up.
40 houses,on the spin i presume is taking the piss.

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[POSTMAN]

Is there any guidelines into letter boxes about two inches off the ground? A Mate of mine at a nearbye office tells me some new houses has gone on to his walk and the letter boxes are a couple off inches of the ground, there is 40 houses and the bag just drops every time he delivers. As he is not on the internet I said I would ask on here, his line manager ignored him when he asked...

Get the union onto it,down near my way this happened on a new housing estate,area H&S told RM it's a no no for our guys to deliver there,RM got onto the builders and got the doors changed.Straight up.
40 houses,on the spin i presume is taking the piss.

http://www.unionsafety.eu/docs/HSNewsIt ... lates.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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