SEEKING LARGER APERTURE TO EXCLUDE DRAUGHTS
November 3, 2010 4:56 AM Subscribe
I need a draught excluder for the letter plate in our front door. We just got a bigger letter plate than standard (so the postman doesn't need to ring the door for larger letters), and had it fitted yesterday. Now, looking online I can't find a draught excluder that's big enough to fit. Dimensions inside.
I have just bought myself a new letter plate with an aperture of 245mm x 78mm (9 3/4" X 3 1/8") so that the post (mail) man can actually post large letters rather than ring our bell. We picked it up on speck in a sale and got our carpenter to fit it yesterday. Now I need to find a dual brush draught excluder to fit inside the door - but I can't find any large enough! I'm in the UK and even on ebay they only seem to sell draught excluders with the standard dimensions, 338mm x 75mm, with a much smaller aperture. Does anyone have any ideas? I'll order from the US if necessary.
I have just bought myself a new letter plate with an aperture of 245mm x 78mm (9 3/4" X 3 1/8") so that the post (mail) man can actually post large letters rather than ring our bell. We picked it up on speck in a sale and got our carpenter to fit it yesterday. Now I need to find a dual brush draught excluder to fit inside the door - but I can't find any large enough! I'm in the UK and even on ebay they only seem to sell draught excluders with the standard dimensions, 338mm x 75mm, with a much smaller aperture. Does anyone have any ideas? I'll order from the US if necessary.
I found this large mail slot cover. It is 13 1/2" x 5", so it will presumably cover the interior aperture of your new letter plate. However, it is a magnetically sealed cover rather than dual brush.
posted by RichardP at 8:27 AM on November 3, 2010
posted by RichardP at 8:27 AM on November 3, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks to Essexjan for this suggestion - I could try it in extremis. RichardP's Mail Slot Cover looks promising - anyone know of anything similar in the UK?
posted by ingridbroad at 9:21 AM on November 3, 2010
posted by ingridbroad at 9:21 AM on November 3, 2010
I've never lived with a letter slot but couldn't you just buy thin magnet strips and apply them to the edges? (I'm thinking something like the magnets use for car signage).
Wouldn't something like that keep the wind from opening the flap yet allow entry for the mail carrier?
posted by jaimystery at 5:38 PM on November 3, 2010
Wouldn't something like that keep the wind from opening the flap yet allow entry for the mail carrier?
posted by jaimystery at 5:38 PM on November 3, 2010
my dad resolved this issue by making his own. he used some heavy grade sheet flexible plastic, looped it from the top and used a cut metal pipe on the bottom fold to hold it in place. a few staples on the end kept the bar in place. worked just fine for years.
posted by lester at 5:53 PM on November 3, 2010
posted by lester at 5:53 PM on November 3, 2010
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posted by essexjan at 5:21 AM on November 3, 2010