Even worse for the postie than the brushed rat-traps you describe are the brushed rat-traps with an angry hound waiting on the other side of it to sample the warm sausages that are pushing the letter through the hole.

Our paper delivery bloke has one like that. Strong Spring Brush etc, and it irritates me every time I pay our paper bill. So Much so that I always ensure that the envelope the cheque is in gets screwed up into a nice tight ball. Not sure he will ever get the message. He also has the cold caller clear off and don't return notice posted on the door too.

regards Martin

My front door is in a corner and the wind in certain directions lifts the outer flap, dog responds by barking thinking there is someone there. I tell it's the wind and after a while she quietens down.

I had to fit a cage as she will grab the letters and rip them up.

The outer flap only goes so far when lifted and of course it gets damaged as the spring is a plastic torsion rod made of unobtainium.

You're all far too sophisticated. Out here in't sticks we have an old bread bin by the front gate that Postie puts small stuff in. Any bigger parcel and he drives down to the house, opens the kitchen door and chucks it through.
Handy, though, 'cos junk gets moved from the bread bin to the recycling up by the gate.

pgk

Hi Postie has to lift mine, which isn't heavy and has no spring and there is no brush thing on the inside and no dog or any other thing to snatch at their fingers, small parcels that don't need a signature can be put into a lockable steel cabinet on the wall beside the door all in an open fronted porch, so they don't have to stand in the rain doing their delivery.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 29/11/2021 23:10:49

The next door neighbour had a Staffy dog. It could read. It always shredded the Hubby's letters & left the wife's undamaged.

Well it made me laugh when he told me that.

Steve.

Cast metal letter box front fixed to integral garage wall at side of front door with box on the inside. No flap to trap fingers, no draughts in the house.

Our letter box has been duct taped up and a mail box screwed on the adjacent wall. Why? A 'box allows the same volume of cold air into the hall as a brick missing from it. You would be amazed at the improvement in comfort. Plus, should we go away there is no evidence of our absence.

Our letter box is one of those that bites but the springs could really be stronger because when the wind blows it keeps banging the front cover.