How about doing away with the letterbox and fitting a post box on the wall . Then there isn't access , however make sure the box is fitted somewhere fire proof so they can't use it as a fireholder and set the whole house on fire .
https://www.safe.co.uk/products/brabant ... GwodTvMIzA
Or if it's a real worry
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lette ... XbapKkkaAK
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Barricading / Home fortification.
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poppypiesdad
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Re: Barricading / Home fortification.
Be Prepared.
Plan like its the last loaf on the shop shelves.
Plan like its the last beer in the fridge.
Plan like its the last loaf on the shop shelves.
Plan like its the last beer in the fridge.
Re: Barricading / Home fortification.
Thanks guys!
Sniper, I don't think a wooden block like that will be secure enough - I don't think its just about not putting anything inside, there could well be spaces at the edges where something could be squirted through (I know it sounds dramatic, but its a bad situation I'm looking at). Those letterbox blockers found by poppypiesdad look just the ticket - though I really hope the postbox can cost less than that. My sister bought one in France - its normal to have them in the countryside, saves the postie going down all those long lanes to one house! - and it cost a third of that
but it can't wait till the next trip to France.
Fitting the box somewhere fireproof ... thats a good point. If the house wall is of brick, is that good/safe enough to fix the box onto? The front wall is less than hip height, just an ordinary little garden wall, there isn't really another place. I totally get what you mean about the postbox potentially becoming a fireholder, thats certainly to be avoided! There's no garage, so nothing that can be done there.
Thanks again! Any other ideas, feel free.
Sniper, I don't think a wooden block like that will be secure enough - I don't think its just about not putting anything inside, there could well be spaces at the edges where something could be squirted through (I know it sounds dramatic, but its a bad situation I'm looking at). Those letterbox blockers found by poppypiesdad look just the ticket - though I really hope the postbox can cost less than that. My sister bought one in France - its normal to have them in the countryside, saves the postie going down all those long lanes to one house! - and it cost a third of that
but it can't wait till the next trip to France.Fitting the box somewhere fireproof ... thats a good point. If the house wall is of brick, is that good/safe enough to fix the box onto? The front wall is less than hip height, just an ordinary little garden wall, there isn't really another place. I totally get what you mean about the postbox potentially becoming a fireholder, thats certainly to be avoided! There's no garage, so nothing that can be done there.
Thanks again! Any other ideas, feel free.