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brush type letterbox draught excluders- source for large?

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Jim K

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Jan 8, 2013, 6:10:21 AM1/8/13
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Looking for larger than standard brush letterbox excluder- abt 4 inches tall &12 images wide as fitted.
Seen the separate brush strips for sale on ebay etc but hoping for a neater "manufactured" solution...

Cheers
Jim K

Andy Champ

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Jan 8, 2013, 3:39:30 PM1/8/13
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On 08/01/2013 11:10, Jim K wrote:
> Looking for larger than standard brush letterbox excluder- abt 4 inches tall &12 images wide as fitted.
> Seen the separate brush strips for sale on ebay etc but hoping for a neater "manufactured" solution...
>

Is that a special type so the postman can get letters through? Or is it
just so he has to put his whole hand where the dog can get it :}

Andy

Jim K

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Jan 9, 2013, 4:41:01 AM1/9/13
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it's just a bit bigger than your average honest guv!
the dimensions I gave were for the size of the draught excluder plate
overall not the letterbox hole ;>)

like this but bigger:-

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/d170/sd2802/p86656

anyone?

cheers
Jim K



gary....@hotmail.co.uk

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Feb 26, 2014, 1:08:10 AM2/26/14
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Any joy with larger draught excluder? I'm also looking for one and having no luck at all!!
Thanks
Gary

Bob Minchin

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Feb 26, 2014, 6:59:35 AM2/26/14
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Make one from draught excluder brush strip which is commonly available.

Vir Campestris

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Feb 26, 2014, 6:01:19 PM2/26/14
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On 26/02/2014 11:59, Bob Minchin wrote:
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> Make one from draught excluder brush strip which is commonly available.

No. Don't fit one at all until you've tried feeding your post in from
the outside.

I do the neighbourhood newsletter and they are a PITA. I can't usually
get it past the strip.

Andy
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pcb1962

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Feb 26, 2014, 6:38:55 PM2/26/14
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I got some metre long lengths of brush strip from the pound shop
recently to do the bottom of my garage door.

bm

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Feb 26, 2014, 7:04:02 PM2/26/14
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"Tim Streater" <timst...@greenbee.net> wrote in message
news:260220142333226814%timst...@greenbee.net...
> In article <NtOdnRqG5Kuj75PO...@brightview.co.uk>, Vir
> +1
>
> I've delivered newsletters and the brush type are a pain in the dong,
> soon to be a pain in your hand. It takes ages to work the post past the
> sodding brush, and then the outer flap sticks in it, thus negating the
> point of the brush in the first place.

Ours has a brush but it's no prob to get a 13A plug through it for charging
the car overnight ;)


Dave W

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Feb 28, 2014, 6:48:20 AM2/28/14
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:33:22 +0000, Tim Streater
<timst...@greenbee.net> wrote:

>In article <NtOdnRqG5Kuj75PO...@brightview.co.uk>, Vir
>Campestris <vir.cam...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>+1
>
>I've delivered newsletters and the brush type are a pain in the dong,
>soon to be a pain in your hand. It takes ages to work the post past the
>sodding brush, and then the outer flap sticks in it, thus negating the
>point of the brush in the first place.
>
>Then there's the fucking dog on the inside ...

When I was delivering leaflets I made a simple injector from a long
strip of box cardboard, folded double about 6" from the far end. The
leaflet is put in the folded end, which is then put through the
letterbox so that the folded end springs open downwards, delivering
the leaflet straight to the dog!
--
Dave W

alan

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Mar 1, 2014, 7:28:05 AM3/1/14
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I haven't got any form of draught excluder behind my letter box but it
doesn't stop the lazy bastard who delivers the freebie newspaper from
just leaving it in the slot and letting all the warm air out.


--
mailto:news{at}admac(dot}myzen{dot}co{dot}uk

Adam Funk

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Mar 5, 2014, 5:59:28 AM3/5/14
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On 2014-02-28, Dave W wrote:

>>I've delivered newsletters and the brush type are a pain in the dong,
>>soon to be a pain in your hand. It takes ages to work the post past the
>>sodding brush, and then the outer flap sticks in it, thus negating the
>>point of the brush in the first place.
>>
>>Then there's the fucking dog on the inside ...
>
> When I was delivering leaflets I made a simple injector from a long
> strip of box cardboard, folded double about 6" from the far end. The
> leaflet is put in the folded end, which is then put through the
> letterbox so that the folded end springs open downwards, delivering
> the leaflet straight to the dog!

Ingenious.

MattyF

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Mar 12, 2014, 4:42:05 PM3/12/14
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On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 12:28:05 +0000, alan wrote:

> I haven't got any form of draught excluder behind my letter box but it
> doesn't stop the lazy bastard who delivers the freebie newspaper from
> just leaving it in the slot and letting all the warm air out.

Why don't you just have your letter box by your gate, forty feet away
from the house? Or a mile away, if in Australia!

Jeanette...@aol.com

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Jan 28, 2015, 4:10:24 PM1/28/15
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Are you still looking because I am in the same boat having inherited a door with a large roughly hewn hole. Door Furniture Direct do one with brush and flap that is 300mm x 95mm. On their website search Letterbox, Plates and Tidies and it came up on page 14. £11.30 which is a lot more than I wanted to spend but it is the only one I have found so far. If you have found anything cheaper or better please let me know. Jeanette
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