Salsbury Industries 2255BRS Mail Drop, Aluminum

The quality of what was received is great. It is study and seems well made. However, It seemed odd to me that there are no predrilled holes or any instruction on how or where to attach the chute to a stud in the wall. Also, there is no trim ring on the inside to cover the inevitable gaps that will exist between the chute and the freshly cut rectangle hole in the wall. Seems like a trim ring could help hold the chute in place to the wall and cover any gaps in the interior wall. Even though I cut the interior hole almost perfect, I still felt the need to install some wood trim around the inside chute. Also, it is best used on an interior wall. If this were mounted on an exterior wall, rain water would be able to find a way down the chute.

After reading the reviews I decided putting it in our garage door opposing rain would be okay. HD build great quality.Our mail delivery person loves it :)As noted by others- The door flap is weak and leaves a small gap at the bottom. So if you like rain chute drips to re hydrate your mail be aware.I wonder why a push chute door and not a typical flap door is not available for us outdoor exposed drop people. I'm guessing they do not see a market for us residents wanting to spend a smidgen more for less torn up mags.

This is a well constructed product. We are going to put it in the wall next to our entrance door and have the mail drop into our entrance closet so we won't suffer any drafts or loud bangs. The instructions leave a bit to be desired, but one can get the idea. You do need to know how to cut stucco (or whatever your wall material is), drywall, and block out support for the mail slot. A good handyman should be able to do it in a few hours.The structure is well made, but the door doesn't have great positive closure force, so it may open and let strong breezes through. A spring loaded door would help that, or perhaps glue/weld a weight to the back side of the door. Just make it so the mail carrier can easily open and insert your post.The only other draw back is there is no real way to leave outgoing mail unless you physically attach something to the frame.Overall, a solid product that does what is intended.

two stars because the quality is very solid. however, the way this is designed (with the door on the inside of the frame), rain will very easily get in and get your mail wet. I tested this out by dribbling a small amount of water across the frame. the water flowed down to the door and seeped in immediately. also, the door does not lock into place (no magnet or anything to hold it), so a stiff breeze would let cold air into your house pretty easily.

A few things you need to know:Mine came with no instructions so I copied from website.The inside end did not come with a trim peice so I had to trim with wood.Should have a trim peice included or tell potential customer before sale.Very well made.4 stars for not having instructions and trim peice.

Flap does not close all the way. The spring is too weak. Flap stays open a quarter inch resulting in cold air flowing inside the mail cabinet. Mailboxes.com is also printed on the front. In the answers column it said it was not. Other than that, looks good, easy to install and got the job done!

Excellent mailbox, well constructed, and am very happy with it.Now, to an actual review, and points:I recently bought a house, a condo actually, in a historic district, as such, the condo does not have a central mailbox system, as many are used to; so all mail-slots are built into the doors. Since I live on the east coast, the weather out here is very cold in winter, and very hot in the summer, which basically was blowing out all my heat out of the ground portion of my house! I was very annoyed by this as you can imagine.However, I have a small exterior utility closet one can call it, built into my property, right next to my door. It has its own door, which is lockable, and it is isolated/insulated from the interior. Most things were running through it are HVAC piping and so forth. So, I decided, instead of losing all this heat, due to drafts, I will remove my mail-slot from my door, fill it in with block of wood, and then sand it all down and paint it - and instead, put the Salisbury Mail Box/Slot into my "utility" closet door. It worked quite well - but please remember following points:1) If you doing custom installation - you should be handy with the saw, and in general handy with fixing, modifying and doing things to the product which were not intended.2) This is WALL MAILBOX designed unit. Which means that through a regular 2" - 3" (inch) door, the mail chute will be hanging off. If you wish to install an additional receptacle box, which Salsbury sells, you will have to cut the chute to size. To me, this was just silly, since I have a closet dedicated to mail.3) I had to drill through the Mail Box front bezel in order to correctly install it/hook it up to a 3 Inch Door. Not a big deal. I used the existing 2 screw holes as a guide.4) When you make the hole inside the door, remember that mail chute is SLANTED, which means you have to cut the opening slightly larger, and then shave of the booth portion of the opening at an angle, to allow the chute to install correctly. Once this is done, you can "bang it" into place using a block of wood as a buffer between the hammer and the mailbox. Additionally, then you can fill in the edge opening which will be inevitably left with a quality caulk.Conclusion:I am giving this mailbox 5 stars. It is excellent heavy duty aluminum construction. I think it is a great replacement for almost ANY mail slot out there.If you have to built this into your garage door, or main door, with some tinkering it can be modified to close very well, and prevent drafts. Since this is aluminum construction, I would have routed small area on the mail slot, and mail box bezel, and glue into the area high quality rare earth magnets. But I had a spare outdoor faceable closet, but option was still there. I have done tremendous amount of research, and for the size, quality of construction, and DIY options available - this is so far the best mailbox there.

Sturdy enough to take the casual handling of such things. The instructions are cryptic to the point that many might wish to have a competent carpenter make the through-the-wall installation. The spring is strong enough to shut the flap with a loud bang so you know the mail has arrived - it is not, however, strong enough to keep the flap tightly sealed against drafts. You'll have to figure out something else for that. I used part of a neoprene wetsuit and some magnets to seal it on the inside wall.

Because our main entry doors are glass, we put it in the outside wall of our house. works great, nicely powder coated and looks nice, but it was difficult to install because of the angled shaft. Also the internal shaft wasn't wide enough to go through the entire outside wall, so we had to improvise, but it all worked out.. Works great as a mail drop from outside to inside.

We use as an external mail slot for clients to drop off documents when our office is closed or no need to enter the office (COVID)

Beaucoup trop.cher. au Canada au USA c 100.00 de moins....

Very easy way to add a mail drop slot to our new office. Item was as expected and arrived very quickly