Must Know Tips To Make Your Letterbox More Useful & Long Lasting

Letterboxes are one of those important objects in your house that you have to leave outdoor. Yes, it is meant to be outside of the house and collect your letters and parcels. That’s the prime reason, they tend to get damaged easily and often it can even affect the letters and parcels inside. So, here are some tips for you on how you can make your letterbox drop in Sydney more long lasting and also more useful.

Create a Shade

Whether you have a railing letterbox or pillar mailbox, you need to protect it from water. 9 out 10 mailboxes develop their first sign of damage due to rain. But, you can easily save your mailbox from water by creating a shade over it. There are some models available in Sydney that comes with prebuilt shades; but not all. So, you can create one using wood, plastic or any other material. This simple step can even prevent entering water into the cavity and so protecting your parcels and mails from water.

Paint It Thoroughly

Paints are highly effective to slip out water and protecting your letterbox from moist and water. Even if you have built a pillar letterbox drop in Sydney, you should paint that too. Concrete absorbs water by nature and thus it’s highly important that you paint it with weather-proof paint material. Try to repeat the painting every six months to make sure the coat protects it.

Install Letter Alarm

There are several types of letterbox alarm systems available in the market and they are very easy to install. You don’t need to hire any expert mostly and can do it yourself. However, you have to keep the design, size and location of your letterbox in mind while buying one. In case it is remote alarming system, make sure it has enough range to send the signal from the letterbox to your interior.

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