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Water in the letterbox, why?

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Greyduster Sun 30-Nov-14 16:24:48

Yes I absolutely KWYM!!

tanith Sun 30-Nov-14 15:15:01

Thanks Greyduster we do have a glass panel above it so maybe thats it.. I think I'll find the number for the guy who put it in and ask him what he suggests.. OH wants to use clear mastic to seal things but he is a bit heavy handed and I don't want to spoil the look of the door IFYKWIM grin

Greyduster Sun 30-Nov-14 14:49:16

We had a similar problem after our door had been in for less than a year. We got the supplier back and he checked everything out, including the glass seals, and said he couldn't work out why it was getting in, but that the manufacturer did not guarantee door furniture, which included the letterbox! As we had put quite a lot of work his way over the years, he fitted a new, slightly different, letterbox and didn't charge us, and we didn't have the problem again. Have you got glass panels above the letter box? Could it be leaking in through those? The problem with water is it's insidious. It will always find a way in somewhere. We had the door fitter back again early this year as water was pouring down the inside of the door when the rain was heavy and the wind was in the wrong direction. He resealed it inside and out - and it still got in. It was finding its way in under the tiles on the porch into some boxing over the inside of the door. Not much help I know, but I hope you get it sorted soon.

tanith Sun 30-Nov-14 14:15:25

We have a lovely new composite front door about 2yrs old now but lately we've had some heavy rain straight onto the door no problems with the door leaking but somehow it gets inside the letterbox and even when the postie pushes the letter through sometimes they are sopping wet.. and we cannot figure how as the outside of the box has a cover which you have to lift up to put post through and the whole thing fits tightly to the door we've checked, just can't figure out how water gets in it. I even found a puddle under the mat the other day, took a look and yep there was water dripping from the inside of the letter box and the brush draught excluder inside was sopping wet..

Any ideas people..