MAX6 10 Inch Letterbox (250mm)

The MAX6MUM SECURITY 10″ (250mm) Anti-Vandal letterbox is the letterbox of choice for anyone concerned about home security. Every letterbox comes with both an external and internal flap to protect your home, and also is supplied with fitting screws!

Features Include:

If you are looking for a way to protect your post as well as preventing burglaries from people putting their hands through the letterbox, then the 12 inch Anti-Vandal MAX6MUM SECURITY letterbox is a fantastic choice. Each letterbox comes with both an external and internal flap to protect your home, and is available in 2 different depths (20-40mm for uPVC doors, and 40-80mm for composite and wooden doors).

Anodised gold, anodised silver, black and white finishes have been developed from aluminium to last longer than other letterboxes currently in the market, and comes with a 10 year colour fast guarantee (so the colour won’t fade in the sun). In addition to this, the anodised silver door knocker has also been spray tested for 480 hours to ASTM B117 to ensure durability, coming with a 5 year inland guarantee.

Polished gold and polished chrome finishes have been developed from 316 grade stainless steel, and is part of the Nanocoast range of products. Each product in the Nanocoast range has been spray tested for 2,000+ hours to ASTM B117 to ensure durability, coming with a LIFETIME guarantee anywhere in the country. This door knocker is ideal for coastal locations, where the salt in the sea air usually pits and corrodes door hardware products made from brass and zinc, and also in locations which are close to highly populated industrial areas!

Each MAX6MUM SECURITY letterbox has a black frame surround, with the flaps being made from aluminium. It has many features not found on standard letterboxes, including anti-vandal, anti-snap flap, anti-burgular and anti-scratch facilities:

Anti-Vandal: Each year, house fires are started by vandals putting fireworks through letterboxes:

Each MAX6MUM SECURITY Anti-Vandal mirror polished letterbox has the brushes outward facing (a feature no other letterplate in the industry has). This gives you 3 great benefits:

1- Having brushes on the front of the door acts as a visual deterrant to vandals. As the internal cavity is not easily accessible, it makes it alot harder to put lit fireworks etc. into the cavity

2- It is easier for postmen to navigate letters through the brushes, so you won’t end up receiving crinkled letters anymore.

3- The brushes stop draughts at the point of entry, making the letterplate draught-proof.

Anti-Snap Flap: Makes letterplate flaps snapping off a thing of the past

Each MAX6MUM SECURITY mirror polished letterbox flap can open to 180 degrees, meaning that it should not snap if listed up too far. Many letterplates available only open to 90 degress, so when too much force is applied when lifting the flap up, it causes them to snap off.

Ultra-flexible springs means that the letterbox can withstand thousands of openings without breaking, making them last even longer! An internal water seal also prevents water getting into the door or panel. which stops letters getting wet as they are posted through the door. The water seal also helps to prevent the flaps from pitting or rusting!

Anti-Burglar:

The hidden fittings of the letterplate made burglary very difficult as it is nearly impossible remove it from the outside. The blind bolts make external removal impossible.

Anti-Scratch Frame:

With the regular traffic this door hardware will get it’s only natural to worry about visible markings on it from scratches either from fitting or from everyday use. The matt coat helps make any markings nearly invisible to the naked eye. Also, the matt coated frame helps to conceal any scratches which are caused by screwdrivers at the time of installation.

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Sizes:

 It is important to make sure you choose the correct size letterplate to fit your door:

If your door is a uPVC door, it is likely it will be between 20-40mm thick. If it is a composite or wooden door, it is likely your door thickness will be between 40-80mm thick:

At MAX6 we are constantly striving to improve on the products we already supply as well as develop new, pioneering ranges and practical product solutions.

With an in house testing centre and product developer, each stage of the development process is thorough, from the initial design right down to the final product. In house 3D printing technology allows for further and more precise advancement of our products which are then expertly manufactured and put through stringent testing conditions using in house test equipment – ensuring all products are designed to the highest standards:

Letterplate Flap Cycle Machine

By replicating the action of opening and closing the letterplates flaps, the machine can determine the durability of the hinge mechanism on the product. The flaps are repeatedly opened and closed to ensure they can withstand thousands of openings without snapping or breaking, promising a product that will last much longer than others in the industry. The process is repeated to 100,000 repetitions – with only 15,000 required by testing standards. Tests are performed
in accordance with BS EN 13724:2013.

Anti-Fishing Tests

This standardised security test measures the ability of a letterplate to resist attack by fishing; a method of gaining keys through a letterbox using a hook. A letterplate must prevent the accessibility of a hook through it, and this is tested by inserting an aluminium rod, which is 6mm in diameter and 1200mm long, through the letterplate and seeing whether or not it can touch a target of 20mm in diameter, which has been placed on a table on the other side of the door.

If the rod is unable to touch the target, then it passes the technical standard, TS 008:2015. If not then a further test is conducted to see if a disc 0.075kg can be retrieved through the door.

Salt Spray Test

This machine tests the corrosion resistance of the letterplates. The salt spray cabinet produces a corrosive environment, by releasing a dense saline fog into the chamber which the letterplates are exposed to. This creates an accelerated corrosion of the letterplate and allows us to test how well the letterplate would stand up in harsher environments.

The letterplates are tested for differing lengths of time depending on the standard requirements; 480 hours for zamak and aluminium based letterplates where we offer a 5 year inland coating guarantee, and in the case of stainless steel Nanocoast letterplates, we test for 2,000 hours where we offer a LIFETIME coating guarantee anywhere in the country, as the letterplates will not pit or rust.

Tensile Strength Test

The tensile strength machine tests the resistance of a material to breaking under tension. It is used to see how well the letterplates perform when pressure is applied to them. The letterplates are attached to pieces of timber or plastic to see how well the fixings perform with the letterplate, which gives a more accurate test on the overall letterplate performance.

All Weather Machine

When placed in the all-weather machine, the letterplates are subjected to conditions including high UV exposure using a Xenon Arc Lamp which will accelerate UV degradation and measure how well a letterplate can last in extreme conditions.

Other conditions such as rain and extreme heat can be generated by the machine to expose the letterplates to all kinds of environments. This allows us to continually improve the letterplates and make them so they last longer in all kinds of different environments.

Fitting your new MAX6MUM SECURITY® Anti-Vandal™ Letterplate is easy and in most cases only requires a screwdriver. The Anti-Vandal™ Letterplate has 2 parts – the exterior part with brushes and the interior part. We have also supplied fixing screws.

1- Take out your existing letterplate by removing the screws on the inside of the door. The letterplate will then slide out, leaving a cavity in the door.

2- Take the interior part and see if it will fit through the existing hole in the door*. If it does then lift the flap and push the interior part through the door and hold it with one hand. With the door open, slide the exterior part into the door cavity and it will slot into the interior part.

3- Line up the two parts of the Anti-Vandal™ Letterplate perfectly and then use the 2 screws supplied to secure the interior part.

4- Use a screwdriver to tighten it up but do not use power tools to tighten up the screws.

*If the Anti-Vandal™ Letterplate does not fit through the cavity, then depending on the door material, open the cavity slightly using a saw, sander or Stanley knife. The cavity needs to be 43mm high by 288mm wide. Once done follow the instructions above.

MAINTENANCE

Gently wash the letterplate with a mild soap solution twice a year to remove any dirt and grit that may build on the surface.

We guarantee the letterbox and finish against the following;

Surface Coating Failure

We guarantee that the letterboxes will not tarnish for a period of 5 years on all products except Nanocoast finishes which is guaranteed for lifetime subject to;

1. The letterplates are applied to a door, window frame or door

2. The letterplates are fixed correctly with the brushes facing to the outside and are not scratched or damaged at any time during the installation process or thereafter

3. The letterplates are cleaned monthly with a moist cloth and not with any form of cleaning agents

4. No claim will be accepted for any letterplate that is scratched or mutilated or fitted incorrectly

Mechanical Failure

We guarantee that the letterplates will not fail mechanically in normal use during the 5 year guarantee period subject to the conditions outlined above.