Description
- Adjustable depth
- Made in Australia
- A4 portrait mail slot
- Rear opening door
- Outward rain cover
- Heavy-duty powder-coated aluminium
- Rear brace
The Telescopic Portrait is a built-in letterbox that can easily be slotted into a wall. The signature feature of a Telescopic is its ability to adjust its depth according to the thickness of your wall.
It is suitable for all types of walls including brick or rendered. Made from aluminium, the Telescopic letterbox ensures your mail will be safe whilst keeping a sophisticated look to match your home.
Portrait, in this case, means that it can accept A4 mail at portrait length. This is a narrower letterbox, perfect for narrower pillars or walls. See the "Dimensions & Specifications" tab for more info on sizing.
Available in a wide range of Colorbond® colours. Numbers, locks and keys are all included as standard.
For a wider version of the telescopic box see Telescopic - Landscape.
All our letterboxes are made to order in North Plympton, South Australia. While we endeavour to manufacture as quickly and efficiently as possible, the standard lead time for a Telescopic Portrait is between 2-3 weeks. Factory conditions change year-round, however, so no lead times can ever be guaranteed.
Colours seen in the colour selection drop-down thumbnails and in the product images are computer-generated representations of the powder coat colours. They are not 100% accurate to how the real-life colour will appear, they are merely a guide. Several variables such as lighting and the surrounding environment will have a big impact on how your chosen colour will appear in the flesh.
Specifications & Dimensions
Box Dimensions: | 240w x 140h x 250-470d (mm) |
Faceplate & Rear Brace Dimensions: | 290w x 190h (mm) |
Slot Opening Dimensions: | 231w x 40h (mm) |
Material | Aluminium |
Finish | Powder Coated |
Colours | Basalt®, Black Satin, Bright Silver, Classic Cream™, Cottage Green®, Cove®, Deep Ocean®, Dune®, Evening Haze®, Gully®, Ironstone®, Jasper®, Mangrove®, Manor Red®, Monument®, Pale Eucalypt®, Paperbark®, Shale Grey™, Surfmist®, Terrain®, Wallaby®, White Satin, Wilderness®, Windspray®, Woodland Grey® |
Locking Mechanism | Key Lock, Latch Lock |
Access | Rear Door |
Installation Type | Rear Brace/Flange |
Suitable for... |
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Numbering |
Bolt-On (Powdercoated Aluminium, 75mm only), Stainless Steel (304, Horizontal Brush, 75mm only), Vinyl (75mm only) |
Numbering
Choose from a selection of numbering options to customise how your letterbox will look.
All numbers are 75mm high as default for this letterbox. The maximum amount of numbers that will fit on the front of the letterbox at 75mm height is three.
Font Options
Bolt-On - Times New Roman
Stainless Steel - Arial
Vinyl - Arial, Century Gothic or Times New Roman
Add a no junk mail vinyl label to your letterbox to keep unwanted junk mail out.
Installation
The Telescopic Portrait is built to expand from 250mm to 470mm deep to allow for easy fitting in almost any size of wall. A brace is included, maintaining a seamless look both at the front and back of the letterbox.
It simply slots into a pre-existing hole in your brick or rendered wall and is adjusted to the required depth.
For Gabion, rendered, or brick walls and pillars that are yet to be built, we strongly suggest an Installation Channel. This will help to create a guide for sliding the letterbox in. The wall can be built around the installation channel so the box doesn't get damaged and the size of the hole is correct.
This channel also protects the letterbox from the weight of the bricks or rocks laid upon it.
See below for more detailed instructions for installing a telescopic letterbox into a wall.
1. The telescopic boxes come in two pieces, the front piece with a faceplate and slot and the rear piece with the door. They will be supplied to you slotted together, but not fixed in any way. So you can slide them apart (this may require some force).
2. You'll then notice some predrilled holes along the bottom outer edges of the rear piece. After working out how deep your wall is, you can then set the two pieces of the box together at that same depth and mark out where those holes line up on the front piece.
3. You then need to drill through the outer edge of the front piece, allowing you to line up the holes on the rear pieces.
4. Now that the two boxes have holes lined up as per how deep your wall is, you can rivet the two pieces together to give you a complete box that matches the depth of your wall.
5. Slide the complete box in through the front of your wall and use a construction adhesive like liquid nails around the back of the faceplate to secure it in place.
6. Slip the rear brace around the back of the box on the rear side of your wall. Similarly to the front, use liquid nails to secure the brace in place against the wall.