Submitted on Monday 16th April 2012
Published on Thursday 26th April 2012
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 26th April 2013
Signatures: 91
Require new dwellings to have postman-friendly letter boxes
Irish building regulations have since 2001 required that the letter boxes on the front doors of all new dwellings are positioned at a reasonable height. The EU recommends between 700mm and 1700mm above the ground. There is no such requirement in UK Building Regulations.
As a result a thoughtless and inconsiderate minority of architects and builders in the UK choose to fit, for no good reason, ground-level letter boxes in front doors of new dwellings. This condemns postal deliverers, who do a valuable and physically demanding job, to stooping down to ground level every day of the year. Even for fully glazed doors there are simple alternatives, such as a vertical letter box above the door handle.
An amendment to Building Regulations, as in Ireland, would eliminate the selfish practice of ground-level letter boxes. It would cost nothing, and would be a small but very practical gesture of public appreciation for the work of postal deliverers.
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