IMM wrote:

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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IMM wrote:

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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IMM wrote:
snip of letterbox
Seal it up. Letterboxes allow draughts in. Eco doors do not have
them.
Fix a
key mailbox on the wall outside. They also look better.

Letterboxes do not have to let draughts in.
Some have properly formed gaskets round the door, and seal tightly
until opened manually.

Eco doors are fully insulated. The letterbox is a large cold bridge,
also it
is difficult to make air tight. Best get rid and fill the hole.

The letterboxes heat loss is utterly trivial.

It all adds up. The draught are what is the problem. It is virtually
impossible to make one 100% air tight and as time goes on its gets worse.

It's almost trivial to make it 100% airtight.
All I did on mine was to disassemble, grease flap, run a bead of silicone
round the inside, and then close.
Draft free, certainly smaller than the amount going round the edges.