Apartment Mailboxes

All of us, at sometime in our lives, have lived in an apartment and everyday would go downstairs to the lobby and retrieve mail from the rows of apartment mailboxes. In the old days, these mailboxes were tastelessly painted containers that added no charm to the already dull lobby. Indeed they seemed like an after thought when the apartment building was constructed. Nowadays, however, apartment mailboxes have been designed to blend with the décor of the building. In fact, today it is sometimes difficult to spot the mailboxes when entering the lobby of an apartment building. Architects spend hours sorting through various brochures, catalogs, etc looking for mailboxes that will enhance the lobby of a building and bring it some sort of uniqueness. Often these building designers will have apartment mailboxes custom built, ensuring the perfect addition.

Auth Florence Vertical Mailboxes – standard, are metal mailboxes that are popular as apartment mailboxes. Designed to hold large amounts of mail, the Auth Florence Vertical mailboxes are idea for large apartment buildings with many tenants and are USPS approved. Companies constructing residential housing mailboxes as well as apartment mailboxes must follow strict dimensions enforced by the USPO. Failure to follow these construction dimensions could seriously affect mail delivery. Important are the location, accessibility, and configuration of the mailbox. Rules also include the apartment building supplying a large parcel locker for every ten mailboxes in the building. A key for the lobby or foyer must be given to the mail carrier in order for him or her to gain access to the apartment mailboxes. There should also be no furniture or other obstacles blocking the mailboxes. This basically means, if the mail carrier arrives and can’t put mail in the various mailboxes without having to climb over or walking around various obstacles, he or she would not deliver the mail and will probably complain to the landlord as well as superiors at the Post Office.

Architects are aware of these laws and thus design the location apartment mailboxes accordingly. Manufacturers too, are aware and follow the rules without question. If you’re wondering why these seemingly silly rules are in place, it is for the protection and safety of all mail delivered to a home or apartment building. Although most of us nowadays receive and send mail by computer, there is – and always will be – the need for “snail mail” and people still regard this type of mail as private, the United States Postal Service therefore sets the aforementioned rules.