6
Jul
2015
By Calvin at 15:31 GMT, 8 years ago
Great news! DAD UK Ltd who’s people make the only certified Secured by Design mailbox has joined The Crime Prevention Website’s Directory!
DAD UK Ltd, which is part of the Decayeux Group was established in 1996. They have a sales office in Ashford in Kent from where they look after their customers in the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and other English speaking countries. Today, they are the leading distributor of mailboxes in the UK with sole distribution of Brabantia products and they are the UK’s first and only manufacturer of a certified Secured by Design Post box, the DAD009.
More recently, they have launched an executive range of designer steel security doors under the brand Decayeux Security, which are certified to EN1627, the European security standard for doors and windows, supported by this website.
I’ve known DAD for a long time, in fact since I worked for the police initiative Secured by Design, so I was very much aware of their development of the first individual secure mailbox that is certified to Grade 2 TS009: 2012.
TS009 is the Door and Hardware Federation’s important Technical Specification for the testing of letter boxes. It’s full title is: TS 009:2012 ‘Enhanced security and general requirements for letter box assemblies that are free standing or surface mounted and where mail is retrieved from the same side as delivery’. A PDF version of the standard is available from DHF Online at this link
DAD's DAD009 secure mailbox is made from electro-galvanised steel and available in any powder coated RAL colour. It’s designed to be surface mounted, recessed (or freestanding). The patented locking mechanism is activated using a DAD 6 pin security rim lock conforming to EN1303:2005 Grade 4. It measures 325x380x330 and has a volume of 41 Litres, so plenty big enough to take a few day’s worth of mail!
Those of you who know me know that I have an aversion to letterplates in doors – because of the many crime risks they present – and so you can imagine my delight when I was approached by the one manufacturer of an independently tested secure mailbox that can be fixed to your house wall.
I’ve been referring people to DAD for a secure mailbox ever since my website went live, so it’s very exciting for me to be supporting them more formally from our Directory of products and services, where they are shown under Doors and Letter boxes and secure mail delivery. Of course they have a large range of products for you to choose from and so I do hope you pay their site a visit.
DAD UK Ltd Website: http://dadgroup.co.uk/
