Deltana MS0030 Mail Slot 13", Heavy-Duty

The MS0030 is a 13 inch mail slot, so the door needs at least that much clear width in the rail or panel you are cutting through, plus room around the cutout. It installs directly through the face of the door and comes packed with its mounting hardware, so the through-bolt fasteners are in the bag. Deltana rates it heavy duty and calls it a commercial product, which is why it turns up on apartment entries and office doors rather than just houses.

Two different parts. The Deltana MS0030 is the finished slot itself, the flap and plate that mount on the door face. A sleeve, like the Emtek 2281 Mail Slot Sleeve, lines the tunnel through the thickness of the door so mail does not catch on raw wood or the door core. On a thick or hollow door you often want both. If your door already has a slot cut and you just need the tunnel lined, the sleeve is the part to order.

They do different jobs on the door. The Deltana MS0030 is a 13 inch solid brass heavy-duty mail slot that installs directly into the front door and ships in a poly bag with its mounting hardware. The Emtek 2281 is a mail slot sleeve - the liner that lines the through-hole in the door thickness rather than the faceplate assembly. If you are cutting a new opening and need the visible plate and flap the mail drops through, the MS0030 is the part; a sleeve is the tunnel between the interior and exterior sides, not the slot itself.

Solid brass, both substrate and material. That matters on an exterior door: brass does not rust the way a plated zinc casting does when weather gets at the cut edges of the flap. It is sold as exterior hardware for that reason.

Nine: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black. If you are matching existing entry hardware across a building, note that PVD Polished Brass and standard Polished Brass are separate orderable finishes, so pick the one your other doors carry rather than assuming they are the same.

No. Each MS0030 ships in an individual poly bag with its mounting hardware included, and it is sold by the each, so one order line covers one door. You still supply the hole saw or jigsaw work to cut the opening.

Yes, and that is the usual reason property managers buy the MS0030. It is one model in one 13 inch size across all nine finishes, so every door gets the same cutout and the same look. Order by finish only. Deltana also builds the slot in other sizes, so if some openings have narrower rails you can keep the brand and finish consistent and change the size on those doors.

Thirteen inches is the overall size of the MS0030, which handles standard mail and flats such as legal envelopes and magazines comfortably. It is a letter slot, not a parcel drop, so packages will still be left at the door. On multi-family entries where residents get catalogs and bulk mail, the heavy-duty version holds up better to repeated use than a light residential flap.