Deltana MS211 Mail Slot 13-1/8" with Interior Frame

The MS211 is the 13-1/8 inch size in Deltana's mail slot line, so the flap plate and the interior frame are both sized around that overall dimension. Cut and template from the manufacturer's spec sheet rather than from the plate itself, since the through-cut has to clear the sleeve, not just the visible trim.

The interior frame comes with it. The MS211 is the version that ships with the inside trim plate, so one order covers both faces of the door plus the mounting hardware, which is packed in the bag with it. If you only need the inside sleeve as a replacement, that is a different part, such as the Emtek 2281 mail slot sleeve.

They cover different parts of the same opening. The Deltana MS211 is a 13-1/8 inch solid brass mail slot supplied with an interior frame, so the exterior flap and the inside trim plate come together in one packed unit with mounting hardware. The Emtek 2281 is a mail slot sleeve, which is the lining that carries mail through the door thickness rather than a fronted slot with interior trim. If a door already has a mail slot front and needs the through-door lining, the sleeve is the part to order; if the whole opening is being cut and finished from both faces, the MS211 is the assembly that handles it.

Solid brass, both the substrate and the finish material. That matters on an exterior door: brass will not rust the way a plated zinc slot does when weather gets past the flap, and the finish is applied over brass rather than over a cast base.

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 an entry set across a building, the PVD Polished Brass is the one to specify where the door faces weather, since PVD holds up outdoors better than a lacquered brass finish.

It is rated commercial, and it is an exterior hardware item, so it is built for entry doors in multi-family and commercial buildings rather than being a residential-only trim piece. Solid brass construction is what carries it through that duty.

A sleeve is the tube or liner that lines the cut through the door thickness, and it is what you buy alone when the outside flap is fine and the inside trim is missing or damaged, like the Emtek 2281. The MS211 is the complete assembly, exterior flap plus interior frame, for cutting a new opening into a door that has never had a slot.

That is a sleeve job, not a full slot. The Emtek 2281 mail slot sleeve is the through-door lining component. The Deltana MS211 is a complete 13-1/8 inch mail slot with an interior frame, so ordering it to solve a missing liner means paying for an exterior flap and interior trim the door already has, and the existing cutout has to match 13-1/8 inch for it to seat at all. Confirm the existing opening dimensions before switching between the two.

The Deltana MS211 is offered in PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black, all on a solid brass body, which covers the common brass, bronze, nickel, and chrome families a property manager is likely already running on levers and knockers. The Emtek 2281 is a mail slot sleeve and serves a different role in the opening, so it is not the part to standardize a visible exterior face on.

No. Each MS211 is packed in an individual poly bag with the mounting hardware included, sold one per unit. You supply the hole saw and jigsaw work in the door; the fasteners are in the bag.