Many organizations ask us this when they see how much mail can be loaded into a larger vertical mail box, and when they see how easy it is for mail carriers to quickly retrieve and deliver mail in a large, easily accessible vertical slot.  While these are major points of convenience for both mail carriers and users alike, horizontal mailboxes are much more practical when space is limited, or when there is a large community of people to service.

The reason for this is simple.  Vertical mailboxes are much larger, and they line up in a single row along a wall.  It takes a rather large wall to accommodate a large number of vertical units.  However, horizontal mailboxes, due to their compact size, and the fact that they can be arranged in multiple rows, consume far less horizontal wall space.

30 horizontal mailboxes can be installed along the wall between two large offices without having to sacrifice floor space that can be much better utilized for leasing, production, and profitability.

Vertical mailboxes are indeed highly attractive and provide better space accommodations for larger envelops and oversized mail.  Their best application is in places where cosmetics and convenience are necessary to attract business on the basis of amenities.  They are also very practical for very small apartments and office buildings that do not have that many mail recipients to service.

Realistically, however, horizontal mailboxes are preferred by most architects and building managers responsible for mail services to communities of any considerable size.   The existing of front loading horizontal units makes them even more space efficient for organizations that cannot afford to sacrifice floor space to a mail room behind the boxes. 

There are even surface mounted configurations that allow builders responsible for remodels to install a compact mail center that does not even require cutting into the wall.

The key to this flexibility of applications lies in the innate simplicity of horizontal mail box design.  As an individual unit, the individual box is nothing more than that—a box that is slightly wider than it is tall. 

However, this very basic design allows for the creation of highly compact, customized mail centers simply by arranging the necessary number of horizontal mail boxes in an appropriate number of rows and columns that make the most of a small amount of wall space.  Parcel lockers and outgoing mail boxes can be installed within these clusters that will accommodate every possible need of mail recipients in the building.

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