Curbside post mounted mailboxes are the first impression of your lifestyle. Everybody driving down your street investigates the mailbox for your place address. It is important to have your address clearly marked on the mailbox not only for your friends but the mailman as well .
Installing your mailbox is not a troublesome difficult hard task. Select a location that permits you to safely retrieve your mail. Postal regulations require that the mailbox door be found between 6 to eight inches from the curb. Measure from the center point where the mailbox is attached to the post out to the front door then add six to 8 inches to that figure. Using that figure measure from the curb to find the center of your hole.
Postal rules require the bottom of the door be located between forty to 44 inches from the ground. When digging your hole it is advised to dig a 12 inches diameter hole and the depth of about 20? Cover the base of the hole with about two inches of gravel then place the post on the gravel. Check with your local post office for wants some localities do not permit a mailbox post to be cemented in the ground. Employing a level ensure the post is straight on all 4 sides and secure it with wood strips above the ground. Next either back fill the hole with dirt or cement keeping the post level.
Many mailboxes have ornamental posts that slide over the 4X4 post. Eventually attach the mailbox to the post ( if using cement you’ll want to wait till the cement has cured. Now you can start receiving your junk mail and bills!