Curbside post mounted mailboxes are the first impression of your way of life. Everybody driving down your street examines the mailbox for your place address. It is vital to have your address clearly marked on the mailbox not only for your friends but the mailman too.

Installing your mailbox is not a hard tough hard task. Choose a location that permits you to safely retrieve your mail. Postal regulations require that the mailbox door be located between 6 to 8 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 eight inches to that figure. Using that figure measure from the curb to find the centre of your hole.

Postal rules need 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 twelve inches diameter hole and the depth of about 20? Cover the bottom of the hole with roughly two inches of gravel then place the post on the gravel. Check with your local post office for wants some localities don’t permit a mailbox post to be cemented in the ground. Employing a level make sure the post is straight on all four sides and secure it with wood strips above the ground. Next either back fill the hole with dust or cement keeping the post level.

Many mailboxes have decorative posts that slide over the 4X4 post. Finally attach the mailbox to the post ( if using cement you may want to delay until the cement has cured. Now you can start receiving your junk mail and bills!