Would anyone know how far apart the holes in the back of this mailbox are? And what kinda screws would you recommend I use? Please help!
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The mounting holes are on 9-3/4" centers. You should use flat head screws, #8 would do. Adding a flat washer would be good. The type of screw depends on what you are mounting the box on.
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Hi Frank,I didn't cut a hole in the back of mine but I don't see why you couldn't do it. Depending how high your circuit box is I don't see that there would be a problem but there is one stationary shelf about 5' high in the cabinets. The cabinets do not secure to the wall, they are sturdy, with four sides and stand on 4 legs. The cabinets that I looked at, before I bought these, did not have backs in them, these are much better than the ones I looked at. I put all 3 of my cabinets next to each other along the side of the garage. I did have to get some 4" studs to adapt to the slope in the garage but now they all stand level next to each other and look very nice. Hi Frank,I didn't cut a hole in the back of mine but I don't see why you couldn't do it. Depending how high your circuit box is I don't see that there would be a problem but there is one stationary shelf about 5' high in the cabinets. The cabinets do not secure to the wall, they are sturdy, with four sides and stand on 4 legs. The cabinets that I looked at, before I bought these, did not have backs in them, these are much better than the ones I looked at. I put all 3 of my cabinets next to each other along the side of the garage. I did have to get some 4" studs to adapt to the... » Read More Hi Frank,I didn't cut a hole in the back of mine but I don't see why you couldn't do it. Depending how high your circuit box is I don't see that there would be a problem but there is one stationary shelf about 5' high in the cabinets. The cabinets do not secure to the wall, they are sturdy, with four sides and stand on 4 legs. The cabinets that I looked at, before I bought these, did not have backs in them, these are much better than the ones I looked at. I put all 3 of my cabinets next to each other along the side of the garage. I did have to get some 4" studs to adapt to the slope in the garage but now they all stand level next to each other and look very nice. « Show Less
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Yes, you need to purchase a mounting bracket with this mailbox. I see that Amazon sells one but at the time I don;t recall seeing one and I purchased one from Sears Hardware. I imagine with super long screws you could secure it to a post but it would not be stable or hold up over time. I would imagine it would eventually fall off and that's only if you could secure it in the first place. Buy the mounting bracket.
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I used two masonry screws on a brick wall - hang the screws and then the mailbox slides onto them. I held the mailbox against the wall and marked its holes with a sharpie before drilling.
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There are four screw holes in the back of the box. The holes are roughly 4 mm and 5 inches apart.
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I believe there were screws with it - it attaches simply via 2 reinforced holes through the back just below the hinge. In my case, the spacing of the 2 holes matched the hole spacing of the previous box, so it was really easy.
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I nailed ours onto a piece of wood that fit directly under it. Worked fine. So if your wood is small enough that the mailbox slips over it, you can just nail the mailbox on the wood platform through those holes on the sides. Hope that helps!
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I mounted to an exterior stucco wall. So I cut a scrap piece of redwood fence board to fit the recess in the back of the mailbox (any painted board should work). Using 2 "deck screws" I mounted that firmly through the stucco to the sheathing underneath. Then two small screws through the eyelet hangers to install the mailbox. Lastly a pan head screw through the center hole. (So the box can not be removed from the wall). Total of 5 screws, 2 - 1.75" exterior wood screws, 2 - 3/4" small screws, 1 - 3/4" pan head screw.
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If you have an electric drill, you could adapt it. I had to make some adjustments on my mail box, but once installed, it works fine. Saves me a lot of useless trips to the mailbox.
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I installed the same mailbox last year. It will not fit the post you have. Your local lowes or home depot sales the kit that fix it perfect. Just pour a little concrete in the bottom of the hole once the post is in place.
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The door to retrieve your mail is in the back. I would recommend a post. You would have to side mount which doesn't seem practical.
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Hey Jack, When I bought my letters, I also bought their epoxy adhesive. I was using mine on a metal mailbox and they have held fine for over a year. I'm sure any epoxy adhesive would work fine. (JB Weld or something like that.). There are no holes for screws or pins on the back or anything like that. Hope that helps.
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I don't think it's that easy. Read some of the reviews and you'll find more info on how others have done it. One thing certain, I wouldn't just put screws into the typical cardboard-like panels. I'd want to be contacting some metal, so you might have to take off the door panels and see what's behind them.
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We used a wood screw also. I believe there was one hole pre drilled in the nest box and we added another screw for more stability.
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Screw holes are already in the product along with screws. My nephew used a drill and because we were putting it into brick we used longer screws than the one that came with the product. My mailman never uses the hooks on the bottom for magazines and newspapers & unless you get a ton of mail I think the screws are adequate.
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The 2 screw holes located at the top of the mail box are 9 3/8 inches apart from center to center of the holes. There is a third hole at the bottom of the mail box I did not use . Its in the center of the two upper holes which would be 4 11/16 inches.
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The mail box post surrounds the 4 x4 and attaches with a lag bolt from the back side. Used the one provided and have had no problems with it.