Has anyone installed this mailbox into a brick column?
571920
it's aluminum so it won't rust from the moisture held in the brick work, good choice for the application.
571921
Sorry, haven't. If I were to, where I live, somebody would ram it with their 20-year-old F 150.
652091
The door looks like the brick, blends with the brick part of the mail box. It also has a lock and the door drops downward instead of swinging like doors to a home
1341063
I attached mine to brick. I drilled holes in the brick and put in plastic anchors in the brick and then screwed the back plate to them. It is a neat instillation looking great.
1398440
Definitely can be post-mounted, in fact the mailbox comes with the mounting plate, a "Patented Fast-Trak Mounting Plate for easy installation on existing posts in minutes." But if you are talking about a solid column, such as brick or stone, in which the box is embedded, (surrounded by the other material) I don't see any reason why it couldn't be, except that you'd have to be careful to leave enough room at the very bottom for the door to swing open.
560018
Sorry, Nancy. That's a question for a handyman. Mine is in the wall in my family room, which is not brick.
2255496
This is a old fashion mailbox. you fit a board under it and attach that to a post and sit the box on top the board and put screws into the bottom sides.......it's the only way I know to attach it.......
672766
Yes. The bottom is flat, with pre-drilled rows of holes. I lagged a PT board to the existing wooden post and drilled pilot holes in it using the plastic tray liner (included), for a template. You then lag the mailbox to the PT board using a socket and ratchet handle.
1547234
I wouldn't buy this. The unit I ordered didn't work at all. It was a dead brick. The company I ordered it from admitted it had a high failure rate. I wouldn't buy it. I got free shipping to me, but had to pay to send the 'brick' back. I got a small refund that didn't cover shipping back.
1642754
Hi - My answer is probably not. I had a standard cheapo mailbox for several years and it seems that the Architectural mailbox is wider and longer. I'd have to look at the specs for both but the mailman can now stick small boxes and packages in the mailbox where before, he couldn't. If it's possible to tear down the existing brick enclosure and rebuild to this mailbox, I'd recommend doing so; this is an excellent mailbox.
427046
Sure they can be mounted in brick if you can cut a reasonably clean rectangle out of the wall and feed the wires from behind. Instead of screws to hold the box in place, you probably want to use an adhesive like liquid nails or even gorilla glue.
20839
I mounted this to the vinyl on my house instead of my brick. I used a piece of wood across the back of it to make it flush on the siding. The wood was the width of the box and maybe 3in wide.
2131522
I think you would need a special drill bit. I actually mounted mine to the frame of my exterior door (which is wood) where the previous house numbers were placed, so I didn't have to deal with the issue of mounting to brick. Sorry this isn't very helpful!
879374
I am at work, so can't give inside dimensions of mailbox. You could place an average brick inside the mailbox, if that helps.
3584
Nice mailbox pre-drilled on the back side high enough you can use a screw driver. comes with 2 screws and 2 expandable plastic Molly attachment plugs which are one quarter inch in diameter and will require a one quarter inch masonry bit to drill into your mortar or brick. Should also work on a wood surface maybe needing longer screws if you need to go through siding. No brackets needed for normal installation
1487526
Yes, it is. We love this mailbox. We gets so many compliments! Very we'll made. The instructions were very vague.
1547260
Hi Rosemary,I will depend on the mounting surface, If you are mounting it to wood with nails or screws it should not be a problem. If it is to brick if you want the same result as wood you have to make sure the brick nails are as straight and as close to the brick surface as possible. I hope this helps, sorry for the delayed response.
1101378
Ours is mounted. Although the back and bottom of the mailbox are flat, not sure if the lid would make it top heavy and therefore, unsteady and unable to sit up on it's own without falling forward or to the side.