How To Build an "Eye-Catching" Modern Mailbox
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- We've lived here a while and our mailbox has needed a major makeover. This project is a long time coming and we're so happy with how it turned out! SUBSCRIBE IF YOU ARE NEW: bit.ly/2ERAmZE
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Who has built this mailbox!? Comment below :)
I would suggest you put numbers on the other side as well so it's visible to the postman as he approaches your box. Very nice design.
I can't believe they didn't do that
As someone who has driven an ambulance in the past, I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to have the house number visible from every direction.
I agree put numbers on both sides so it can be seen coming and going.
Nice job. The snow plows in my town would aim at it just cause it's so nice.
😂😂😂😂😂
Hi from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷..!!!!!
As a Mailman I never thought I’ll see this ….
Because a lot of people don’t take care of their mailboxes
Specially in PR, when I was growing up in Carolina I used to see them mailboxes hanging from the post with a wire or cord 😂
Looks great, two thoughts. 1. Would it have made sense to pour the concrete around the post and avoid having to use anchors? 2. When using rebar, it’s best to try and get it in the center of the pour. It’s a good idea to put something under it to hold it up off the bottom. 🙂
Thank you! And yes setting the post in concrete is another way. That seemed too permit to me lol and I will keep that in mind next time!
I would argue that if it was hit by a vehicle it would snap the wood and he would be screwed but the way it is it would just tear out of the brackets most likely and he could easily rebuild it if needed. I would do it his way to be honest. Some chicken wire would have been better then a single piece of rebar but its better then nothing I suppose. I also would have went bigger and deeper with the footing as if its hit the way it is it will probably just fall over with the concrete attached. I deep 3 foot hole pier with some rebar in it coming up to the base with chicken wire would have been best. If it is hit and what I said above happens then try the pier method on the rebuild.
Just came across you video while searching “how to build a mailbox”…and so happy I did! I hope to try this!
Get it!!
That's absolutely the best-looking mailbox surround that I have ever seen. You two are truly artists.
We built one of these this past weekend. Came out great!
Looks sturdy.
I love how well it matches the house
This came out so good. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!!
👍👍👌I'm also going to make my own mailbox. The one you made is really great.🙌🙏
I love seeing projects like this… I want to upgrade my mailbox but I don’t have tools and I feel too lazy to do all the cutting on my own 😂 I’ll figure it out for sure
wow looks amazing
Awesome I think I might take the time to build since someone ran over and broke the post of our current mailbox.
Festool track and ryobi miter 🤯
Nice build! I would also add some sort of base and over coat to sustain the years of harsh weather.
Yeah..........I just finished my $450 with composite decking boards and aluminum caps that I bent at work attached with stainless clips i made as well to hide all fasteners, and counter flashed. Planter box with drain hidden through the structure. Low voltage lighting to light up the raised numbers on both sides, and interlocked all wooden structure together with glue and lags. It's stupid dope and I inspired my UPS dude as well.
That turned out so well. Desmond, you did a great job helping mom and dad. I have a similar plant like what you planted and it is a variety of Juncus.
Thank you! He did a very good job :)
Desmod is a dog - Humans are the owners or care takers - not the father and mother - If Desmond gets a tumor, the Human owners will humanely put him down - but if it was a CHILD to which they would be Mom and Dad, they would not make that decision, they would spend all their money including the new mail box to save the child and keep him/her alive. We all need to learn the difference - I have animals at home too -
Great outcome! Beautiful! It would have been great to show how the posts were attached.
Looks fantastic. Could you please post a link to the solar light?
Just had a question, while the concrete was still wet couldn’t you have inserted the hardware so you didn’t have to drill?? Looks amazing ❤
Yes you can def buy the hardware that will set in the concrete!
yes. that's what the other channel that built this same thing two years ago did.
Great plants. Grasses are so cool with the purple Verbenas. Cherry Laurel may become a giant. 😮
You got me at Desmond…a delightful sponsee indeed👍Great job on the Mailbox too👍😊
Unwarranted advice: i had trouble getting repeatable cuts on my miter saw until i started using stop blocks. I keep my miter saw on a mobile base so i can take it to a client's location so i just throw a sacrificial fence on the saw and clamp the stop block onto the fence. You get less tear out using the sacrificial fence so win win. Cheers
Yes a stop block is always beneficial! Ours stays in the truck most of the time for jobs too
Looks fantastic! Can you please share a link for that solar light you used?
Def interested in the solar light info as well!
You guys did s super, beautiful cool 😎 job, keep it going 👏👏👏
thank you!!
5:13 Aussie sighting! The mailbox turned out great!
Really nice Job!! There is so much you could do with that design...like putting a wood burning design on the bottom or putting an oval metal inlay there...the list is endless. Thanks for the idea!! (It looks great just the way it is Too!!)
Yes agreed, lots of room for inspiration!
Thank you for this video. I have leftover composite decking and facia that I’m going to use to build the same design.
What would you do differently if using composite decking? No sanding or maintenance, I guess. Would everything else be the same?
Good job guys
Thank you! ☺
looks cool but I dont see it lasting very long being set only 3.5 inches deep. Wind and frost heave will be problem. Most posts are set at least 12" under ground. I go minimum 24" for lateral support.
Exactly. 3.5” isn’t a foundation. It’s a sidewalk. Even the old crappy mailbox had a one foot foundation. With as much face as this design has, I probably would have bent rebar into Els and built an inverted Tee foundation.
That was fun . Thanks
Beautiful❤
Loved the video. Beautiful mailbox. I'm sure it adds GR8 curb appeal to your home. I have a question. Why use post base and wedge anchors instead of setting 4x4 in the cement base? Is there an advantage to doing one over the other?
Just preference, thought it would be easier to make fine tune adjustments for the exterior trim
I love your new mailbox. I have been looking for ideas because I'm changing up my front yard and need to move the mailbox and this one is great!
Are the cedar 1x6 or 1x4?! Thank you!!
Nice box ! I would have put the numbers on the other side, for the mailman ... as he approaches the box, he would see the numbers. Unless of course the mailman doesn't have right-hand drive for curbside delivery. Good job! One thing I worry about tho ... it might be a wind-catcher; IOW's, it's not just a simple post, it's more like a wall, or a fence. Hopefully you don't have much wind where you are. You certainly did a lot more research, tho, than the average DIY mailbox-builder. Congratulations!
Thank you so much!
I love love love your gorgeous Aussie! He’s handsome as can be, I have a mini myself and had a standard male before he passed. Not everyone should own one because the amount of work they take but they’re worth it! Like the mail box but the glory goes to the Aussie hands down
They are SOOO much work! But it totally worth it, he's the best :)
I’m sure your sweet little dog will “christen”the new mailbox and show his support! 😂 or my dog would!!🤣🤣🤣! Looks great btw!
Really nice job
Thank you!!
Looks great
Teamwork, great job guys!
Exactly! Thank you!
Go Desmond!!! 🥰
How stable did it turn out to be? Seemed like the base was pretty shallow, Id think a good wind would blow it over. Love the look of it nice work!
I’m going to do something similar but with 18”x24”x5.5” base…it uses about 4 bags of concrete so I should be good 🤣
Looks great.
thank you!
I love your ideal for the mailbox. I will be using this
Awesome! Thank you for watching!
Très belle construction ❤
Great job ° I have all of my materials and I hope to have it completed in the next few days 😀
You got this!
you make seem so hard and complicated, but it look nice .. actually extremely easy to do
That is cool my friends.
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Thanks!!
A festool track saw and a Ryobi miter box. Now that’s two completely different worlds.
Haha yea for real
@@justinandjessdiy you did a great job with them
Right! Total opposite ends of the spectrum.
I came here to say the same thing!
Got a good miter box. 😊
Awesome mailbox! I have a two and a half year old lilac Border Collie,Duke looks a lot like Desmond,such cool dogs.
Thank you! I bet Duke is a cutie 🥰
@@justinandjessdiy He is quite the character! Thanks for the reply and have a great weekend.
i like this im gonna have to do the same thing. thanks for the idea!
Nice idea,thanks
Looks good, how stable did it end up being? I would've been OCD and likely did some cross-bracing on the two posts since they would be hidden anyhow.
We thought about doing that! It’s good forward/backward, but side to side it’s got a little give
Next time pour a Little concrete, then lay your rebar.. or block it and tie it so it’s floating and ends up in the Moshe of the slab. Also just put a moisture sleeve on the 4x4 and sink it right into the concrete and avoid those silly anchors lol
On the note of using cedar pickets , you should def put an oil finish or a finish in general on it or it will be solid gray by this time next year and look 100 years old lol
Thanks for the tips!
I agree about putting the post into the concrete....I was wondering why he used those silly anchors....I wouldn't want to deal with all that ......
Casually whips out a festool track saw for rip cuts. I like it, Justin!
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How is it holding up? I always see people say wood shouldn't touch the ground. I wanna do this but worried of wood rot
❤that looks so good
Thank you ❤️
Great job i need to fix mine now lol I give it a 11
Love this!!!
Thank you!
Very Very nice !!! Im going to so the same thing ❤🎉
Very cool! Hope your channel gets to one of views!
Thank you!
The sledge hammer mailbox remover man 😂
Best way to do it!
Very nice! I had one of these built last year + a matching fence. I've had so many compliments, but the truth is, y'all's design looks a little better! If I'd seen this one first, I would probably have requested this model.
I used the exact same numbers, but I put them on both sides. Also, I mounted them horizontally instead of vertically. If you haven't already, be sure to treat the wood so that it doesn't turn gray. Gray doesn't jibe with that mid-century vibe. 😉
BTW, love that dog. 🥰🐾
Yes we will eventually put a finish on it!, Thank you for watching!
@@justinandjessdiy J&J, great work! I work mostly with Cedar and have some experience in testing different stains that withstand UV rays, rain..ect. If i may make a suggestion, Vermont Natural Coatings (Amazon) has by far outperformed all others in the hot TN sun.
@@corystuard6251 awesome we will check that out, thank you!!
That's really cool looking. I have a crappy mailbox, I also have 4x6 treated posts and probably 60 cedar fence pickets out in the garage, hmm... 😆
You can do it!!
Very nice. Just subscribed
Great work - I want to do this!!
Hello, excellent work, please where you bought the rechargeable light, thank you very much.
Do you have electricity out at the mailbox? How did you run the corded power tools?
Was it very sturdy? Love the look and I just did the exact one but I found it kind of wobbly just using the post bases
it was at first but now that the concrete has cured and the soil has settled it's very sturdy.
Any reason why using mailbox post spikes instead of pouring a concrete footing wouldn't work just as well for this project? I'm considering trying this unless there's a downside that I'm not considering.
Looks Amazing 🤩. Put some Spar Urethane on it to protect the wood from the elements. Nice job! 👍🏻
Thank you!
Love Desmond.
Desmond is the best 🥰
Nice
❤ it, I'm redoing my mailbox, and thanks for the inspiration. I'm using reclaimed wood to give it a unique look. Can't wait to start today. Your inspector did a great job!😊
Wonderful! Hope it went well!
When you were putting the numbers on it it looked kind of wobbly.
I've seen a handful of ideas, I kinda like yours better
Fill in the wasp nest entrance hole and you'll be golden 😊
That's good a new target for the snow plows !😬
Good thing we don’t have snow plows 👏🏻
@@justinandjessdiy yes it is, because that would have been a waste of time and money, been there, put mine in a 5 gallon bucket and buried the bucket, the snow plows have no mercy, or the drivers make bets on how many they can destroy! 👍
@@kimberlyjordine8115 oh no!! Yea I can see how that’s possible if a place gets snow that covers the mailbox!
@@justinandjessdiy lake affect snow from Lake Michigan, a lot of it and wet!
I saw that you used a solar light! Can you post the link?
Total cost??
All in about 175 for materials and plants
😂😂😂😂 I wanted to jump in the Vidoe n just take the tools from you dude like omg in this trade we say you do know how good a person is by the tools they have so what did I expect was going to happen TH-cam you did it to me agin 😂
Bro what are you talking about! 🤣
Very Nice
What solar lite did u use
Is the postman vehicle able to get close without hitting the end of that structure?
yes absolutely
I like it. My mailbox is in my neighbor's yard, so I have to ask before doing anything.
But, FYI, your neighbors probably would love for you to put the dog inside while you're using your nailer. I would.
He’s the best behaved dog in the neighborhood trust me
What was the cost of the whole thing including mailbox?
We need to link for that solor light 😅
I don't know how I got here...& I have a super dope Mailbox at every house BUT I'm bout to choke that Subscribe Button clear out for the Beetlejuice Clip. No Thank You's necessary & Keep the change - Please, I insist! ++++++
Also, this Design looks absolutely fabulous. That's whats up when you can make $45 of Supplies look like a million bucks!
I have always had a theory . If The mailbox is nice and attractive , Then so is everything in the house ! Joel in Florida .
Come see the inside of our home right now and your theory will be debunked 😂
@@justinandjessdiy Funny ! LMAO!
This looks fabulous …. and this comment is totally based on the destructive nature I sometimes see … but sitting on a platform of concrete, looks easy to tip over. You could see little wobble as you power nailed on the side. If it was me, I would have gone down a foot or so with the concrete … but again … I didn’t even want to say anything, this looks so awesome
No you’re completely right! Once we put the soil and some rock down it definitely weights it down
I agree my first thought was with time ground movement and wind with the hight of the flat structure will start leaning farther and farther. But it looks great
The mailman drives up to the box on the right side. You dont have any numbers there. Ive run into that so many times delivering new routes where i had no idea what number the house was until i passed the box and looked back. Definitely put numbers on the side the mailman drives up to.
For others yes. For us no. We’re at the end of a Dead end road. It would be very hard for any delivery to miss our set up now
@Justin and Jess
Okay... I believe you. I just don't like driving up to a mailbox with the numbers not in view. But I guess if you're the only house at the end of the street I would figure it out.
It's funny that something small and simple like a mailbox that ppl neglect. I've seen some beautiful homes with some cheap ass plastic boxes. What ashamed. Nice build
Hi, which gauge of nails are u using??
I'm doing something similar but I'm putting the post in concrete - not doing the pad.
What the inches on the number?
Question, so for the wood is that treated for outside or just regular cedar wood
This was exterior grade cedar
Gotcha thanks!! Ready for the weekend 🙏🏽
Should have put a Jumbo mailbox on it instead. A lot easier for putting mail in and most boxes from like Amazon.
Jumbo would be awesome!!
@@justinandjessdiy Just read an article today. "USPS is asking people to install new jumbo mailboxes"