How to build Stone Pillar Mailbox
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- On this job I'm building a stone column for a mailbox. Im using techo bloc pillar blocks. The column will be a 24" x 24" square and 48" tall. It would be the same process to build a driveway column or pillar.
I like what you did with this mailbox. This is something I'd like to do myself with my driveway but a package mailbox on one side and just a pillar on the other side and then screw solar lights on the top base. Then fence off the front yard with hedges just to keep dogs, kids and the mailman from driving over my popup sprinklers. Other than that you did a great job for a one man crew mate.
That’s is some heavy duty mailbox! Beautiful job.
Like the video style: compact, informative and professional. Keep it going!
Thank you!
Very nice, it compliments the rest of what he has going on.
Nice Job, Unlike a lot of youtube videos you took a direct approach , You showed the important steps and did not do a lot of unnecessary jibber jabber about a bunch of nothing lmao Thumbs Up!!
Thank you!
You did a great job, just a lot of work.
Wow now that’s one fancy mailbox 👍
Great video love how the mailbox turned out. On a side note You sound like Ray Liotta and Kevin bacon put together your voice is rather soothing.
Nailed the voice callout
Great work and amazing results in my opinion.
Thank you
@@srmcontractinggood effort.
dannng that looks like a good texas home! great work my guy👍🏽 compose and sand did it for me
I love your old mailbox too
Stone is about 250, glue and base was about another 100, mailbox itself is 250 and I bet that cap was every bit of 200 or more. Bout right AK 900 to 1k for material. Just built one using ur video. Thanks for the guide
Your welcome, I'm glad it helped
I'm a mailman and I hate that type of box. But you did a great job on building it.
Very nice work. I prefer that rock profile more than brick. And the contrasting color stone cap has a nice touch also. I'm betting that the cap needs to be water-sealed every year. Ive seen what happens when you don't seal the stone products.
And the very next day someone ran into it with their car....lol. Great job looks great.
Excellent job
I noticed the cable pedestal in the yard next door. Down here in SC we would have hit the main cable line at 16".
Yall must bury everything deep in PA.
Good video.
I just got lucky! I've seen cables buried only 6 inches deep before. Thanks for watching
Looks good to me. Hoefully you made a decent of money for this job. You worked hard for the money dude.
Thank you, I appreciate it
Great work
Here in Australia 🇦🇺
If we put the letter box in the place you put it
Council fined us big 💰 and we have to move it immediately apparently is Council strip area
Looks great my dude, excellent job!
Great job. You made that look easy.
Thank you so much for the info video. I’m going to find out where in Florida I can get those blocks
Good luck!
Damn. That homeowner was sweating you like you owed him some money. Lol 😂
That's crazy, this mailbox will stay more than some of those cartoon houses on the street.
Beautiful ! let me know if you’re ever in NC😉
very nice indeed.
Thank you
Any reason I couldn't do this here in the hot/humid part of Texas? Every brick mailbox I see around here involves mortar, and I think you're the first video I've found that uses cinder block sized paver blocks and polyurethane epoxy. This is exactly what I'm looking to do myself. Thanks for the inspiration.
Yes you could build this style in Texas with no problem. I think what happens in certain areas is a contractor (or contractors) will only build one style of something and then homeowners will think that's the only option. Best of luck with your project, Thanks for watching!
@@srmcontracting : After you drilled the hole for the flag, how did you get it to stand upright? Is there some kind of stopper on the screw or something like that?
@@marccovitz5289 The flag was on it's own swivel bracket. The screws held the bracket to the block.
@@srmcontracting : Thank you.
What do you use to secure the blocks to each other?
LOVE when your “Supervisor” hangs around with Their Hands In their POCKETS!!!
Good job, man. Thanks for the video.
Your welcome, thanks for watching!
Nice work and video.
Thank you very much!
Sean I really gotta give it to ya man, you do great work!! I’m very impressed! I’m going to start building these for my customers. How many blocks did this one take? And how much was the total cost for materials and labor? I’m guessing about 2500$?
Thank you, it was 36 blocks. I charged $2100 and the customer supplied the mail box which was about $150. Thanks for watching!
How much was each block
@@JesusHernandez-vm4pi around 50 to 60 bucks now
@@srmcontracting : Hi Sean, what brand of glue did you use? Also, I am doing something similar with cinder blocks and cultured stones over the cinder blocks. Do you think I can use glue to attach the cinder blocks to each other instead of mortar?
@@marccovitz5289 I'm using paver adhesive by SRW. I wouldn't use glue on your build, cinder blocks aren't very strong on their own. I would use mortar for sure. Good luck with your project.
he is soo anxious he cant wait to see it done.
Whole lot of dads supervising
Great job!
Thanks!
Great breakdown thanks for the video
Wouldn't be allowed in UK as you don't own the grass verge on sidewalk in front of your house. Plus road safety issues too with obstruction. But looks great.
You just made the easy work very hard
Nice work
Really nice job man
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Looks good!
Thank you
It came out real pretty, great job.
Great stuff man!
Thank you
Great job.. what type of glue did you used???
Thank you, ALLIANCE GATOR block bond
Someone just ran over my mailbox. Time to build me one.
Nice work !
How much does it cost to get one of those built by a contractor?
Looks Awesome. What type of glue did you use?
Thank you, I believe I used Gator block bond which is a Polyurethane Adhesive.
I love it great work
Thank you
Wouldn’t it last longer on a cement footing?
Great work 👍
Very nice!
Thanks!
How much does a job like that go for
Nice man. Very nice
Thank you!
Very good!
Nothing worse than the homeowner watching you the whole day.
They could have just waited for the video to be posted.
He's "helping". Lol
Also nothing worse than not watching construction workers.
@@JohnDoe-so9oy Wut?
This mf'er literally stood there the entire time. What an a-hole.
awesoome!
Damn, replaced a regular mailbox with a locking flip down box. Mail carrier probably cussing up a storm. I don't let locking boxes go on my route against code for rural carrier routes but maybe this is city. Looks good tho
How much do something like that cost?
great work.
Great job 👍
Thanks 👍
How were you sure that mailbox could handle all that weight above it?
Most of the weight is on the stone
Good job!
Don't you want that base to drain? Why put plastic at the base?
Okay Mr. Sean
We are ready for you to work the magic on our mailbox….are you in California?
What the standard height for the mailbox
Great job! Just out of curiosity.. aside material cost, how much can I charge someone just on labor for me to do this job. I’m in Southern California
You did a nice job on that. How much did the job cost? Total price with labor and materials?
bro. i can't find this specific color from techobloc. i love this color and want to build same for myself. can you give me the name of this specific bloc or color?
Shale Grey , thanks for watching!
Can you build a structure beyond your boundary. Where does your boundary begin in the US? In my country it begins from the edge of the sidewalk up towards the house
I think the boundary at the street around here. That way state doesn't have to pay to cut grass or shovel sidewalk. But we can't build on sidewalk.
What’s the dimensions of the blocks?
And Where can I find them?
I have checked Lowes and Home Depot but no luck.
Thanks for the video, and video.
These are "Techo Bloc pillar blocks" 6" x 8" x 16". You won't find these at those stores. Search for your local landscape supply, give them a call and ask if they sell pavers. They might not have techo bloc, but they could have ep henry, cambridge, or unilock. Larger yards should have these pillar blocks in stock, so call around. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@@srmcontracting
Thanks a lot Sean, I’ll sure check around.
Total price?
How much did you charge for the job, and what was your net profit?
how much did you charge for this job?
As a poor man I used coral rocks to surround my mailbox.
Coral would be cool to work with, as always Thanks for watching!
How much cost 🤑
that was amazing work
also why does the saw keep spinning? wind.
It appeared it was still idling, that's the reason you can see the whole saw rotate every once in a while
Nice job. Where did you buy that stone?
Where you located 🤔
Helpful
Glad it helped
Will the 3/4 inch rock support the weight of concrete block columns like this over time? Im reading articles that say you need a concrete footer underneath these types of mailboxes to support the weight and that without one the column will sink and lean.
Look at some of the YT videos of Mike H. He spoke about concrete footers in a build like this. He said "look at railroad tracks." Trains move tons of freight and all their tracks rest on nothing more than a gravel base.
@Xtreme Caged Combat: If he only had a 3-4” base then that would likely be an issue. He’s got 10” under there and tamped down hard. That column isn’t going anywhere.
I read a similar article about some houses now having footers consisting of only 3/4 rock instead of conrete as well. I built one of these mailboxes on 11 inches of 3/4 rock tamped every 2 inches before I posted but became concerned about whether it would hold having no experience to rely upon and reading articles saying a concrete base was necessary. 2 hardscape contractors observing the structure said the same thing. (I know there are always conflicting opinions and not every one is correct.) In any event my 6 ft 24 x 24 pillar mailbox has been fine up until this point without the concrete base. I appreciate the feedback. Just reading your comment now.
@@xtremecagedcombat7089 There are two different materials and two different installation methods for those materials. If you are using segmental wall block (like in the video), the base should be 6" minimum of a 2" length stone with or without fines. The wall block is allowed to flex slightly which is why there is nothing in the joints between block. There are a few keys to preventing the tilt.. The most important of all being the use of a textile fabric between the stone base and the subsoil. The second most important key being good compaction of the stone base.
In a traditional installation with veneered brick or stone finish, the entire unit needs to be singular or monolithic because if it is not, there will be cracking in the mortar due to the flex in freeze / thaw cycles. In this installation, a concrete base would be necessary to prevent this. There are other factors to consider including soil type and whether you have a freeze / thaw in the soil in your area.
Sounds like you should be fine with how you installed yours.
Do you do work in the Lehigh Valley?
Unfortunately we do not
Funny I’m looking for a company to do this for me currently at my home. How deep in PA are you ? I am in south jersey
uneducated me asking this question: Why use that glue instead of mortar? Is one of the two stronger or last longer than the other?
This is how they're intended to be built. You could use mortar is that's the look you prefer (mortar joints). But as far as strength goes the glue is very strong and will last a long time as long as it's applied properly.
Too fast! What kind of saw did u use?
What's the name of this Techo Bloc blocks? I can't seems to find them anywhere.
What do you use to seal blocks?
Good thing he was there you would have never got this done with out him.
He did not want to use the shovel and he did not want to use the hand compactor, he preferred to use the tractor to make a 32-inch hole and he preferred to use the tractor to put the plate compactor in, what kind of worker is that guy?
Its a nice mailbox, but any mailbox for 1k is a rip off😅
Where did you get that stone cape from
what is the glue you are using?
srw adhesive
IS THAT ON YOUR LAND OR THE CITY LAND ????
In much of USA strip as they call it is city owned but the resident maintains it and that's where mailboxes go. The mailmen drive by not getting out.
Where did you get the mailbox??
Nice
😮💨😮💨😮💨☠️ damn silica dust
You excavated for a mailbox?? lol
Part of me feels like we are looking at a $5000 mailbox.
Where in PA are you I want this lol
SE Bucks county
I’m in Delaware county- do you make it down here?
What size are the blocks ?
Hey any chance you know what mailbox was used in this video? Thank you
It was an off the shelf at Lowes, hope this helps