DIY Tutorial: Replacing Your Mailbox Post

$40

1 Hour

Medium

Has your mailbox post seen better days? No need to pay someone to install a new one for you. You CAN replace it yourself with this DIY tutorial.

This is the old mailbox post. You can see the termite damage at the bottom.

Purchase a mailbox post kit at your local home improvement store for about $35-40.

Be sure to keep your mailbox mounting brackets to install on the new post bracket.

With a little spray paint to freshen up your existing mailbox, here is the finished look. You CAN do it yourself!

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Sheryll S
on Apr 1, 2013
Great Post Becky!
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Karla
on Mar 15, 2015
You can put a fence hollow pipe in the ground, fill with cement, add mail box. Will keep snow plows, tractor mowers, and bandits from knocking mail box post over.
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