It’s Mailbox Improvement Week! (really)
The third week of May is Mailbox Improvement Week. The U.S. Postal Service is asking all homeowners to inspect and repair their mailboxes to improve the appearance of their mailboxes, as well as fix any issues that will bring their boxes up to official standards.
Common problems that need to be fixed:
- Loose hinges on a mailbox door.
- Rusting or peeling paint
- Remounting a mailbox post if loosened.
- Replacing or adding house numbers.
- Raising or lowering due to heaving to 40”-46” from the ground to bottom of box (height reqs vary so check with your local post office)
The Postal Service makes this annual request because of the wear and tear that occurs to mailboxes every year.
In honor of this week I’ll be posting some past and present attempts at “Mailbox Improvement” along with some tips.
Here’s my neighbors attempts at meeting the USPS height requirements.
and one that obviously isn’t tall enough.
This one is really small o_O
[...] We’ve taken care of how NOT to meet mailbox height requirements. [...]
This is brilliant!!
I guess the 2nd one does noeed a little improving!!
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they like to be called “little mailbox posts” people, not small or midget!
Could this be from the set of Little people big world?
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I’m sure there’s a market for hobbit boxes somewhere.
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Looks like some of the mailboxes I see in this area all the time!!
NOW, what is the proper mailbox height??
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Most of these mailboxes are not ugly, but represent a bit of Americana that makes life interesting. They represent the character of the persons living there, be it poor, audacious, exuberant, or with too-much-time-on-their-hands. I didn’t know mailboxes had to conform to the mailbox-police’s opinion of aesthetically correct renditions of monotony. Is there no avenue remaining for self-expression and creativity? Get a life!
Michael,
While the blog title is “Ugly Mailbox” my tagline is “Unusual and Unsightly Mailboxes from around the World”. I initially began posting picture of “ugly” (in my opinion) and tacky mailboxes in my area. However, people started sending in photos of interesting pictures of ones in their area, so it’s really evolved.
I do have a life and if you’d bothered to really read and get to know about me, my readers and people who submit mailbox pictures, you’d find that we celebrate the uniqueness and craftsmanship of most mailboxes (see any of Ed Witles mailboxes which his family submits regularly to me).
While I may poke fun of some and point out some I find really tacky or ugly. The spirit of this blog is more inline with your philosophy than you seem to have comprehended.
wow , i really like the 2nd one, you don`t need to get out of house for mail… You can send your kid
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jejeje great post
we should introduce the improvement mailbox week in German too….;-))
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