Salsbury Industries 4890 Series Classic Mailbox Posts - Manual (Page 6)

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Installation instructions are provided as general guidelines. It is advised that a professional installer be consulted. Salsbury Industries assumes no product assembly or installation liability.
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Classic Mailbox Post
Bolt Mounted Post Installation Instructions
U.S.P.S. APPROVED
Installing the Bolt Mounted Classic Mailbox Post
Thank you for selecting Salsbury’s classic mailbox post.
This instruction sheet is for installing the classic mailbox post into a concrete
footing. Other installation instructions are available for assembling the post,
installing the mailbox, and mounting a newspaper holder. All hardware to
install the post into the footing is provided with the post.
When you install a curbside or rural mailbox, make sure that it is easily
accessible to the mail carrier. By regulation it should be 41” to 45” from the
ground or street surface up to the inside floor of the mailbox. The door
should be set back 6” to 8” back from the front face of the curb or the road
edge. However, you should check with your local postmaster to ensure that
the mailbox is installed according to local regulations.
To install the bolt mounted mailbox post, begin by digging a hole for the
concrete footing and then prepare the concrete. The top surface of the
footing should be about 15” by 15”. The concrete should extend into the
ground 24” or greater if your local frost line is deeper. Installing the concrete
below the frost line will prevent movement during ground freezing and
thawing. The bottom of the hole for the concrete footing should be filled with
a depth of about 6” of gravel to promote drainage under the post. The top of
the footing should be sloped for water runoff.
When digging the hole for the footing, be careful to not puncture water,
sewer, or gas lines.
Place the four (4) M10 x 1.50 x 100 mm long hex bolts into the concrete in a
10” x 10” pattern protruding at least 1” above the concrete surface to align
with the holes in the base of the post. The concrete footing should include
reinforcing steel.
When the concrete has cured, attach the post to the footing by setting it over
the four (4) hex bolts protruding from the footing. Secure the post with M10 x
1.50 hex nuts and M10 flat washers.