Since we were not able to find in various hardware stores - here is dominated by white and colored stainless steel boxes - we found after a short search to those described herein.
Ordering from Amazon was carried out quickly and smoothly as ever, the structure was simple.
All material for installation is included. One needs depending on the surface or installation a powerful percussion drill (hammer drill) to drill a total of 8 holes (10 mm) for fixing the pipe rack.
After about 45 minutes the assembly was completed. We were very pleased, because the new mailbox looks really good in front of our house facade and thus optically fully meets our expectations.
Unfortunately, there are some shortcomings in daily use, which also lead to points deductions.
1) Brieffach
A crucial shortcoming is that the mailbox is not 100 percent waterproof. There are left and right in the semicircular edge Although plastic seals, these are not correct, so that penetrating rain water (in our weather page sideways). You can remedy this situation a bit by this when closing the cover pushing something upwards, so that the pages lie better. Perhaps helps also a self-sealing tape for doors from the hardware store, which we have not tried.
2) Castle
Since the lock from the design angle pointing upwards, it is also exposed to rain, water can penetrate particularly well. The castle is also something hakelig. Remedy car lock spray. Let's see if that helps, even in winter when ice.
3) newspaper holder
The newspaper slot is slightly narrower compared to our old mailbox. This means that a normal newspaper always left and right protruding and when it rains at the ends is particularly wet. Inexplicably, however, that for lateral rainwater gets into the newspaper compartment (is in an open-sided trade and normal), but remains eternally therein. Perhaps one would have to set up the mailbox not in balance, but wrong, to address this phenomenon. The manufacturer would have here can perhaps make a few holes (holes) down in order to achieve a faster Trockknung the compartment.
Since we already intend for a long time to build a larger canopy above the entrance, we kept the mailbox just because of its appearance. Weathering are then no longer relevant.
