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text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email! This post is sponsored by Bayshore Mailbox Company. There are some things in your home that you don’t notice that need attention until one day you look, really look, and see what a mess it really is. Steph’s mailbox was one of those things. The dirt, rust, and dangling mailbox door had all become ‘white noise’ that hadn’t been obvious until June when we painted the outside of the house. After that it was quite apparent that the mailbox was looking really sad and needed a little help. She has one of those metal boxes that is securely imbedded into a concrete/brick mailbox. She started searching for a way to replace it and happened upon the family owned, Florida based BayShore mailbox company. What makes their product unique is you retrofit the existing mailbox so you don’t have to remove the old one. She was intrigued and reached out to the company to see if we could partner with them to showcase their unique and very easy DIY product for homeowners.  Materials:
  Bayshore sent us what we needed and we headed out to the mailbox to make the switch. It literally took minutes with no tools needed to transform her mailbox from gross to clean and functional again!     Their product works with metal mailboxes only. (The plastic ones are not uniform in their dimensions so this product does not work with them.) They come in three different sizes and three color choices. Steph went with the small size in black.  BayShore also has mailbox flags which do require a masonry bit and drill to install, but even that was an easy DIY. While the mailbox retrofit and flag replacement were super easy and fast, the other improvements we decided to make to the mailbox took a little longer. The brick mailbox surround was really dirty. It actually cleaned up really well by using Home Armor Mold and Mildew Remover. We sprayed it on, let it sit for a bit, scrubbed with small brush, then rinsed it all off. At some point, the mailbox must have been hit causing the base to crack. We filled in the crack with DAP Stucco Patch, let it dry for 2 days (per instructions), and then painted with Steph’s house paint. All these improvements made such a difference and were immediately noticed and admired by Steph’s many neighbors that routinely walk their dogs past her house! Using the mailbox retrofit system by Bayshore Mailbox Company makes this a very easy DIY for homeowners!
Please note: This post is sponsored by Bayshore Mailbox Company. We received product and compensation for this project. All thoughts and opinions are our own. FYI: We are not professionals, and we don’t claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first! FYI: Affiliate links are being used on this page. Purchasing via these links help support MDP! Related Projects
2 Comments
Brenda Matthews
8/16/2022 04:00:42 am
I would like to order this for my mailbox. Please tell me how to measure it. I am so happy I found the youtube telling how they fixed their metal mailbox in their brick column.
Richard Monroe
8/23/2023 02:37:34 pm
I'm wanting to get one of these for my mailbox in a brick pillar. My question, Is there a panel to put in the back of the mailbox to cover the rusted back panel and keep the mail dry and prevent it from being pushed into the pillar? Leave a Reply. |
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