sounds great. What did you decide to do with the siding/ vinyl repair?
On Sun, 6 Sep 2009, Edward Przybylek wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I just want to say thanks for all the excellent suggestions and advice > everyone provided on my mailbox problem. I installed the mailbox post > yesterday with a friend of mine. The final design is a conglomerate of > ideas from your posts. The new post, a six-by-six lenth of pressure treated > lumber, is buried in the ground about two feet and rests on a rather large > stone at the bottom of the hole. Conveniently, the stone was at the bottom > of the hole and we gave up trying to dig deeper when, after half an hour, we > couldn't get the damn thing out of our way. We poured about fourteen inches > of concrete into the hole and then placed a ten inch Sonotube into the hole > around the post. We then filled the Sonotube with concrete to about > eighteen inches above the top of the soil. I checked the post about an hour > ago and it feels quite solid and, in my mind's eye, looks really good. I've > already gotten three comments from my neighbors and they pretty much agree > with me. Two neighbors said they'd hate to be in the car or truck that ever > hits my post. Next year, when the pressure treated post has had some time > to dry, I plan to paint the post the same color as my house. Thanks for all > the help. > > > > Take care, > > Ed Przybylek > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
