Every once in a while you stumble on a business like Whitehall . This is clearly a company that takes pride in its products and believes in producing quality first.From the careful packaging , to the design, and right down to fit and finish, this mailbox is perfect in every way. You won’t have to worry about rust with a die cast aluminium mailbox, or post. It is sturdy, beautiful and as close to maintenance free as you can get. The box is very spacious and will save you from locating packages that were left outside in the rain, or snow.Whitehall clearly cares about their customer and that is glaringly obvious when you speak with a member of their staff as I did. I had an initial question about the space and character restrictions on the address plaque. That question was answered RAPIDLY by Tracy in a very clear and professionally presented email.More businesses should follow this model. This is clearly missing in the current consumer marketplace .Thank you for a great product, terrific customer service and an incredible value.4/15/24 edit. I just received my address plaques . These people continue to amaze me. I assumed these plaques were going to be made out of plastic. After all, they are free. A package arrived today and it felt like a brick was in the box. It was the address plaques. They are thick die cast aluminum. They are elegant and well crafted. I can’t remember being this impressed with a product in years. This is a well crafted , beautifully made, sophisticated , classy mailbox made right here in the US.

This mailbox is easy to install, beautiful and well made. It’s designed for the long term. I purchased the black and love the way it looks. Definitely worth the price. Highly recommend!

Love, Love my mailbox. Received sooooo many compliments from neighbors , HOA etc. Exactly as shown. Definitely recommend

If you a are a "Do it once, do it right" kind of person, then you will need to buy these things from a big box store along with the mailbox kit from Amazon. Please check local environmental, postal, federal, state, and county regulations before doing anything that I say below.* Four #10-24 x 1/2"-long Stainless Steel pan-head screws to hold the mailbox to the arm.* Four #10-24 Stainless Steel nuts to match the above screws.* Two 1/4" x 2"-long Galvanized hex-head lag screws to hold the aluminum post cover to the post.* Four #12 X 2"-long Stainless Steel pan-head screws to hold the mailbox arm to the post.* One Pressure Treated 6-foot long 4x4 post.* One tube of Black Silicone Caulk. This will hold the aluminum top cap on to the top of the post.* One can of black Flex-Seal.* One bag of pea gravel.* One bag of high strength concrete.* One "post level". It is a very cheap level that will attach to the post and help you ensure that it is level.* One pack of plastic shims.We are buying replacement screws all around. The new screws will resist corrosion, unlike the ones that came with the kit. Also, the kit has you use small sheet metal screws to attach the mailbox arm to the aluminum post sleeve. This is a pretty weak way to attach it. I am having you buy a longer post than Whitehall recommends, so that the post goes nearly all the way to the top of the aluminum post sleeve. We then use the #12 screws to anchor the mailbox arm directly into the wooden post. Now it is held up by wood, not flimsy aluminum.The Post:1. Spray the bottom half of the post down with flex-seal. Apply a second coat once it dries. You want a heavy coat, and it should cover the end of the post as well. Do this at least 1-2 days in advance of the post burial to let it dry. This will keep your post from rotting. Yes, it is PT lumber, but it will still rot under ground. This is an attempt to make it last 20-30+ years.Before digging your hole, take some measurements. Check the postal website for specifications on how far the box should be from the road, and how high it should be from the road.The hole:1. Dig a 32" hole2. Pour 4" of pea gravel in the bottom. Pack it down.3. Set a small piece of plastic trash (piece of a bag, or whatever) in the center of the hole. The post will rest on this. It will keep the gravel from puncturing your flex-seal.4. Set the post in the hole and get it level. Attach the "post level" to the top and leave it there. It will stand up on its own once it is level, which makes this a bit easier. You are just setting it on top of the gravel here.5. Pour the dry concrete around the post. Wear a mask while doing this.6. Add a few inches of dirt back into the hole. Check for level.7. Repeat until the dirt is completely filling the hole.8. Pour a a couple of gallons of water down the side of the post, allowing it to drain down through the dirt and wet the buried concrete powder. Check for level.9. Let this sit for a day before you do anything else. This will let the concrete set.Install the post sleeve:1. The aluminum post sleeve comes in a plastic bag. KEEP THIS BAG. Put the bag over top of your wooden post. Bring it all the way down to the bottom of the post. Now tightly wrap with packing tape. You want the whole post wrapped tightly with plastic. This keeps your post from rotting your aluminum post sleeve. (The pressure treating mix contains copper, which will destroy the post sleeve if they are allowed to touch.) Cut the top off of the bag. The very top end of the post should be exposed and not covered in plastic. This allows it to breath/dry.2. Place the aluminum post sleeve over the plastic-wrapped post. The two centered pre-drilled screw holes should be at the bottom/back.3. At the bottom of the post, install the bottom galvanized lag bolt.4. If you purchased the optional post-foot thing, slide it on now.5. At the bottom of the post, install the top lag bolt.6. Install the plastic caps that came with the kit over top of the lag bolt heads.7. If you have the foot thing, level it and tighten the screw.Install the mailbox:1. If you look down into the post sleeve, you will see some space between it and the post. Attach the post level to the post sleeve and get the sleeve level. Insert plastic shims down into the post sleeve, wedging them between the post and the sleeve. Watch the level as you do this. Once complete, it will not wiggle at all, and will be perfectly level. You should also put a little bit of black silicone caulk on the tips of the shims before installing them. This will glue them into place so that they don't shift over time.2. Loosely attach the mailbox to the arm pieces using your #10 stainless screws and nuts. They should wobble. Don't tighten. Also, don't worry about trying to use any silicone sealant here. These holes are on the bottom. They are not going to let water in.3. The post sleeve will have some pre-drilled holes on the side for attaching the mailbox arm to it. Run a small drill bit through these holes to pre-drill the wood that is now behind it since we used a longer post than the instructions asked for. The drill bit should be just a little smaller in girth than your #12 screws.4. Your mailbox kit came with some two-piece plastic screw covers. Put the bottom piece onto the screws. Now have a friend hold the mailbox up in place while you run the screws through the arms, and into the post.5. Put the top piece of the screw-caps on to cover the screws from view.6. Now that the arms are attached to the post, go ahead and tighten the 4 screws that hold the mailbox to the arms.7. Finally, put a heavy bead of black silicone into the post cap, then put the post cap onto the top of the post. This will glue it in place.Enjoy your forever mail box.

This is a beautifully designed mailbox and post. Instructions were pretty good and understandable. It took longer than anticipated to install(4 hours over 2 day period). The only reason I am not leaving a 5 star review is due to these semi-minor annoyances:1. The pre-drilled holes in the metal post were off. This required some extra time to make it work!2. The sealer that is provided for sealing all the screws is BLUE! What a TERRIBLE idea that was... If you look closely at some parts, the blue sealer is still visible even after spending 30 minutes with pins/Q-tips trying to clean it all out of the crevices where it was visible! WHY CANT THEY PROVIDE BLACK/BROWN SEALER?3. The top "cap" that goes on top of the post(deluxe version) DOES NOT STAY ATTACHED! The instructions say to use a rubber mallet to get it to stay on the post BUT THIS DID NOT WORK. I had to instead buy some epoxy glue and glue the inside of the cap so that it would harden and keep the cap on the top. Another mind boggling design issue...To sum up, I would still buy this knowing everything I know now. I just wish the manufacturer would pay attention to these issues!

Looks great, feels solid

While assembling, I got only 3 pairs of hardware and I end up scrambling for 4th one at home. The mailbox assembling on the post has these tiny nuts that didn't fit well... over 1 hour to assemble is a waste of time.The product overall is very good and sturdy with a nice look. But the assembly frustrated me.