How to Install a Multi Mailbox on a Brick Wall

This wall is ideal for the installation of a multi mailbox.

Multi mailboxes are a staple of apartment buildings and homes divided into living spaces for more than one family. Installing these mailboxes is helpful for mail carriers who would otherwise have to carry mail up to each floor. A multi mailbox is well designed to be installed in any surface, though installation on a brick wall requires slightly more advanced tools.

Things You'll Need

• Carpenter's level
• Marker
• Hammer drill
• 2 masonry drill bits
• Galvanized masonry screws, 4 inch
• Galvanized washers

Instructions

1. Set the multi mailbox against the wall in the desired location. Balance the carpenter's level on top of the mailbox or just stick it to the mailbox with a magnetic attachment. Adjust the position of the mailbox to reflect the reading of the carpenter's level. Once the mailbox is level, mark the location of the screw holes on the wall behind.

2. Drill into each marking, using a masonry drill bit that has a visibly smaller diameter than the masonry screws you will be using. Ensure that the hammer setting is switched on the hammer drill and that the drill is set to full power. Press hard into the wall with the hammer drill to drill out each hole to a depth of 3 inches. Replace the masonry drill bit, if the first one wears out.

3. Reposition the mailbox against its markings. Pass 3-inch galvanized masonry screws through a galvanized washer and insert the screws through the mailbox holes and into the wall. Tighten each screw halfway using the hammer drill on the regular setting. Complete the tightening of all the screws after all have all been installed halfway to make sure that the spacing of the screws is accurate. Tighten the screws until the heads are even with the washers and the washers press into the mailbox.

Tips & Warnings

• Padded strips can be added on the rear of the mailbox units to protect the brick wall from long-term scratching.

• Never hang or pull on the mailbox, because the entire unit could rip out of the brick wall and possibly bring some of the bricks with it, causing serious injury.