Mailbox Installation & Repair in Denver, CO

Frost heave — the post wasn't set below frost depth, so every freeze-thaw season the soil grips it and lifts a little, and it never quite settles back. The cure is resetting in concrete at proper depth, which ends the annual migration. While it's out of the ground is also the moment to bring the height and setback to postal spec, which older installs often miss.

Mostly, yes. The usual killer is snow load off the blade, not the blade itself — so the defenses are correct setback from the curb, a post design with some give or a sacrificial arm, and mounting hardware that lets the box take a hit without the whole assembly failing. I rebuild it to spec and to survive; the same storm next year should just be weather.

It's a masonry thing, and masonry repair is on my menu — repointing crumbling joints, resetting loose caps, rebuilding clipped corners, and swapping rusted-out insert boxes. The same matched-mortar standards as house masonry apply, because a column repaired in the wrong gray is visible from three houses away. Send a photo and I'll tell you what it needs.

Yes — the postal service has height and setback requirements, and some HOAs add their own on top. I set them to spec so yours doesn't get a note from the carrier or the association. If you're in an HOA with a required style, send me the standard and I'll match it.