Dallas Manker
Project 01 — Fabrication · Residential · 2025

Custom
Mailbox

Type
Fabrication — residential
Year
2025
Construction
100% composite — slatted post, enclosed box
Status
Complete
Before and after: a weathered steel mailbox and newspaper tube on a wooden post, replaced by a custom composite mailbox
Fig. 01Before / after — the weathered steel box and its replacement.
01 — The problem

What was there before: a weather-beaten steel box and a newspaper tube on a tired wooden post. It sits at the curb through every season — it deserved better than disposable.

The brief was simple: build it once, build it to last. No wood to rot, no steel to rust.

02 — The build

The post is horizontal composite slats with the address numerals mounted proud of the face. The mailbox enclosure above is composite as well — the entire assembly is 100% composite construction.

Mailbox post under construction on a workbench — horizontal composite slats with address numerals, enclosure set above
Fig. 02In the shop — slats fitted, numerals set.
03 — The result

Set in a river-rock bed at the curb. Clean geometry, tight tolerances, and an address you can read from the street. It looks intentional because every part of it was.

Finished custom mailbox in daylight — composite slatted post with address numerals 515, mailbox enclosure, river-rock bed
Fig. 03Installed — composite slats, enclosure, river-rock bed.