Casa Black - Steel Post Box

It was a 'down in the dumps' kind of day.Raining, miserable and a wife who thought that she was being perfectly reasonable and I, as usual, was an idiot. I collected the post from our ageing, rusty, leaky post box and the final straw was there before me as I opened the flap - the horror of wet and soggy post stuck together and illegible. Determinedly, I approached the PC and there - I found it! The Casa Green Steel Post Box! Sturdy, weatherproof and committed to keep my bills dry, pristine and r...

Generally I have been pleased with the box, it seems to do the job effectively, it is sufficiently large to take all our mail keeping it safe and dry. I was disappointed when I fixed the box to the wall, it seemed to me that the grommets over the holes in the back of the box had be inserted the wrong way around , ie they had been inserted externally into the back, rather than internally into the back panel. As a consequence as the screw was tightened into the sporting wall the grommets simply po...

On the whole this is a very good product. The postman likes it as it is easy to get large letters and small packages in, and I like it because it is easy to retrieve the contents. If I was being picky, it feels just a tiny bit flimsy but over several months of use it has proved to be completely adequate. The wind has not blown the top flap open, but occasionally when the wind is in a wrong direction, some water does get in. There is however, a drainage hole in the base, and I have made a metal g...

Does exactly what it says on the box. Ideal.

My way of using the post box is a little unusual. I needed access to a void in a 60cm x 60cm gate pillar with a letterplate on the other side of the pillar so I cut the back out of the post box and walled it in flush. I know it is not used as intended and dont expect any guarantee cover but it made a perfect job I'm very pleased,