Do you live in Lisle and need mailbox or post replacement? No problem! Lisle is within our territory and we can have that mailbox installed for you FAST!
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Mailbox Fast Installation Service Area
Mailbox Fast Mailbox Post Installation and Service Area
The below map shows the areas we serve best but does not cover our entire territory. Below the map is a more exhaustive list.
Below is a more exhaustive list of communities we serve, please keep in mind that we are located in the Naperville-Wheaton area so while we can and do service the below list of communities, some areas we do have a travel surcharge.
Dupage CountyAddison Addison Township Aurora Bartlett Batavia Bensenville Bloomingdale Bloomingdale Township Bolingbrook Burr Ridge Carol Stream Clarendon Hills Darien Downers Grove Downers Grove Township Elk Grove Village Elmhurst Glendale Heights Glen Ellyn Hanover Park Hinsdale Itasca Lemont Lisle Lisle Township Lombard Milton Township Naperville Naperville Township Oak Brook Oakbrook Terrace Roselle Schaumburg St. Charles Villa Park Warrenville Wayne Westmont West Chicago Wheaton Willowbrook Willow Springs Winfield Wood Dale Woodridge Unincorporated communities Belmont Cloverdale Eola Flowerfield Fullersburg Keeneyville Lakewood Mammoth Springs Medinah Munger North Glen Ellyn Palisades South Elmhurst Swift Wayne Township Winfield Township York Center York Township | Will CountyAurora Beecher Bolingbrook Braceville Braidwood Channahon Coal City Crest Hill Crete Diamond Elwood Frankfort Godley Homer Glen Joliet Lemont Manhattan Matteson Minooka Mokena Monee Naperville New Lenox Orland Park Park Forest Peotone Wilmington | Kane CountyAurora Algonquin Barrington Hills Bartlett Batavia Big Rock Burlington Campton Hills Carpentersville East Dundee Elburn Elgin Geneva Gilberts Hampshire Hoffman Estates Huntley Kaneville Lily Lake Maple Park Montgomery North Aurora Pingree Grove Sleepy Hollow South Elgin Sugar Grove St. Charles Virgil Wayne West Dundee Yorkville |
Kendall CountyAurora Bristol Joliet Lisbon Millbrook Millington Minooka Montgomery Newark Oswego Plainfield Plano Sandwich Yorkville | McHenry CountyAlgonquin Barrington Hills Bull Valley Cary Crystal Lake Fox Lake Fox River Grove Greenwood Harvard Hebron Holiday Hills Huntley Island Lake Johnsburg Lake in the Hills Lakemoor Lakewood Marengo McCullom Lake McHenry Oakwood Hills Port Barrington Prairie Grove Richmond Ringwood Spring Grove Trout Valley Union Wonder Lake Woodstock | Cook CountyAlsip Arlington Heights Barrington Barrington Hills Bartlett Bedford Park Bellwood Bensenville Berkeley Berwyn Blue Island Bridgeview Broadview Brookfield Buffalo Grove Burbank Burnham Burr Ridge Calumet City Calumet Park Chicago Chicago Heights Chicago Ridge Cicero Country Club Hills Countryside Crestwood Deer Park Deerfield Des Plaines Dixmoor Dolton East Dundee East Hazel Crest Elgin Elk Grove Village Elmwood Park Evanston Evergreen Park Flossmoor Ford Heights Forest Park Forest View Franklin Park Glencoe Glenview Glenwood Golf Hanover Park Harvey Harwood Heights Hazel Crest Hickory Hills Hillside Hinsdale Hodgkins Hoffman Estates Hometown Homewood Indian Head Park Inverness Justice Kenilworth La Grange La Grange Park Lansing Lemont Lincolnwood Lynwood Lyons Markham Matteson Maywood McCook Melrose Park Merrionette Park Midlothian Morton Grove Mount Prospect Niles Norridge North Riverside Northbrook Northfield Northlake Oak Forest Oak Lawn Oak Park Olympia Fields Orland Hills Orland Park Palatine Palos Heights Palos Hills Palos Park Park Forest Park Ridge Phoenix Posen Prospect Heights Richton Park River Forest River Grove Riverdale Riverside Robbins Rolling Meadows Roselle Rosemont Sauk Village Schaumburg Schiller Park Skokie South Barrington South Chicago Heights South Holland Steger Stickney Stone Park Streamwood Summit Thornton Tinley Park University Park Westchester Western Springs Wheeling Willow Springs Wilmette Winnetka Worth |
So You Think You Want a Brick Mailbox
Many people have asked us if we install brick mailboxes.
Well, the answer is quite simply, “Nope!”
While you may see many brick mailboxes throughout your community, most local municipalities have banned new installations.
There are many reasons for this, but the foremost is safety.
Mailbox posts are supposed to be designed to break away in the event of a collision with a moving vehicle. Regulations state that a post must be made of:
Wood- No greater than 4″ diameter square or round.
Steel- Thin wall steel no greater than 2″ diameter round or square.
Even if you look at road signs mounted on a 6″ wooden post, you will notice that near the bottom there are 2″ holes drilled into the post so it will break away in the event of a collision. The ones made of steel are perforated for the same reasons.
What happens when you create a mailbox out of brick or any kind of heavy duty material such as a railroad tie or heavy steel is you create what the DOT (Dept. of Transportation) calls a,” Deadly fixed object.”
If a vehicle (municipal such as a snowplow or privately owned) strikes your heavy duty mailbox you can be held liable for damages incurred to the vehicle or any injury (or God forbid) death incurred by the collision.
So, what most municipalities have done is require a building permit for brick mailboxes, but if you actually apply for one, it will NEVER be approved, putting you out the fees for the permit application. Some communities make you apply for land use covenants which are complicated to obtain.
If you find a contractor who is willing to work without permits to install your brick mailbox you could end up out of a lot of money and a possible liability lawsuit later. For instance you give your contractor a deposit, he starts the work and an inspector drives by… the inspector can halt the work immediately and make you remove whatever work has been started. Likewise, if an inspector notices a brand new brick mailbox in a given neighborhood he can make you dismantle it. Either way your out of a lot of money! Lastly, if someone runs their car into your brick mailbox and goes head first into their windshield and they lawyer up, you can be taken to court and sued.
So be wise in your decision about what type of mailbox you wish to install. There are a lot of elegant post mount mailboxes that are sure to compliment your landscape and your beautiful home.
Additional links regarding mailboxes by some of the local communities:
Naperville Illinois mailbox guidelines
Lisle Illinois mailbox guidelines
Wheaton Illinois mailbox guidelines
Downers Grove Illinois mailbox guidelines
Batavia Illinois mailbox guidelines
Geneva Illinois mailbox guidelines
Plainfield-Shorewood Illinois mailbox guidelines
St. Charles Illinois Mailbox Guidelines
There are too many municipalities to list here, but if you are planning to build a brick mailbox, it’s always a good idea to check with your community’s building department.