Decorative Landscape Mailboxes: Aluminum Vs Iron
Aluminum Decorative Landscape Mailboxes Aluminum is often the material of choice for decorative landscape mailboxes, especially in salt-prone coastal areas such as Florida. From single residential curbside mailboxes to multi-unit mailboxes, this common material offers several key benefits. Why not steel? Aluminum is not the only metal used to manufacture mailboxes, it is indeed the metal of choice for many people. Steel is another common metal used for this application. It is stronger and heavier than aluminum, yet it is also prone to rusting - a problem not found in aluminum mailboxes. A further reason is that steel mailboxes are too heavy. A steel mailbox weighs approximately two and a half times as much as an aluminum mailbox of the same size. Steel mailboxes can become top-heavy on posts and slowly start to tilt. Why choose an aluminum decorative landscape mailbox? Lighter Aluminum mailboxes weigh less than similar-sized steel mailboxes. Due to its lighter weigh...