My mailbox got hit by a snowplow last winter, but I fixed it myself this spring - huge difference in how long it lasted

Back in January, the plow clipped my metal mailbox and bent it crooked. I just hammered it back and called it good. Come April, the hinge totally snapped off after wind rattled it. So I replaced the whole post with a 4x4 sunk into concrete, 30 inches deep. Which fix do you think actually holds up longer - the quick bend-back or the permanent rebuild with concrete?

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leep3316d ago

Changed my mind after seeing how fast the quick fix failed on mine.

flores.emma15d ago

The day two glue gave out on mine, @leep33. Watched the whole thing sag in real time while I was trying to hold it together with duct tape. Might as well have skipped that fix and saved the money.

joseph_hunt14d ago

Yeah that's exactly what I figured would happen. I mean come on @flores.emma, duct tape and super glue on a roof is like putting a bandaid on a broken leg. The stuff they sell at hardware stores for "emergency fixes" is basically just a way to get you to come back and buy the real materials later. Those quick fix products are designed to fail so you keep spending money. Better to just get a proper patch kit or call someone who knows what they're doing. If it's already sagging, you're past the point of no return anyway. That roof is telling you it wants to be replaced, not "repaired.