Cluster Box Unit

Cluster Box Unit, CBU, cluster mailbox, outdoor mailbox or cbu mailbox is a pedestal mailbox that is the best outdoor mailbox that money can buy. Cluster Box Units are often found in new multiple unit residential developments and subdivisions in the United States. Cluster box units are the most modern addition to a large lineage of pedestal mailboxes and postal specialties. These front-loading outdoor pedestal mailboxes are the favored United States Postal Service approved commercial mailboxes for an extensive assortment of applications. The U.S. Postal Service prefers to load pedestal mailboxes from the front, as opposed to the old rear loading Neighborhood Delivery & Collection Box Units (NDCBU), in order to keep a tight rein on the man hours of the mail carrier. This is why architects normally stipulate Clluster Box Units in the postal specialties section of the manual for new construction jobs. Architects are inclined to be extraordinarily explicit when specifying mailboxes because their status is on the line. Mail collection boxes are given more consideration by architects in multi-family projects. The postal specialties segment in the construction specification manual can be found in division ten sections. Other postal products are intermittently found in some construction projects. In addition, occasionally mail collection boxes are necessary to deal with large amounts of outgoing mail. Designers who are building projects more often than not overlook the postal specialties when setting up their building project. This at times can be a costly oversight because the new cluster box units can add significant cost to the overall project. Cluster Box Units have gotten expensive over the past five years because of recent changes in postal regulations for this type of commercial mailbox. Cluster Box Unit pedestal mailboxes come in four different sizes - 8-door, 12-door, 13-door and 16-door. Each CBU includes one outgoing mail compartment that doubles as the master control door for the mail carrier. Every Cluster box Unit mailbox also includes either 1 parcel locker (12-door & 13-door CBU) or 2 parcel lockers (8-door & 16-door CLuster Box Unit). Tenant mailbox sizes are 3 inches tall by 12 inches wide by 15 deep in the 8, 12 & 16-door CBU's. 13-door Cluster Box Units have 4 3/4 inch high mailboxes.

CBU that acquire the official recognition of 'USPS Approved' must pass rigorous testing by the U.S. Postal Service. This certification also pertains to other postal specialties. The Post Office examines each receptacle and checks it for security, salt water intrusion, adverse weather, and a series of other tests. CBU are the latest of the units that fall into this category to be accepted by the Postal Service. Other postal products cope with tests for their own collection of requirements. Outdoor receptacles have been an elevated concern of the U.S. Postal Service to examine lately, because the time constraints on the mail carriers, as well as the dangers of identity theft.

Cluster Box Units have their own series of installation procedures that the Postal Service calls for. These units have guidelines for spacing between units, distance from the curb and more. We are glad to supply you with every one of the requirements, whether it is for outdoor receptacles, or any other commercial mailbox. The local postmaster naturally has the ultimate voice in the location and installation of any of the CBU because they are servicing the unit. It is essential to keep local postal officials involved prior to installing a CBU.

Pedestal mailboxes cannot be customized, with the exception of door identification. Cluster box units can be identified by photo metal id tags or engraved on each compartment door. This aids the tenant in identifying which compartment is theirs when collecting their mail. This attribute is also quite often overlooked by architects in the postal specialties section. Other postal products in our product line can be altered, unlike our cluster box units.

CBU's are normally shipped in two boxes per unit. The first box is the pedestal, and the second is the mailbox itself. Cluster box units weigh about fifty pounds for the pedestal and one hundred pounds for the mail collection boxes. It is imperative to verify any of our postal specialties when you receive a unit, because of potential transportation damage. Postal products characteristically arrive in good shape, because of the quality freight carriers we have contracted.