CHADSWORTH COLUMNS
COLUMN BASICS FOR DESIGN & USE
                                                                                                                                                                                                   
   
COLUMN DESIGN NUMBERS
Columns are designated by us as either 100, 200, 300, or 400 according to designs and prices.
For example: an Authentic Replication plain Tuscan wooden column is Design Number 100,
our finest (highest price). The PolyStone® is a Design Number 200, 300 in price. The design
series goes from Design Number 100 (the best) to 400 (stock item). The price levels are
100 which is the most expensive to 400 which is the most economical.
EXTERIOR COLUMNS
The best choices for exterior (outdoor) garden applications are our PolyStone®
fiberglass composite columns and our Colossal columns.
STORAGE
We recommend that wooden columns and decorative capitals not be stored.  If wooden
 columns must be stored prior to installation, it is imperative that they be kept in a dry and
well ventilated place.  It is important that they be stored in an upright position.  Prior to storage,
 primed columns should be painted with two coats of oil-based paint.  PolyStone® columns may be stored.
SUPERPOSITIONING OR STACKING COLUMNS
The orders can be placed on top of one another to achieve a greater height than a single story.
  The more slender orders of columns should be placed above the stouter columns, i.e. Tuscan
 on the bottom with the Corinthian column on top.  This also reduces the weight as it goes
higher, and it is aesthetically pleasing.  A good rule to follow is the example of the Renaissance
 influence, which makes the upper diameter of the lower column order equal to the lower
diameter of the upper column order.  For example:  if the bottom diameter is 12" tapering to a
10" top diameter, the column sitting on top of it should have a 10" bottom diameter
tapering to 8" at the top diameter.
PILASTERS
Jeffrey Davis, our Founder and Principal Designer, defines a pilater as, "A column that is
 attached to and projecting from a wall.  It must be half or less than half the width of the
 column.  When the projection exceeds half the width of the column, it is an engaged column." 
 Mr. Davis suggests that when using half rounds to shadow another column, they should taper
 exactly the same as the full round column that they are duplicating – or they should be
 non-tapered with the width of the column equal to the top diameter of the column it is
shadowing.  This would not be effective when using pillars.
USING COLUMNS AS COVERS
Columns can be split to go around an existing structural support or for a customized
 decorative use.  Wooden columns should not be used to surround water pipes.
LINING UP COLUMNS WITH SOFFIT
 When lining up columns with a soffit or anything resting on the capitals, there should
be an imaginary vertical line from the smallest diameter to the overhang.
 


EXTERIOR WOOD COLUMNS INSTALLATION DIAGRAM
 
GENERAL INSTALLATION
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Chadsworth Columns offers column advice and techniques for such characteristics as using
columns as covers, lining up columns with a soffit, superpositioning (stacking) of columns,
column storage, and a brief overview of our column design classifications.  Whether you
select from our fiberglass composite PolyStone® columns, our architectural wood columns,
 or another of our column types – rest assured that Chadsworth will be more than happy
 to assist you along the with your project!