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Steel pole finish


vfrdave

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If it's galvanised it can be tricky to paint. Bit like trying to paint a wax candle with water colours.

 

I think I would clad it, possibly asymmetrically so it looks like it's a bit further from the wall?

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Tricky, and interesting, @vfrdave.

 

Two years ago I actually did a survey of porch support poles in our area to see what people used. My favourite was one from a bungalow my dad designed and supervised in 1970 where he actually used a pair of galvanised scaffold poles for a car port. Still there, still unpainted, still with the original occupant in the bungalow - now in her 90s.

 

Here I would leave it until the wall is clad, and some landscaping done, then consider using it as an accent feature on the building, bearing in mind the overall look. To me eye a stone post would be incongruous with the design. If you have something whch is a contrast colour elsewhere, then do something to reflect that - or perhaps to match your downpipes etc.

 

What is at the bottom of the pole? Can you easily put foundations in for a stone or similar post? What does the porch do? Does the wind come whipping down from that side whilst you are fumbling for your key standing in your batman costume after the Christmas Party? 

 

If it needs an element of shelter, what about filling the gap to the wall with something permeable. Fill in the bottom half of that gap and you could have a hidden "drop-off" point.

 

Given the clean look of the place, I quite like the idea of afterwards growing something up it where the leaf colour would change, have berries, or similar.


So my suggestion is to fill the gap to the wall with something like expanded stainless mesh or Corten or even anodised ally or copper, dressed round or in front of the column, then either leave it as a feature or grow a suitable plant up there.

 

Ferdinand

 

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