A Guide to Column Casings for Your Home

Column Casings have to be one of the most beautiful additions to any building or home of adequate size. They make your home or building have a greater sense of luxury and immensity. Columns can greatly make or break the appearance of a nice home. Here are some tips in assisting you in finding the right look for your home or building.

Your more basic column casings will usually range within 4 major types to include:

GRG (Glass Reinforced Gypsum), GRP (Glass Reinforced Polymer), plywood, aluminum and stainless steel and stone.

– GRG (Glass reinforced gypsum) Gypsum is a very soft, fire resistant mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate combined with a formula CaSO42H20. This column is great for use around the fireplace or kitchen. The places you may be scared of fire hazards is probably the best place to put a GRG column casing.

– GRP (Glass reinforced polymer) A polymer is large molecule that consists of repeating structural units that are connected by covalent chemical bonds. This type of column is a great and best used for outdoors, harsh weather, and around coastal regions.

– Plywood casings are extremely strong but light weight, and are easy to maintain once it has been coated with a good finish. They are designed to last a while.

– Aluminum and Stainless steel. These column casings are strong durable and mostly used in schools, hospitals and restaurants due to its usefulness of sanitization.

All column casings range from all different shapes and sizes and can be made out of wood, steel, and aluminum. When designing your casing you will need to determine what type of casing whether you want whether it’s a standard circle, square or rectangular. After you have made your final decision of the type and shape, you will want to consider the size. You can go as big or as small as you like. Finally you will want to put finishing coat on the casing. Do you want your casing brushed, or polished and with what coating? Once you have made your decision you will be able to plan and get to work on building your beautiful column casings. Need someone to build it for you? Not a problem. Most people hire other companies to do this for them anyways. If you are in need of a builder but don’t know who to go through then just do a search online. This way you will be able to see your option through different aspects and you will have better chances of figuring out and getting what it is that you are wanting. Each company has its own rates and specific levels of design. What you may get from one company may not be available from another. Shop around and watch out for the prices and different ideas bestowed from each seller. You will be amazed at all of the different types and styles of column casings there really are and how they can brighten and warm any building or home.