Building Half Wall Columns

Once the frame is in place check to see if it s level.
Building half wall columns. The great news is that this design can be used for a standalone column or on the corner of a wall. Use shims to make any adjustments. First i attached two common boards to the wall with liquid nails and nails. The half walls keep the space open and allow light to pass easily between the two sections of the room but the columns provide the height that a full wall would to formally define the individual.
Install the back finished columns and put a couple of nails in to hold the column into place along the wall. Ever since we have been showing you the wrap up of the living room and the built in s plans part one and part two we have had a lot of questions on how we built our columns so we broke the process down for your building pleasure. Make sure it is the pressure treated bottom plate that makes contact with the concrete. Once the wall was cleared i built a simple pilaster which by definition is a column that is attached to a wall so essentially a half column for the half wall.