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Architectural Columns. Dedicated Facility. Turncraft Architectural columns are located in a facility dedicated wholly to our product line. This provides: Improved quality control State of the art equipment Flexibility to produce custom orders. Specifications of Columns.
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Dedicated Facility • Turncraft Architectural columns are located in a facility dedicated wholly to our product line. This provides: • Improved quality control • State of the art equipment • Flexibility to produce custom orders
Specifications of Columns • True architectural proportions based on research into the original orders of architecture – Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Greek Doric, Composite • Customized proportions of the above orders of architecture for flexibility in design and implementation needs
Specifications of Column • Increased load bearing capacity over stock house (Colonial) columns • True architectural entasis (1/3 straight cylinder, 2/3 bowed taper), optional straight taper or non-tapered styles available • Column height/diameter ratio is very customizable • Sizes of columns from 4” to 36” diameter, and from 3’ to 30’ in height
Cap & Base Materials • Exterior cap and base available in rot-proof fiberglass and polyurethane • Interior capitals and bases made of the finest grades of wood
Available Wood Choices • Exterior columns: clear finger-jointed pine or clear all heart finger-jointed redwood. • Interior columns: any hardwood or softwood. • Popular species are cherry, maple, oak, mahogany, walnut, cedar, redwood, and many others.
Column Plan Designs • Any plan style: Round, Square, Octagonal, even Custom • Custom trimming to finish length on request
Exacting Details • Ionic or Doric Fluting: • Ionic flutes are typically 24 per column, twice the width of the fillet, and depth is ½ the width (20 flutes on 4” diameter columns). • Doric flutes are 20 per column, no fillets, depth is approximately 1/6 of the width. Typically fluted the entire shaft, they can also be stopped flutes like Ionic.
NEW! Traditional Columns • Traditional Style Columns made of red oak, cherry, African mahogany or hard maple • Emulate Tuscan styling, reduced wood costs, shorter lead times • Available un-fluted or fluted. (Custom fluting for specific opening heights at 10% up-charge.)
Warranty • Ten year limited warranty on redwood columns, or • One year limited warranty on pine columns, • If installed according to TCA installation guidelines.
Sales Support • Shop drawings (PDF for email or DWG for CAD use) • Samples • Submittals • Custom design assistance
Sales Support • Our job is to make YOUR job easier! Forrest Collins, Sales Manager fcollins@turncraft.com Chris Hansen, Customer Service Manager chansen@turncraft.com Tim Mayer, Technical Services tmayer@turncraft.com 800-423-3311