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Going around a post in the basement

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Going around a post in the basement
Posted by pbjwilson on Friday, January 13, 2006 6:45 PM
This steel pole (the grey pole) supports my house. I built a shelf out of 3/4 plywood. Covered it with carpet -



Underneath it is supported by 3 angle brackets attached to the pole by a hose clamp.




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Posted by overall on Friday, January 13, 2006 7:13 PM
Are you going to disguise the pole, like with a mountain or something? I read about a club once that had a support column like that to work around and they made it look like a ( very ) tall building.

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Posted by pbjwilson on Friday, January 13, 2006 7:51 PM
I think I'm going to put a few large pine trees around the pole. Maybe a few large rocks too. I'll keep yuz giz posted.
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Posted by dk99358 on Friday, January 13, 2006 7:59 PM
Put a cemetery next to the pole, paint a door on the pole and add a sign "Stairway to Heaven".

At Christmas, I wrapped a pole with red and white ribbons (like a candy cane) and added a sign "North Pole"

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Posted by pbjwilson on Friday, January 13, 2006 8:21 PM
Dale,
Very good, you made me laugh.
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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, January 13, 2006 10:04 PM
Paul, try a mirror. You may be intrigued by what you can hide if angled to reflect something back - very nice work, by the way!!

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Posted by dougdagrump on Friday, January 13, 2006 10:15 PM
Paul, You have a great center piece for a helix.

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Posted by Locomotive681 on Monday, January 16, 2006 2:37 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by pbjwilson

This steel pole (the grey pole) supports my house. I built a shelf out of 3/4 plywood. Covered it with carpet -



Underneath it is supported by 3 angle brackets attached to the pole by a hose clamp.





I think thats very cleaver how you did that it looks good[:)].
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