My husband and I want to install a quartz countertop on this half wall. The stone guys came to measure this morning and asked if the decorative column on this wall is load bearing. We aren't sure bc the basement is finished. We have calls into the builder, but they stink at getting back (house was built in 2007). I am going to treat it as load bearing. It seems possible to slide the "base" of the column up so the men can install the quartz. Do I just remove the plugs, unscrew it and slide the pieces up the column? I am not sure if I am describing what I want to do accurately.... Thanks for advice.... [img]https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/640x480/col1_a34857cecfb8871c22747bb005d90d580db6b75d.jpg[/img] [i]Column/half wall. We need to put the stone around the column, and am hoping to raise the decorative base.[/i] [img]https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/640x480/col2_a1e28fc18bfbd4e9a623ba46d401b3bf9d72c66c.jpg[/img] [i]Close up of the column base. I think I can just slide the square and the decorative circle piece up far enough for the stone to go under and around the column?[/i]

Hopefully I can offer enough information so that someone can figure this out. :) I had a photography studio about 20 years ago that had brick walls. I bought a material (which I need to know the name of) and attached it to the cement wall. I used it because it was easy to staple paper photography backgrounds to it. It was brown, came in 4' x 8' sheets, approximately a 1/2" thick, and sorta seemed like particle board only softer. It was great because it held the staples in and didn't crumble - but also wasn't too hard to staple paper easily to it. I bought it at the home depot but now can't find it. Any ideas what that material was?????