A: Lally columns are made up of a steel tube filled with concrete. The steel is most important, because any concrete inside the steel tube is too small to hold up without the steel.

Q. The outside of the Lally columns in my under-the-house garage have rusted out at the bottom. The inside concrete looks OK, but is the outside steel layer important? GUEST, in Hotton’s chat ...

I think we have 3-4. I wanted to install new lolly or lally columns for proper support. Can I just place a new metal column next to the old wooden posts? Do I need to ... Oct 1, 2007 at 11:47 am. We ...

Is a steel pipe the same thing as a lally column? Do I have to break through the concrete slab to pour a new footing for this steel pipe column? Is this something I can do myself? Thanks! Share .

A lally column is replaced by a larger ridge beam for an open kitchen and dining area. Great progress is being made on the project house. The primary addition is being framed and the rooms are ...

Q: Nail polish remover was spilled on the tabletop of my hickory kitchen set. The stain looks bleached out, and that part of the finish is gonzo. How can I make repairs? A: The damage is ...

Prior to MLT’s purchase of the building the cellar flooded regularly and the steel Lally columns corroded. MLT volunteers installed two sump pumps and the basement has not flooded over the past ...

Roofs over entryways and porches need beefy supports at the corners like 4-by-4s or steel lally columns. Those structural members have the strength but often not the looks, and are usually boxed ...