On Feb 13, 9:56*am, Mike wrote:
I probably should have been more clear in my original post - the wood
covers are already in place. *They're simply flopping around in the
poles, waiting to be attached to something, somehow. *I originally
planned to drill a couple of holes in the top and bottom into which I
would inject some expanding foam. *This was the original plan, but it
appears, from the responses, so far, that there are other, perhaps
better plans. *Nevertheless, this is where I am. *I'm wondering if
this plan was ill-advised. *Should I continue on this path, or should
I try to remove them and implement one of these? *Assuming the
expanding foam idea is a good one, is there a brand/type that is
ideally suited to this application? * Worst case is that it won't
work, and I'll be no worse off than I am now.

On Feb 12, 10:24 am, Mike wrote:



I bought some nice looking octagonal oak surrounds for my basement
poles. *I've glued them up and they look pretty nice, albeit a bit
70's (but I'm not looking for decorating advice). *How do I attach
these things to the posts? *I thought about using an expanding foam,
but experience suggests that this could be a PITA (Great Stuff is very
good at pulling glue joints apart). *What kind of expanding foam is
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How much space between the covers and the pole is there, and how were
the sections attached to each other? If you glued the pieces together
all the way around, removing them could be difficult, if not
impossible. If that's the case, then perhaps foam is how you should
go.

However, if you could get them apart, I would still use some type of
blocking system, either the full octogon I suggested earlier or maybe
just some blocks on 4 sides of the pole.