The porch columns can be manufactured from fiberglass, wood, or compressed injection foam.

An Annapolis couple has lost a bid to keep the fiberglass columns on their early-20th-century home’s porch in the city’s Historic District, in a case that has pitted homeowners against … ...

The constant exposure to sun and rain can take its toll on a porch. I see a lot of cases where water has become trapped between the base of the porch columns, called the plinth, and the porch deck ...