Akebia in the castle grounds Sanssouci/Potsdam: Baroque colonnade; the columns have been covered with climbing wire for ca. 200 years.
Plants that need climbing supports and fastenings are usually used here. Columns typically do not like being drilled into; where possible, go with light individual attachment points as per cable system 1010, or vertical arrangments as with systems 1020 and 1030. Depending on the desired effect (one-sided or circumferential greening), set 1-5 parallel ropes per column. In the case of angular cable arrangements with a larger width, more than one rope can be tensioned per area-- cable system 4020 is appropriate.
How long should the cable mounts (screws) be? In other words, what is the optimal distance between wire ropes and a column? This pesky question was often solved pragmatically in the past-- no distance! The wires were laid very close to the columns. Easy Kits from FassadenGrün, which are usually sufficient for columns, minimise the distance and correspond to this older method. Medium Kits (which create more distance) may be used from time to time.
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