Where can I look to see examples of how to top rotten a brick pillar?

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Answers:    simple brick cap made of bricks/picture:
http://www.countymaterials.com/f_product...

pillar caps:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=brick+p...

column cap:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=brick+c...

best:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=column+...

those are results pages, except the first. the commercial sites can have a few suitable pix even if u are not going to buy.

It looks like many cap are various designs of cast concrete. but some are of lightweight foam or such. so that finances if they are expensive u could cast your own. i think they collectively make a mold from wood. but sometimes they use sand. I have hear of foam that you spray and that hardens; for insulation i think they use it. probably you could use plaster of paris too? if u prod scuplture materials u are sure to get at least a few more more current materials to use/like polymer.

example of foam used to decoration a pillar and a few cap images:
http://www.thecolumnshop.com/ornamental_...

how to put together plaster of paris:
http://www.wikihow.com/Mix-Plaster-for-S...

recipe for molded cement:
equal amount of Portland cement with silica sand and then join cement bonding agent... 1/4 to 3/8th of a cup per quart of the cement and sand mixture. for the mold u usually use play sand<which denotes a certain size grain, within this case a fine one.

if it's not a small thing u are making near cement then u may need rebar or such to trade name it stay strong.

and of course brick pillars themselves might need rebar if they be quite large. Weep holes are needed for brick more than two foot wide/to stay strong.

some people seal cement cap, some don't:
http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/...

details about using brick:
http://www.gobrick.com/html/frmset_thnt.

a handyman forum:
http://www.homerepairforum.com/forum/

lots more:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=handyma...

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