For an inviting and durable decorative look for your front porch, choose Colonial, Chamfered or Square PermaPost® porch posts. These synthetic load-bearing porch posts offer an insect and weatherproof alternative to a traditional wood porch posts. PermaPost® porch posts comprise an outer shell surrounding a galvanized steel pipe and polyurethane foam filler. The colonial and Chamfered PermaPost® load-bearing columns are pre-finished white and are not meant to be painted in the field due to their polyethylene material.