Use Galvanized Steel?
Use Galvanized Steel?
(OP)
I designed a house on the ocean. There are a couple of steel beams and post supporting floor loads on the inside of the house (not exposed). I suggested that the steel be galvanized, the contractor is asking if galvanizing the steel is necessary since the beams are not exposed and are within the floor system.
I usually specify all steel to be galvanized when designing near the ocean but the contractor may have a point, Any thoughts?
I usually specify all steel to be galvanized when designing near the ocean but the contractor may have a point, Any thoughts?






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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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We had a scaffold on an ocean beach in Florida. After one year - it was so badly corroded that we had to get out the Sawz-all.
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Invisible underneath drywall of a ceiling tile in the room below or decorative paneling, the corrosion will never be seen or corrected. House construction in today's AMerica is "built by the cheapest labor at the (illegal alien) pool standing outside the lumberyard. No training, experience, or knowledge should be assumed at any level of the crew, foreman, or contractor.
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Thanks
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If it were my home, I'd paint the steel with zinc-rich primer and be done with it.
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