Structural steel repair
Structural steel repair
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I am involved with billboard renovation project. The owner wants to reuse the exisitng steel columns. But they are a bit rusted. I'd like to know if there is any place where I can send those columns to where they can be scraped off the rust and prepped appropriately and make it like new and re galvanize it. Is there such a service given by fabricators? Has anybody tried this approach instead of specifying new steel?






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Dik
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"A bit rusted" could be highly variable in meaning.
Check with local galvanizers and see how big of a section they can handle, that'll let you know how you need to disassemble it.
They can also do the surface prep.
If it's old and painted, check for lead-based paint.
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can fatigue steel and steel weld joints.
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What about galvalloy? I thought there are ways to "paint" a galvanizing finish to the existing element without removal. But usually this is for touch-up because of field welding, not the whole shape.