Galvanizing Bar Joists
Galvanizing Bar Joists
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Anyone ever galvanize a bar joist? Is it possible? Particularly the LH series? Span is roughly 70 feet, so it may not even fit in the tank, let alone be able to be shipped as a 70 foot piece.






RE: Galvanizing Bar Joists
RE: Galvanizing Bar Joists
RE: Galvanizing Bar Joists
RE: Galvanizing Bar Joists
By the way, LPPE, the American Galvanizer's Association has a website (http://www.galvanizeit.org/), where you can find the closest galvanizer and the size of their tanks. Note that they can hot dip an item almost twice as long as the tank by double dipping it.
RE: Galvanizing Bar Joists
RE: Galvanizing Bar Joists
I used to work at a Steel fabricator, and everything you are wanting to do, they have done. Just make sure you call out what to touch up the field welds with. There were some cold galvanizing agents that significantly outperformed the others. I'm sorry, I can't remember who the manufacturers were.
FYI, little known fact....you can also get steel sections in 70' lengths. Might take a bit longer because you have to wait for rolling, but it can be done.
Chip