thanks, yes they are dry , thats a good idea with fish oil as sanding will be hard

yes but l am still undecided how l should treat the steel beams after l sand off the light surface rust, the beams are not galvanized, should l paint them…

Hi l have some steel i beams under my house with some light surface rust, the beams are not galvanized . My plan is to sand off the rust and…

l know it would depend on many things , but roughly what sort of cost is it to convert a spare bedroom into a bathroom

But wouldnt the rain be as good as a wash or does it need to be pressure sprayed or washed with a certain thing, what sort of cost would it…

l live 4 km from the coast l have a colorbond roof 13 years old , some of the screws have just started to rust and l am getting them…

l spoke to my plumber we decided to replace the rusted screws and keep all the screws with no rust, it will only cost a few hundred

l spoke to my plumber we decided to replace the rusted screws and keep all the screws with no rust, it will only cost a few hundred

thanks ,l have a photo below, only about 20% of the screws have any signs of rust the other 80% have no rust, l think my plan
is to have…

l spoke to my plumber he said theres two options they can paint the screws with cold gal paint which is only a few hundred dollars but will only last…

Hi l have a color bond roof 12 years old and l live 4 km from the coast, l noticed about 20% of the roof screws have some rust on…

That just protects from further rust, l want first to apply a rust converter or rust killer to kill the rust thats there, whats the best one for galvanized steel

Hi the galvanized Steel posts under my house have a bit of surface rust, l had a building inspector look at it and he said its nothing serious and wouldnt…

THanks , l got a licensed building inspector to look at the rust on the ibeams, he said its just surface rust and it would take many years to become…

if l cannot get a sandblaster would a sander with sandpaper be better then a wire brush. My plan is to sand the metal beams and then apply White knight…

They look very close to your house, maybe check the roots are not going to cause problems with the house foundations or plumbing

would a sander be ok or is wire brush better, probably a stupid question but could l damage the steel beams with the wire brush if brush off too much…

Hi l have some surface rust on the steel i beams under my house, a builder looked at it and said its not serious , just surface rust, but l…

im getting a new shower, l am thinking of getting a POLYMARBLE shower base, my last shower arcylic shower base got a crack, would a Polymarlbe base be less likely…

l see your point . Doing it myself would be alot of hard work as its just crawl space under the house and paying someone to do it l was…

why, what do you mean?

The building inspector who has 30 years experience as a building inspector and good reviews said his sure its just a bit of harmless surface rust and nothing needs…

Hi just to update , got a building inspector to have a look today , he has 30 years experience and he said the I - BEAMS are not Glavanized…

l looked through the papers l was given when the house was built all l could find was
DESIGN STANDARDS
AS4100 1998 Steel Structures
AS1170 2002 Structural design actions loading code
STANDARD SPECIFICATION
FACADE"
"Fully…

Hi could someone please look at the two photos l posted above and tell me if they think its just harmless surface rust or could be more serious. Do you…

how serious is the rust, zoom in to enlarge the photo , thanks