Mike Lamb Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 This 4 year old porch has some superficial rust to the decking and some not so. Is there a rule of thumb as to what is too rusted? I'd say this decking is about 1/4" and is peeling and rusting pretty good top and bottom in some areas. Until the rust is cleaned up I don't know how much good steel will be left. Maybe 3/16" or less. If this has occurred in 4 years is scraping and painting going to do much good? Bad steel? Click to Enlarge 33.9 KB Click to Enlarge 51.84 KB Click to Enlarge 59.29 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 It's a major problem and it's epidemic. It was never primed and painted with the right material. Correcting it is crazy expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Rust never sleeps. Preventing it in the first place is the key. Once it's begun, good luck stopping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Is the stucco actually touching that steel? I think there's a lot of alkalinities in Portland cement that don't play well with steel when the steel is exposed to the air. Sandblast that baby and POR-15 the hell out of it. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Is the stucco actually touching that steel? I think there's a lot of alkalinities in Portland cement that don't play well with steel when the steel is exposed to the air. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike It's EIFS covering the back of a 100 year old brick 8 flat. I can't believe that covering the old brick with this stuff was more economical or aesthetically pleasing than re-pointing and cleaning the old brick. The rest of the walls were in great shape. There was no undue rust where the steel deck or ledger came in contact with the EIFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 A lot of these things get people dumping salt on them for ice removal; s'funny how that makes 'em rust. I've seen some that are rusted through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 A lot of these things get people dumping salt on them for ice removal; s'funny how that makes 'em rust. I've seen some that are rusted through. I think that's it. Stop salting the stoop! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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