Structural steel and handrail corrosion protection
Weather, condensation, and atmospheric corrosion strip paint or galvanizing from structural steel, handrails, supports, and skids at edges and welds.
The need for structural steel and handrail corrosion protection
BHI Coatings performs structural steel and handrail corrosion protection across Alvin and the Texas Gulf Coast. Coatings are thinnest at edges and weld seams, and that is exactly where weather, condensation, and salt air start. Paint and galvanizing come off beams, handrails, supports, skids, and electrical structures, rust creeps under the old film, and section loss follows if the steel is left bare. Replacing a corroded support or skid frame is expensive and pulls equipment out of service to do it.
How BHI Coatings does structural steel and handrail corrosion protection
Our crew abrasive-blasts the steel to a clean anchor profile, then lays a zinc-rich barrier coating over beams, handrails, supports, and electrical structures in the field. A Belzona 5811 barrier coat or a zinc-rich primer such as 6111 gives galvanic and barrier protection in one cold-applied system. We work around live equipment with no torch and no shop trip.
Typically applied with Belzona 6111, Belzona 5811, matched to the service conditions.
The structure never leaves service, and the recoat interval stretches well past what the failed paint managed. Handrails, supports, and skids end up with a durable barrier against Texas Gulf Coast weather.
More Corrosion Protection applications
Airborne moisture, salts, and humidity corrode exposed equipment and new machinery before the original coating lasts a full service interval.
Learn more →External pipework and tank corrosion protectionExternal corrosion attacks pipework, valves, fittings, and tank walls at supports, weld seams, and coating gaps until metal loss hits inspection limits.
Learn more →Handrail anchor and fixture re-bondingCorroded or pulled-out handrail anchors and loose fixtures create fall hazards on stairs, walkways, and platforms where the socket has rusted out.
Learn more →HVAC duct and surface corrosion protectionCondensation pools at duct low points and joints, corroding HVAC ductwork from the inside out before the original coating lasts a building life cycle.
Learn more →Splash-zone, immersed, and underwater corrosion protectionTidal wetting, full immersion, and underwater exposure corrode marine and offshore steel faster than topside surfaces, attacking piles and risers.
Learn more →All 6 in Corrosion ProtectionThe whole capability in one place, with the work grouped.
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