Galvanized Steel Good for More Than 1,000 Years, Study Finds - 5/24/2004 - Home Foundation Structure Framing

Galvanized Steel Good for More Than 1,000 Years, Study Finds

New research from the Steel Framing Alliance finds that metallic-coated steel framing components used in home building hold up well under diverse climactic conditions.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Steel Framing Alliance is a member of the National Council of the Housing Industry — the Supplier 100 of NAHB.

Steel with industry-standard galvanizing has a life expectancy of as high as 1,260 years, according to the five-year research initiative, “Galvanized Steel Framing for Residential Buildings,” sponsored by the International Lead and Zinc Research Organization and completed by the NAHB Research Center.

The fastest rate of corrosion observed on a coating was a loss of only 0.04 grams on Galfan plate samples. The sites chosen for the study were Miami; Leonardtown, MD; Long Beach Island, NJ; and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The Steel Framing Alliance will continue to issue reports as this study continues.

Members of the alliance can download a complete copy of the 55-page report from the Members Only page on its Web site.

The Steel Framing Alliance is an association of more than 350 companies and organizations with the mission of enabling the widespread use of steel framing in residential and commercial construction. The alliance provides education, publications, technical support, research and development, and market development programs to companies representing the full spectrum of manufacturing, construction, design, distribution and professional services.

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