Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Steel structures face constant exposure to moisture, pollutants, abrasion, and temperature shifts. Over time, these factors lead to ...

There are many types of coatings that are referred to as hot-dip galvanized. The hot-dip galvanization process necessitates the immersion of steel in molten zinc, which reacts with the steel to create ...

Regardless of customer anticipations, hot-dip galvanized structural steel has a grey coating, rather than a shiny coating. This usually leads to disagreements between galvanizers and their customers.

Q: I’m getting bids on a new roof, and some of the roofers want to use a nail gun to install the shingles. Is this a good idea? What type of nails would you use when installing shingles on your home ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) Galvanized square tubes are hollow square steel tubes with a square cross-section. These are made from hot-rolled or cold-rolled galvanized steel strip or galvanized coil, cold-bent, ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Birmingham Fastener, a full-service manufacturer and distributor of fasteners, has launched ZincFast, a new company dedicated to providing high-quality, ...

Fontaine Engineering und Maschinen GmbH (FOEN®), a manufacturer of hot-dip galvanizing equipment for coating of metal strips based in Langenfeld, Germany and built in Bridgeport, West Virginia, for ...

I'm getting bids on a new roof, and some of the roofers want to use a nail gun to install the shingles. Is this a good idea? I've also heard stories about inferior galvanized nails that don't hold up ...