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nww1969
30th Mar 2010, 08:16 PM
Team.

Another query for you.

Just got a colourbond garden shed off ebay and now thinking about how to
protect the bottom plate strip from corrosion due to sitting on bare concrete.

So need a few suggestions on how to protect it.
I thought about placing a thin strip of fibro to keep the metal strip off the concrete
but then thinking this might stay wet longer than concrete and cause more corrosion.

Maybe just some thick silastic ???

Anyone with some ideas.

nww1969
31st Mar 2010, 08:30 PM
Damp course...............:)

Comes in a roll about 100-125mm wide just for this application

Now why did I not think of that.

Moondog55
1st Apr 2010, 06:20 PM
OR

Howzabout Dyna bolting bolting through into the concrete but sitting the bottom plate on big galvanized nuts and over-sized washers, say 12mm that gives 3mm per washer plus 8mm for the nut, plenty of gap , probably even 3mm for the washer would break capilarity

Bloss
5th Apr 2010, 01:33 PM
Imagine that dampcourse recommended to be used as . . . . . dampcourse :D