Marine grade Screws
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Ashley Gale
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Sam Didio
Thanks Aaron - I think If we had as a minimum the ability to upgrade to climaseal 5 screws, that would be great. I also see the comments that Adam has made & I think with the experience he has had in this area, would be great to explore some of his suggestions. To be honest we dont do that many (4 or 5 a year we simply go and buy the screws from the local supplier), but I am sure across the country it would be handy/helpful & again put us ahead of the competition.
Ashley Gale
Sam Didio: Are you using ultra cladding on these buildings?
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Sam Didio
Ashley Gale: In some cases yes, but sometimes customers just want to upgrade the screws.
Ashley Gale
Sam Didio: Jay Velden 2 is going to look to add the screws into the price list for you to choose, but as Aaran Wilson has identified even with ultra cladding the screws are still going to be in the purlin after the sheeting has ruted away.
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Sam Didio
Ashley Gale: Thanks - yes we make the customer aware, but some just want them for their own piece of mind.
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Aaran Wilson
Hi Sam,
Can you provide a bit more detail as in to the requirement of Marine Grade Screws and how often you are making this change?
All the Roof and Cladding Screws are Climaseal 4 which is rated to Category 4 corrosive environments.
Climaseal 5 are only necessary for buildings less than 100m from breaking surf which is above the recommendation for Ultra Cladding.
Any structures within a very severe marine (Cat 5) environments require additional engineering and installation requirements such as upgrade to stainless steel, additional coating to base plates, connection such as a bitumen paint.
As this is outside of our current standard engineering it is not something that is often required.
Anything in a very severe marine environment is not likely to be covered by BlueScope warranty unless it is using Stainless Steel Materials.
We have Climaseal 5 screws available for the upgrade, mainly for peace of mind to customers that are concerned about proximity to the corrosive environment.
I may be able to look at a franchise setting if this is something that you do more often that not.
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Adam Fosdike
Aaran Wilson: Hi Aaran, I live in a very severe marine environment and have been studying the impact of various applications on sheds for over 10 years now.
We have supplied and built a significant amount of sheds in the area. We are interested in your experience and what you think works best as we are keen to try some of your ideas. We think that offering the customer a choice of marine grade upgrades can be a competitive advantage like marine grade screws as a minimum.
We ALWAYS warned that any upgrade will only help reduce and won't stop corrosion. We are aware that BlueScope warranty isn't covered in these area's. We were of the understanding that stainless steel reacts with colorbond steel so keen to learn more outside of this conversation.
You would be surprised the difference marine grade fixings can make on normal colorbond sheeting as this is one of the first areas that are a problem in a marine environment in our area in our experience. Again it doesn't completely stop it but it definitely can reduce the time it takes to corrode and the severity of corrosion.
Another example of an upgrade that works really well is adding Ultra colorbond gutters with Nylon gutter brackets.
We also understand that there are many different marine conditions across Australia so what works in Southern Australia may not work well in tropical conditions.
Anyway you can ring me to discuss any time on 0488816283 or 0411477327