Jobsite Notes

Balcony Railing Rust: Repaint or Replace?

A property manager emailed me a dozen photos of balcony railings on a nine-storey building and asked one question: is this extensive, or can we just paint it? From the…

A board asked me to scrub the rust stains off their balcony slabs — the rust was coming from inside the concrete

Rust streaks below balcony railings are not surface dirt. Here is how I trace them to the post base, tell a coating job from a concrete problem, and stop them…

A condo board asked me to repaint the same balcony railings for the third time in six years — the paint was never the problem

A property manager showed me rust streaks on a couple of balconies — it was the flaking paint on the ceilings above them that turned into the building’s real repaint

Jobsite Notes

Balcony Railing Rust: Repaint or Replace?

A board asked me to scrub the rust stains off their balcony slabs — the rust was coming from inside the concrete

A condo board asked me to repaint the same balcony railings for the third time in six years — the paint was never the problem

A property manager showed me rust streaks on a couple of balconies — it was the flaking paint on the ceilings above them that turned into the building’s real repaint

A condo board asked me to “just repaint the balcony railings” before summer — the rust bleeding through was the real warning

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