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Hi all - my first post!
I am trying to sell my late uncles house and a surveyor has said that the lintel above one of the windows is an old, reinforced concrete lintel and the rainwater penetration has caused the reinforcing steel bars in the lintel to rust, due to insufficient concrete cover.
He has recommended: Break off the fractured plaster/concrete, expose the rusting steel, wire brush and apply a rust inhibitor, re concrete/re plaster, and locally redecorate. - Seek to seal the area externally, to prevent rainwater penetration.
So what is rust inhibitor? I had a look online, toolstation has Rustins Rust Converter would that be appropriate? Should I then paint over the treatment with something like hammarite? They also say reconcrete I assume cement would be OK?
Any help greatly appreciated
I am trying to sell my late uncles house and a surveyor has said that the lintel above one of the windows is an old, reinforced concrete lintel and the rainwater penetration has caused the reinforcing steel bars in the lintel to rust, due to insufficient concrete cover.
He has recommended: Break off the fractured plaster/concrete, expose the rusting steel, wire brush and apply a rust inhibitor, re concrete/re plaster, and locally redecorate. - Seek to seal the area externally, to prevent rainwater penetration.
So what is rust inhibitor? I had a look online, toolstation has Rustins Rust Converter would that be appropriate? Should I then paint over the treatment with something like hammarite? They also say reconcrete I assume cement would be OK?
Any help greatly appreciated