HFGH base rusting

18 years ago

Hello all,

Good to see some of you "oldies" are still here; it's been a while since I visited the site.

My 10x12 HFGH has been up for almost a year now. I am happy with it, with the exception of the base, which is rusting. It is installed on a cement patio, with 2x4 pieces of TREX bolted in between the base and the cement. I made some of the recommended modifications to beef up the base when I built it (i.e., Gardenerwantabe's support ideas). Any holes which I drilled were carefully painted with rustoleum and then spray painted. Those areas area not the ones rusting now, rather it is along the base where moisture comes into contact with it. At this point I am glad that I can see the problem, instead of having it buried underground! Have others experienced the same degradation?

Ann

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Comments (3)

greenhouser
18 years ago
I have the smaller HFGH and the base is aluminum which doesn't rust. I thought both sizes were all aluminum.
laserfan
18 years ago
Hmmm, rusting after "almost a year"!!!?? Ours is indeed "buried underground" and at least the visible portion of the base looks just fine, this despite that we are at an elevation where we are "in the clouds" much of the time so everything rusts rapidly. But so far so good.

Are you CERTAIN greenhouser that your base is aluminum? Doesn't sound right to me i.e. an aluminum base would be really light in weight which is counter to what I'd expect from HF. Our 10x12 bases LOOK LIKE aluminum but they are painted steel.
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troykd
18 years ago
Mine has been up 15 months or so. I see a couple spots of surface corrosion on the base inside the GH. I'll just take a wire brush to it and hit it with rustoleum.

They are made of steel.