Archetech Issue 41 2019 | Page 56

JOSEPH ASH GALVANIZING: PROUD TO POWDER COAT, DUPLEX COAT AND GALVANIZE THE UK Joseph Ash Galvanizing provides services include galvanizing, spin galvanizing, shot blasting, powder coating and duplex coatings. As a UK leader of steel finishing services, with a long heritage dating back to 1857, the company is proud to powder coat and galvanize the UK. When it comes to corrosion protection, Joseph Ash Galvanizing provides the highest standards of quality available and serves all types of customers from large construction companies and fabricators, to sculptors and architects. The position as a steel finishing UK leader stems not only from Joseph Ash Galvanizing’s industry-leading levels of customer service – which meet the most exacting requirements of customers and end users – but also from an ethos of outstanding technical knowledge and additional services which include: • Collection and delivery • On-site storage facilities • A range of different bath sizes and lifting capabilities • The ability to powder coat aluminium as well as steel. With a number of different bath sizes at the various plants (including one of the widest galvanizing baths in Europe at the Telford plant), everything from structural sections to staircases, gates to railings, and flooring to access support steelwork can be treated. (Medway Crematorium, winner of RIBA South East Regional Awards in 2014, galvanized and powder coated by Joseph Ash Galvanizing in 2013) DUPLEX COATINGS AND POWDER COATINGS AT JOSEPH ASH MEDWAY Powder coating and duplex coating services are provided by the company’s Joseph Ash Medway plant. Duplex coatings are a synergy of hot dip galvanizing and powder coating, suitable for all for all types of steel architectural projects. Used independently, a galvanized coating and a powder coat provides a good level of protection for steel. However, as steel begins to age, the galvanized zinc coating erodes, making the steel more susceptible to weather damage. If, however, the steel has also been painted or powder coated, the synergistic effect acts as an extra barrier, which slows down the zinc erosion rate and provides a far superior level of protection to extend the life of steel. The additional benefits of a duplex coating are: durability; ease of repainting; economical; sustainable; environmentally friendly; and guaranteed for up to 40 years (dependent on the type of powder used). (Joseph Ash Medway treated the steel railings outside the British Standards Institute building with a duplex coating of a galvanized substrate, as well as a powder coated finish.) Duplex coating services are provided as a one-stop-shop service by the company’s Joseph Ash Medway plant, who provide a wide variety of durable finishes from metallic to textured, in a huge range of bright colours with varying matt, satin and gloss levels. (To see a range of some of the powder coating colours on offer by Joseph Ash Galvanizing, view the powder coating swatch page on their website www.josephash.co.uk/swatch/?Powder-Coating- Colour-Swatch). Other colours are also available.) APPROVED APPLICATORS OF SYNTHA PULVIN PAINTS To support the company’s powder coating and duplex coatings services, Joseph Ash Medway was granted approved applicator status for Syntha Pulvin architectural coating solutions in 2017. Syntha Pulvin is the premier architectural powder coatings brand in Europe, offering a wide range of Architectural Powder Coatings formulated to decorate and protect architectural aluminium and galvanized steel exposed to ultraviolet conditions and extreme weather. (Duplex coated railings treated by Joseph Ash Medway, installed around a park in Horsham, in 2016) If you’d like to know more, contact Joseph Ash Galvanizing on 01795 479489, visit their website at www.josephash.co.uk/ services/duplexcoatings, or email them at medwayinfo@ josephash.co.uk