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Removing 11ga Steel Tubing from Concrete?

22K views 50 replies 25 participants last post by  Hanzelz  
I would recommend base plates also. Every railing I have seen imbedded in the concrete has rusted out or started to rust through. Base plates let you seal your tube so that it cannot rust from the inside. If the owner doesn't keep it painted and it rusts through from the outside its his problem. I would fill the old tubes up with cement or caulk so that they cannot fill with water and freeze. I built some railings with 2x2x11 gauge tube and left one end open at the top until I could finish them a year later. It filled with water and froze and bulged out the tubing, Square corners with a good bulge on all sides. Drained water out and made the rest of the railing this past week or so.