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Wondering what the most cost-effective way to maintain a silo is? Look no further. One of the best ways to reduce silo maintenance costs is to take advantage of combined services.
Combined Silo Services
Step 1: Get Your Silo Professionally Cleaned
Step 2: Have Your Clean, Empty Silo Inspected
Step 3: Follow Through With Professional Repairs Immediately
When you request a combined service, we're able to work alongside our sister company, Marietta Silos, to cover all your silo maintenance services - often in one mobilization.
Our Mobile Inspection Trailer allows us to transport necessary tools, support equipment, and other items required for our field teams to conduct silo inspections with safety and efficiency. When you schedule your inspection and restoration service at the same time, we can also transport equipment and materials to complete small and silo restoration and repairs on-site during the inspection. This allows us to complete silo inspections and repair quickly, safely, and efficiently in one mobilization. Finishing small silo repairs at the same time as your silo inspection reduces additional unplanned downtime and additional trips necessary to get your silo back up and running.
If you want to save the most money, bundle all your regular silo services into one mobilization. Having your silo inspected after your silo cleaning allows the inspector to view all areas of the silo interior, including roof beam pockets. This provides a more thorough inspection that can help make sure no issues are missed. As a full-service company that services all aspects of your silos, we can also take care of repairs or restoration to help reduce your downtime and lower your overall silo maintenance costs.
No matter the industry, some seasons are busier than others. Take advantage of a lighter production schedule by booking your next silo cleaning.
Regular professional silo cleaning is a necessary tool that helps maximize your production while protecting employee safety. All too often, however, when silo cleaning is postponed, it can lead to production delays that can create heavy economic effects.
USA Silos provides silo cleaning services for all types of silos and materials. Some of our jobs include cement buildup on silo walls, slag silo wall buildup, fly ash silos, cement storage silos, air pad repair, and hardened cement in silos. We also offer vacuum truck services.
While we understand the benefits of preventive cleanings, we are also equipped to respond quickly to emergency silo cleaning needs. In addition to preventive cleanings, it's also hugely beneficial to bundle your silo maintenance services into one mobilization. When all of your silo maintenance services are conducted during planned downtime, you reap the greatest benefits.
Our sister company Marietta Silos has more than 50 years of experience in silo restoration. Read the latest Marietta Silos blog to learn how to Make the Most of Planned Downtime.
Some seasons are busier than others regardless of the industry. Take advantage of a lighter production schedule by booking your next silo coating.
Applying a protective exterior coating to concrete silos, silo roofs, and steel bins is an excellent way to maintain structures. When applied preventively, coatings can fix minor issues like cracks and corrosion of galvanized steel hoops. Industrial coatings used for silos and bins can be painted on or sprayed and come in different varieties, including polyurethanes, acrylics, or epoxies. The most durable coatings are a mix of one or more of these components and are designed to bond directly to the surface.
Industrial coatings or paints used for silo exteriors should extend a silo or bin's usable life. The coating should be able to withstand the heavy foot traffic necessary on roofs. It should also tolerate harsh environmental conditions and provide thermal stability, UV protection, and resistance to acids, alkalis, and salt.
Coatings should provide excellent waterproofing and tolerate pooling water typical of a flat roof surface. Water resistance before and after drying should also be considered. Throughout the year, silo surfaces expand during warmer temperatures and contract when cooled. High-elasticity coatings can easily tolerate this normal expansion and contraction throughout the year without cracking or peeling.
Roof-top coatings should fully adhere to the surface material, not act as a floating membrane. The smallest hole in a non-bonded, floating membrane allows water to pass throughout the entire silo's surface. This water becomes trapped between the roof membrane and the top of the slab or travels down silo walls. In times of frost and thaws, trapped water expands and contracts, causing unseen, yet detrimental damage. This unseen damage can lead to unexpected safety issues despite regular inspections.
The most effective, monolithic barrier against moisture is the rubberized coating offered by USA Silo Services. Our rubberized coating bonds directly to various surfaces to repair cracks and seal penetrations, laps, and fasteners. Rubberized coatings have a high elasticity coefficient that moves with silo vibration caused by roof-mounted equipment or loading and unloading.
Our rubber coating reduces costly reapplications of surface protectants and can be applied to many surfaces. As a silo roof coating, our rubber coating can fix both metal silo roofs and concrete silo roofs. In addition, our silo roof-top coating has the flexibility to maintain its integrity through the changing seasons and protects against oxidation, humidity, and corrosive environments.
Our roof-top silo coating method is a proven industrial roof coating system that keeps elements out and stored materials dry.
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