Do screw piles rust over time?

Screw piles are typically galvanised, a genuine protective coating specifically designed to resist corrosion over the pile’s expected service life, rather than being left as bare, untreated steel.

The specific galvanising specification is matched to your site’s soil conditions — more aggressive or corrosive soil conditions can call for a heavier protective coating, determined by your engineer as part of the design.

Properly specified and installed screw piles are designed for a genuinely long service life with this corrosion protection — not a material prone to short-term rust-related failure when correctly specified for your site.

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