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Rusting Tread Bracket

How do you prevent a piece of metal from rusting? You need to paint the metal tread bracket. Since this is the bottom of the stairs and nobody ever looks why bother with it. WRONG... You need to provide proper building maintenance to extend the life of your stairs.