Old Slab New Mudsills

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I have finally demolished my burned-out house and am starting to move along on rebuilding.

One of the questions which a contractor brought up is the question of how an I going to handle the fact that I now have a 20 year old foundation with old, plain steel foundation bolts (a little rusty, but certainly re-usable) and will be using new pressure treated mudsills. The new pressure treated wood requires either galvanized or stainless fasteners.

Any suggestions?

Can I wrap electrical tape around the bolts, or coat them with epoxy?

I have a small farm about 20 miles south of you off 199; on deer creek. A fire went through my property about 3 years ago and burned everything down. Just finished the new barn and will be starting on the house soon.