Got called out for my old way of setting a boiler on its pad

Was on a job in Spokane last month and the foreman saw me just eyeballing the level. He said, 'You're leaving a quarter inch of stress on that one pipe leg, it'll sing in six months.' I started using a machinist's level on every pad now, even for smaller units. Anyone else have a small change that made a big difference in the long run?

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hayden_ramirez17d ago

Wait, a quarter inch of stress can make a pipe sing? That's wild. Guess my eyeball isn't as good as I thought.

robertcarr17d ago

So what were you trying to eyeball, a bend or a weld?

gavin36517d ago

A quarter inch causing noise? That's way less than I would have guessed. Makes me rethink my own eyeballing for sure.