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Spent 14 hours chasing a leak on a 6-inch steam line flange at the old paper mill.
Turned out the gasket was fine, but the flange face had a hairline crack you couldn't see without dye penetrant. Anyone else run into something like that?
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anthony_burns6mo ago
Man, that's the worst kind of problem. It's like when your car makes a weird noise and you replace the whole exhaust, but it was just a loose heat shield rattling. You fix the obvious thing, but the REAL issue is hiding in plain sight. I see it with houses all the time, people will repaint a wall for a stain, but the leak is from a cracked flashing three stories up. The surface fix never works.
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the_ivan6mo ago
Ever try fixing a squeaky floor by just nailing it down?
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tessa_kelly6mo ago
Actually, sometimes a few nails are all you need! My dad fixed our old porch that way and it held up for years. Not every squeak means a huge hidden problem.
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