Hot Work in an Occupied Building: What a Field Weld Actually Requires
Hot Work in an Occupied Building: What a Field Weld Actually Requires A stock lift needs a bracket welded back on inside a store that opens at six. A mezzanine rail needs a post re-welded in a warehouse running two shifts. A canopy column needs a plate added over a doorway tenants use all day. […]
How to Tell If a Commercial Handrail Is Structurally Sound
How to Tell If a Commercial Handrail Is Structurally Sound An inspection walk-through, a tenant complaint or a near miss on a stairwell puts fourteen handrails on your list and one question next to each of them: is my handrail structurally sound, and how do I tell without hiring a testing lab for every one? […]
How Much Weight Can a Welded Repair Actually Hold?
How Much Weight Can a Welded Repair Actually Hold? The bucket is welded, the trailer tongue is welded, the rack upright is welded, and the person who owns it asks the same thing every time: is it as good as it was? Search how strong is a welded repair and page one hands you epoxy […]
Can You Weld Stainless Steel to Mild Steel?
Can You Weld Stainless Steel to Mild Steel? A stainless top on a mild steel frame. A stainless bracket on a painted steel post. A stainless guard on a carbon steel machine base. The job looks simple, and welding stainless to mild steel is routine fabrication work. The weld itself is rarely what fails. What […]
Welding vs Bolting: Which Repair Actually Holds on a Structural Connection
Welding vs Bolting: Which Repair Actually Holds on a Structural Connection A mezzanine beam seat has cracked, a stair stringer has pulled loose at its landing, or a lift truck has folded a rack upright. The first question on the table is not who fixes it. It is whether the new connection gets welded or […]
Wrought Iron Fence Post Rusted at the Base: Sleeve, Splice, or Replace?
Wrought Iron Fence Post Rusted at the Base: Sleeve, Splice, or Replace? A wrought iron fence post rusted at base level almost never gives you much warning. The metal up at eye height still looks fine, the paint is holding, and then one windy week a whole panel leans and you find the post is […]
How to Fix a Rusted Wrought Iron Fence (and When Rust Means Weld, Not Paint)
How to Fix a Rusted Wrought Iron Fence (and When Rust Means Weld, Not Paint) Almost every guide on how to fix a rusted wrought iron fence stops in the same place: wire brush it, prime it, paint it, done. On plenty of fences that is the right answer. On plenty of others, rust has […]
Can You Weld Galvanized Steel? Zinc, Fumes, and Doing It Right On Site
Can You Weld Galvanized Steel? Zinc, Fumes, and Doing It Right On Site Somebody backed into a bollard in a Bensenville lot, a dock guardrail took a hit, or a stair stringer cracked at the weld. Now there is a repair to make on steel that is already coated, and the question on site is […]
Can You Weld Cast Iron? MIG, TIG, and When to Call a Pro
Can You Weld Cast Iron? MIG, TIG, and When to Call a Pro Cast iron breaks in ways steel does not. It cracks cold, it cracks again right beside the first repair, and it does it on the parts nobody wants to throw away: the fence post that matches nothing sold today, the porch column […]