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Shoutout to the old guy who showed me the right way to set a boiler on a sloped floor
Three years ago I was on a job in a Portland cannery, trying to level a new package boiler on a floor that was off by a full inch and a half corner to corner. I was fresh out of my apprenticeship and just kept shimming and checking, shimming and checking, getting more frustrated by the hour. This retired boilermaker, Frank, who was just visiting his nephew on the crew, walked over, looked at my setup for maybe thirty seconds, and said 'Kid, you're fighting the floor, not working with it.' He had me pull all my shims, scribe the baseplate from the high point, and cut a full wedge from a piece of 3/4 inch plate to match the slope. We dropped it in, bolted it down, and it was dead level on the first try. I still use that trick on every uneven pad I see. What's the best piece of 'old timer' advice you've ever gotten that actually worked?
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james6615d ago
My grandpa always said to pack a spare pair of dry socks in a ziplock bag when you're working outside in the cold.
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james6615d ago
Fighting the floor, not working with it" is such a good way to put it. My old boss told me to always start by finding the one high spot on any uneven surface and build from there, never try to bring the low spots up to meet it. It saves so much time and material. That advice has saved my back on so many installs.
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