Swapped from duct tape patches to welding on the fly after a flood job went sideways

Used to slap duct tape on every crack like a bandaid, but after a $15,000 suction failure near a river bank last spring, I finally bought a portable welder and fixed a split pipe in 20 minutes. Has anyone else had a quick fix turn into a permanent change in how you work?

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3 Comments

alice_kim1mo ago

The $15,000 number is wild, I mean, did you really burn that much or was some of it preventable? Seems like maybe the real lesson is knowing when to call someone before it escalates that far. I get that welding worked out, but idk, not every quick fix has to be a permanent lifestyle change.

carr.brooke2mo ago

You dropped fifteen grand on a suction failure and your first move was buying a welder instead of a case of duct tape?

valh322mo ago

So duct tape is REALLY the move after a 15 grand failure? That's the hill you want to die on? Listen, sometimes you gotta just throw money at a problem and hope the welding sparks fix everything. Duct tape is for people with more hope than sense, not people who already learned the hard way. I'm with the welder choice honestly.