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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carr.brooke21d ago

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

valh3221d 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.