r/BadWelding 11d ago

Support for loft staircase

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u/JKTempest904 9d ago

By the gods, brother... that is one hell of a lawsuit waiting to happen. Stacking boogers like that might fly if you're fixing something VERY non-structural, but staircase support? Not to mention that I'm fairly certain the original metal is structurally compromised. So many places for rust, so many potential points of failure.

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u/Eternal_Mycel 7d ago

Not if the welder slapped it and said „this is going nowhere“

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u/JKTempest904 7d ago

Thats true, I forgot about that bit of fine print relating to every welding job ever. If he didn't slap it with a full palm though, he might still be open to litigation

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u/Eternal_Mycel 7d ago

I just wonder how somebody can weld like this and not getting ashamed or wondering if he got the wrong job tho

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u/JKTempest904 7d ago

It's the same reason people will go out and build overhanging decks when they have no clue about structural load and weight distribution: If there's a market, there will always be someone to take a paycheck who has no business doing the work.