kaid59•9d ago

Took me 2 hours to find a simple valve leak on a pier job

Last month on a pier inspection in Galveston I had a flange that wouldn't hold pressure no matter what I did. Turned out to be a hairline crack in the valve body itself that I missed because the silt was covering it. How long do you guys usually spend tracking down these small leaks before you start pulling everything apart?

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hunt.quinn9d ago

Man that's rough, how did you finally spot the crack after all that? I've been in the same boat way too many times... spent half a day on a cooling line leak once that ended up being a pinhole right where a bracket was welded on. It's crazy how the smallest little things can eat up hours, especially when the silt or grime is hiding them. I feel your pain on that, sometimes you just gotta step back and look at it from a different angle before you start tearing stuff apart.

fiona_young9d ago

wait wait wait @hunt.quinn, a pinhole right behind a bracket weld? lmao i would've thrown the whole pipe away after that one