84' of pipe railing

[admweld]

Recent job i fabbed and installed.questions comments fire away.

[Finney]

admweld,
Looks good. Do you bid this by the foot or do T&M? Right now for steel structure fab we are $1.75 per lb, $2.50 per lb painted.

[admweld]

Bid it/quoted, No paint no primer.

[Cornerstone]

Hard to tell from the pics but how did you prep the brick for receiving the posts?

[admweld]

Hard to tell from the pics but how did you prep the brick for receiving the posts?

Core drilled a 2-1/2"hole with a Hilti/Te76 hammer drill.

[Sandy]

Looks pretty good. Nice job. Next they need to get some stops in place before somebody knocks it all down. Brick and all.

[nrhmarine7]

Noob question .......was it mig or stick

[admweld]

Noob question .......was it mig or stick

Migged in the shop fabbing/Stick on the install for the field connections/joints.

[nrhmarine7]

Migged in the shop fabbing/Stick on the install for the field connections/joints.

How come you switched?

[admweld]

How come you switched?

Because i,m not going to lug a bottle out of my shop to mig weld the joints when i can do it just as easily with 6011 stick.There where only a couple of connections also.If had 400' of railing to install i may switch to my spoolgun and a bottle and start migging but this was a small job not worth it.Also any wind in the field and your mig welding is going to look like crap.

[MMW]

How deep did you drill the holes?

[Sberry]

I am just curious, I see this on occasion and know its easier but are posts usually square with the wall or plumb with the world?

[Dualie]

Nice work, i wish there was money left in rails around here. I used to do a lot of it and was decent at it. but lately i just cant compete with these pirate guys doing it for 1/8th the price.

[admweld]

Nice work, i wish there was money left in rails around here. I used to do a lot of it and was decent at it. but lately i just cant compete with these pirate guys doing it for 1/8th the price.

Dualie, I feel your pain.Same thing goes on out my way for every 10 railing jobs i price i land about 3-4.MMW i drill 4" down.

[admweld]

I am just curious, I see this on occasion and know its easier but are posts usually square with the wall or plumb with the world?

Plumb with the world.This wall was fairly level i pre fabbed all these railings in my shop.