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Finally got a stubborn flange to seal on a boiler in an old school building
We were replacing a section of feed line in the basement of a 1920s school in Tacoma, and the new flange just would not seat right. I ended up taking a fine file to the mating surface for about 20 minutes to clean up some old pitting, and that did the trick. Has anyone else had to get creative with an old, uneven surface to make a seal hold?
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terry_mitchell5mo ago
Old buildings fight back. Sometimes a little filing is the only way to win.
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sandra1465mo ago
Reminds me of the old door in my last apartment. That thing had settled so much you needed to lift it just to close the latch. Landlord called it "character." I called it a nightly shoulder workout. Ended up taking a plane to the bottom edge every six months just to keep peace with it.
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dixon.rose3mo ago
Ugh, landlords calling stuff "character" is the biggest cop out. lol Plain and simple they just don't want to fix anything. A plane to the bottom edge every six months sounds like a full on side hobby honestly. At least you found a way to deal with it that didn't involve moving out. Some people would just keep slamming it and hope for the best. You were way more patient than I would have been.
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