Steel beam is welded

Long beam is now welded to the columns.

This guy was more proficient and had an assistant, but he still ran his grinder overtime. His machine is yet the same small type like the first guy's. I'm beginning to think that they have both underestimated the heft of ASTM A36 structural steel. The actual welding took no more than 30 minutes, but he was here for over two hours making it look good. I didn't tell him that it'll all be covered up with wood siding. At least maybe the building inspector will be impressed.

Penetration is always the question when it comes to welds. Once ground to a smooth concave fillet, the evidence is gone. It might as well be a surface weld -- it could look the same. But here it should be no problem because the structure was quite over-engineered. It's a very small, low, lightweight roof after all. In the past they would have just used wood. So the only hurdle here is to please the inspector.

For $160 he promised to fix it if it doesn't pass inspection. Wow.