mouse holes

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First off I will say that I perfer to to leave them neat and notch free on structural splices.  What are the other opinions?  Do you fill them in??  Do inspectors prefer them close up with weld or open for easier inspection.  Visual, X-ray, ultrasonic??
Reply:no holes,  in welded  bead unless its in the,  plan what  ya welding?? rockets?
Reply:When splicing wide flange beams often the drawing calls for a mouse hole left between the web of the beam and the flange.  This allows a proper butt joint at the web as well as the flange , both back gouged to sound metal, welded both sides.   I am running into the odd authority figure in the recent past that panics at the sight of a mouse hole.  It's in standard structural codes but....
Reply:lotech, I've never seen a spec where they had to be closed. Done many hundreds. But we always called them rat holes,maybe ours were bigger?
Reply:never had to close any myself.....
Reply:Originally Posted by TEKlotech, ...But we always called them rat holes,maybe ours were bigger?
Reply:Originally Posted by lotechmanNah! I don't think so....Other way around.  Your rats are just babies compared the ones we have.:'))