Patent ID: 8387252

Claim:
A method of installing a single boiler tube in a boiler header comprising, detachably securing a boiler tube clamp to a predetermined location on a lower end of the single boiler tube, arranging the single boiler tube vertically, extending the lower end of the single boiler tube through a topside the boiler header and a distance beyond a bottom side of the boiler header, supporting the boiler tube clamp on the topside of the boiler header, pivoting a first portion and a second portion of the clamp into an opened position, pivoting the first portion and the second portion into a closed position around the predetermined location, pivoting a threaded bolt of the first portion into an open slot in the second portion, tightening a nut on the threaded bolt, and detachably securing the first portion and the second against the single boiler tube, adjusting the distance the lower end of the single boiler tube extends beyond the bottom side of the boiler header by adjusting an adjustment member integral with the clamp, and rotating the adjustment member within an outwardly extending radial lip of the boiler clamp in a first direction to increase the distance and rotating the adjustment member in a second direction to decrease the distance.