Welding Services in Vancouver
MIG, TIG and stick welding on structural steel, stainless and aluminum — shop fabrication and repairs, all in-house in North Vancouver.
Welding is the core of everything we build. Our shop on Francisco Court runs MIG, TIG and stick processes across structural steel, stainless and aluminum, so a job never has to be split between two trades. Whether it is a one-off bracket, a full stair stringer or a repair on a part you already own, bring us the drawing or the piece itself and we will tell you exactly what it takes.
What we weld
Structural steel connections, gate and railing frames, brackets, base plates, repairs to existing metalwork, and one-off parts from a drawing or a sample. MIG for production and heavier steel, TIG where the weld is visible or the material is stainless or aluminum, stick where site conditions rule the others out.
Repairs and one-offs
You do not need a project to use us. Bring in a broken bracket, a cracked frame or a part you cannot buy anymore and we will tell you whether it can be welded, whether it should be, and what it costs. If it cannot come to the shop, see mobile welding.
What We Take On
Most of our welding is part of something we are fabricating — a gate frame, a railing, a stair, a screen, a bracket. The rest is work that comes to us on its own: a repair, a modification, a one-off part, or a job another trade cannot finish.
Fabrication welding. Building an assembly from stock and drawings, where the welding is one stage of the job and the fit-up, sequence and distortion control matter as much as the welds themselves.
Repair welding. Cracked frames, broken brackets, torn mounts, worn hinge knuckles, damaged posts and equipment parts that failed where they were always going to fail.
Looking specifically for a repair or restoration? Our metal repair and restoration section covers gate, railing, stainless and general repairs in detail. This page is about our welding capability and process.
Modification. Cutting into, extending, reinforcing or reworking something that already exists so it does a job it was not built for.
One-off parts. A bracket, a plate, a frame, an adapter — the item that does not exist and is holding up the rest of a job.
Process and Material
We weld steel, stainless steel and aluminum. Which process suits a job depends on the material, the thickness, the position and how the finished weld has to look.
MIG for speed and for most structural steel fabrication, where the weld will be ground, coated or hidden.
TIG where the weld is visible or the material is thin — stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead itself is part of the finish.
Stick where conditions are rough, outdoors, or the material is dirty or heavily coated.
Aluminum and stainless are different problems from steel rather than the same problem in a different metal. Aluminum moves more, conducts heat away faster and is unforgiving about contamination. Stainless discolours at the heat-affected zone and needs the right cleaning afterwards if it is going to stay looking like stainless.
Identifying What You Have
The most common reason a repair goes wrong is that nobody established what the material actually was. Cast iron, aluminum, galvanized steel, stainless and mild steel all look similar under paint and all behave differently under heat.
Cast iron is not something to weld casually — it cracks on cooling if it is treated like steel. Some cast repairs are practical and some are not, and we will say which one you have.
Galvanized coatings have to be removed from the weld zone before welding, both for weld quality and because the fumes are hazardous.
Unknown alloys and previously repaired parts are worth a conversation before anything is cut. A part that has been welded badly once is often the reason it failed the second time.
Shop or On Site
In the shop is better whenever the item can travel. Better access, better position, better fit-up, better control of distortion, and a proper finish afterwards. If a part can be removed and brought to us, that is usually the cheaper and better job.
On site when the item cannot move — something structural, something bolted into a building, or something that would cost more to remove and reinstate than to repair in place. That is covered on our mobile welding page, and it is a different conversation about access, power, fire safety and site conditions.
What We Need to Quote
- A photo of the item and a close photo of the failure.
- What it is made of, if you know — and if you do not, that is fine, we will look.
- What it does and how it failed, because a part that broke under load needs a different repair from one that corroded.
- Whether it can come to us or has to be done in place.
- Whether it needs to be finished afterwards — ground flush, coated, or left as welded.
Finishing After Welding
A weld is not the end of the job. Dressing, grinding, cleaning and coating decide how the repair looks and how long it lasts. On galvanized steel the coating is destroyed at the weld and has to be made good, or the repair becomes the place the rust starts. On stainless, the heat tint has to be removed or it will corrode where it discoloured.
Where a coating system is needed, galvanizing and powder coating are carried out by specialist applicators rather than in our shop, and we coordinate that as part of the job.
What We Do Not Do
We are a custom fabrication shop. Pressure vessels, pressure piping, and any work requiring specific pressure or structural welding certification for the application is outside what we take on, and we will tell you that at the enquiry rather than after. Where a job requires a specific certification or procedure, ask before you send it and we will confirm what applies.
Get a welding quote
The consultation is free and it happens in person — we measure, check what we are fixing into, and give you a real number. Request a quote or call (778) 805-5333.
Planning Your Budget
See our Welding Rate Guide for shop and mobile hourly rates, minimum charges and typical repair costs. It gives researched Metro Vancouver budget ranges so you know roughly where a project like yours lands before you ask for a quote.