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GH GIFTED HANDS WELDING & FABRICATION

Fourways & northern suburbs

Structural & commercial steel

Columns, beams and base plates fabricated to the engineer's detail and installed on site, plus racking and fittings for workshops.

Two structural steel columns with welded head plates standing on a residential building site

Structural work is the least forgiving thing we do, and the most satisfying.

It goes in early, it’s usually holding something important up, and once it’s painted and boxed in nobody can inspect it again. So it gets done as if somebody will.

Columns and beams in box section and we-section, base and head plates welded on square, bolted down through cast-in anchors, and set out and plumbed on site. Carport and patio frames. Lintels and support steel where a wall is coming out. And on the commercial side, racking and trolleys built to a specific workshop rather than to a catalogue.

We fabricate and install to your engineer’s detail. They certify it.

What this covers

  • Columns, beams and posts
  • Base plates and head plates, welded and bolted
  • Lintels and support steel for openings
  • Carport and patio frames
  • Mezzanine and platform frames
  • Commercial racking, trolleys and workshop fittings
  • Site welding and installation

What we don't do

  • Structural design and certification, we fabricate and install to your engineer's detail; they sign it off
  • Concrete and foundation work

Common questions

Do you work as a subcontractor for builders?

Yes, and a good share of our work is exactly that. We're used to working to a detail and to a programme, and to being the trade that everything after it depends on. Tell us your dates up front and we'll tell you honestly whether we can hit them.

Do you provide engineering certificates?

No, and you should be wary of anyone who says they do without an engineer involved. We fabricate and install to the engineer's detail. They inspect and certify. What we'll give you is work that gives them nothing to argue with, full-perimeter welds on base plates, bolted through cast-in anchors, and every column checked for plumb on two faces before the nuts go down.

Can you make racking to fit our workshop?

Yes, and it's usually the better answer. Off-the-shelf racking is designed for pallets, not for sheet material standing on edge, which is how most workshops store board. Built to your stock sizes and your floor, the bays divide and the frame doesn't rack out of square under load. On mobile versions we size the castors for the loaded weight, which is where shop-bought trolleys normally fail.

How do you handle site work?

Fabrication happens wherever we can work to a line, but structural steel almost always has to be finished in place. We're set up for site welding and we'd rather do the fitting ourselves than hand over pieces and hope.

Tell us what you need

Send a photo and a rough size on WhatsApp and we'll come back to you with a price.

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