Cracked welds rebuilt, rusted posts cut back and rewelded, sagging gates realigned and reinforced, usually for a fraction of a replacement quote.
4.9 50 reviews from Cleveland customers
Rated with the BBBArc Wheels Welding LLC, since 2023
Black ownedIndependent shop on Cleveland's southeast side
Almost nobody quotes to repair a railing. The default response to a rusted handrail or a dropped gate is a price for a new one, because replacing is faster to quote and easier to schedule. For a landlord with fourteen properties or a homeowner with one rusted post, that is a large bill for a problem that is genuinely small.
Most of what fails on a railing or gate is one joint, one post base or one hinge. The rest of the steel is fine. Repairing the failed part and treating the rest is cheaper, faster and produces a run that matches the others on the property, which replacement never does.
Post bases, where the post meets concrete and water has been sitting in the joint for years. This is the single most common one.
Welded joints at the top rail, which crack from people leaning on them and from thermal movement over decades.
Gate hinges and hinge mounts, which tear out under leverage.
Pickets and infill working loose where the welds have corroded through even though the frame is sound.
Whole sections pulling away from a wall where the fixings have corroded rather than the steel.
The steel in an old railing is often heavier than what a modern replacement would use, so repairing it gives you a better railing than buying a new one.
A repaired section matches the rest of the property. Replacing one run of four leaves you with one that visibly does not match, and eventually replacing all four.
Cost is the obvious one. A post base repair and a repaint is a fraction of a replacement quote for the same run.
The exception is a railing that has corroded throughout rather than at points. Then repairing is chasing failures and replacement is honest.
A railing that has corroded along its whole length rather than at points. At that stage repair is chasing failures and replacement is the honest answer, and you will get that answer.
Usually by a wide margin, because what has failed is normally one post base or one joint rather than the whole run. It is also faster and it matches the rest of the property.
Almost always. Post bases corrode where the steel meets concrete because water sits in the joint. The rotted section gets cut out, new material let in, and the base treated so it does not repeat.
Yes. Usually it is the brace running the wrong way, a torn hinge mount or a post that has moved. Those are three different repairs so it is worth finding out which before anyone quotes.
A lot of this work is for landlords and property managers, and multiple properties in one visit is straightforward to schedule. Call 216.309.1567.
Most quotes come back the same day the shop is open. Free, no obligation, and if it cannot be repaired you will hear that straight.
