R & A Welding

Beautiful railing, no surprises. There were several different options, clearly sketched out, and when requested, Anthony showed me pictures so I could choose the style I liked. He said it would take about two weeks for them to make it, but it was less, then they came and put the railing into our concrete stoop in about an hour. It's exactly the right height for holding onto as you go up (we are getting old and really need that). It looks like it's always been there (which is what I was going for) and he accommodated the posts up to the awning, and talked me out of replacing them. That's an honest contractor. Sweet guy, good price.

The photo I uploaded is what I really wanted & never got. Trickery was the game being sold to me, with false hope. I was offered a bait & switch item while being played for months. It's so sad that some workers think being deceitful is a way to do business. I'm glad I was ghosted by this guy I first thought he was so nice, even though he also rescheduled our 1st appt for a measurement at the last minute. I'm grateful he did not get a dime from me, but he sure was ready to pickup my deposit. I took my business elsewhere.

A reply to your ranting lengthy words. I'm a Senior Tech Savvy Lady almost 60. I have no reason to lie about you. You only came to my home 1 time & I welcomed you & we talked. I showed you a ready deposit check to give once the order was written up. So crying & whining about gas is not working. We communicated only by texts & emails. I immediately chose the project & was happy. But you wanted to give another available fence, which I didn't want. So that's when I was ghosted. When I tried calling, you would never answer, only voice mail came on. Customers when you expose the demon in folks they got a lot of untruths to say. Just trying to make themselves look good & worthy, " But You Failed. " Touche !!

R&A welding staff were very professional and were great to work with. Quick service and very trustworthy. I recommend them 100%.

Thank you.

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.
Dishonest sales person Anthony. Poor quality of product. Sloppy workmanship. Mechanics have no respect and damaged my property. 6 service dates planned with Anthony for resolution were all, no shows, no call, no text. Numerous text over the month for resolution. Excuses: Truck broke down. Car broke down. Got into an accident. Finally Anthony stopped responding to any of my text. Don't waste your money, your time or your energy.

R&A's services were great. I had lots of questions regarding the gates. He was very communicative and did the job just how I wanted for a reasonable price. I would definitely work with them again. Definitely would recommend R & A Welding.

I have been waiting a long time to write a review as I generally give all vendors the benefit of the doubt. However, it's been eight months since we had a stair bridge installed. Granted, I went with R&A because they were the cheapest (maybe too cheap). I currently have an expert (ex-NYC bridge builder) working, priming, painting, and leveling the work. Here are the issues I had:

The stairs were installed with an approximate 2-inch slant (that's more than rainwater runoff, as I was told by the installers)

Puddle in the bottom of all stairs (so much for rainwater runoff)

The stair was supposed to be built for one side sitting on a concrete deck, the other in the dirt.

The dirt side has been settling further, increasing the slant.

The stairs are already completely rusty.
The metal wasn't primed.

The paint used was likely a cheap Rustoleum. Not pro products.

The guys were friendly and service-minded. However, it is a bummer to pay a premium for a product to make sure it's up to code, only to get something that is sub-code and that you could have made for $2500 less in wood and had it be more refined.

They did promise 4 months ago to come have a look at it. But nothing so far, hence me contacting a local expert to have it brought up to code and treated to last more than a couple of years.

My front gate and my driveway gate were broken and wouldn't close I came onto yelp to find a company that repaired iron gates and Anthony the owner reached out to me right away with a reasonable quote. We set up an appointment for the following morning for him to come out and do the job, he was on time, very professional and did an excellent job fixing my gates. I'm very pleased with the entire experience and I highly recommend this company they are amazing at what they do.

7/5/18 - He advised it's raining tomorrow, so he changed it to Saturday.

7/7/18 - He finally comes to do the installation for the doors, but he says he will finish the fence on Wednesday.

7/10/18 - He asked if we could reschedule to Thursday, the day before and saying it is more convenient for them. I said I have meetings and I can't since I planned everything around Wednesday. I told him we have prolong this way too long and the door design is not even what was discussed. I told him that I can't just keep switching days, since when he was here on Saturday, he said Monday, and then he switched it to Wednesday and now Thursday. He now agrees to stick to Wednesday.

I want to address the fact that I was under the impression that Anthony was a 5 star business because of Yelp, and this is what I expected, but did not receive. Would I recommend him, he wouldn't be my first choice, but I am speaking straightly that my advice is don't expect anything and then you'll be happy.

He did finish the front door, back door, and fence, however, it took 3 months instead of 5 weeks later after signing the contract.

He didn't provide the correct colour, nor the correct design of the tip of fence, or the correct design of the door and wrong fence closure. We have asked for a lockable door fence, but he provided a cane bolt instead and hard to open to get in and out. When we mentioned the mistake, he pulled the same game that he did with the paint colour that he would need to charge us $130, but he would do us a favour and put in the single lock for free. How could it be free if all these designs and asks were already agreed upon during the signing?

Anthony - I said I was going to write a review and I did as promised. Don't take this the wrong way, this is a constructive criticism and you should work on being organized and figure out how to properly retain information that your clients' asked for and if you can't do it. Speak up, but don't wait until the last minute and pull out a story saying either you don't remember or that's not possible. Because I mentioned what I liked as the tip of the fence and it was a very simple design, nothing intricate, because I called out on how those designs has a weak point in the design. I am not trying to hurt your business, but I want you to be accountable for your mistakes. I am not here to tell people don't use you. I would use you again, now that I learned how you operate. I would print samples of images and give it to you in a folder rather than me showing it to you and trusting you that you took notes on it and I would keep sending you those images to keep them fresh in your mind.
I would not expect you to finish in a speedy manner and I would have to be firm with you regarding a solid date, since people work and can't just work off of what is convenient for your truck route. I have no ill feelings towards you, and I wrote this review to not give people false expectations, because that is what happened to us.

Overall Yelpers - you just have to be Anthony's project manager and make sure he's on track and remind him of what you want. I am not knocking his workmanship, but this is strictly on the service and execution and client's requests.

I was so happy with my initial install: 5 stars. Since then, I have taken off three stars because, when a problem arose with the fence and the alignment several months later, they were no-shows and somewhat unresponsive after a dozen communication attempts that I kept initiating. After months of waiting for R&A to come and see what the issues were with the fence, I ended up hiring someone else to fix the damage (caused by a neighbor after they detached a portion of my fence that R&A soldered onto theirs [to stabilize my fence post] when my neighbors installed a new fence themselves) as well as this install, which was nowhere near deep enough to begin with (so of course the fence and gates began falling into each other and none of them closed or locked without further lifting, pushin, and pulling, which then, in turn made the fence stability worse and worse).

I tried and tried and tried for months (I have the proof!), but the more I waited, the worse the problem got. Despite my best hopes to the contrary, R&A proved through their (in)actions, that they wree clearly not going to be my solution. Their initial install looked great and the fence itself was strong, but the foundation for the posts were sub-par in depth and led to an entire re-install, having to drill 18 additional inches into the ground (including removing a prior fence post that R&A worked around but didn't remove), and soldering an extension of the fence posts to make them as stable as they could have and should have been the first time.

I know R&A is very busy (we all are), but I don't think waiting for months and being told "I'll be there on Thursday at 11am" for several weeks in a row (with a no-show each time) is at all acceptable. I paid a pretty penny to install the fence initially, and paid to have it repaired yesterday. I wanted to pay R&A to do so, but they didn't even come by to see what happened to their own install.

I'm sorry to have to write this less-than-stellar review, but I am just being as honest when things got bad, as I was when things seemed to be great.

Amazing experience having my metal basement door fixed , very professional and reasonably priced . I will definitely use this company in the future and recommended them to friends and family .

Being a first time home buyer as many can relate I was very hesitant and picky to hire just anybody to do the railing of my backyard.
Fortunately, my coworker recommended R&A iron work. I called for an estimate and they arrived the next day.
Anthony was very professional,patient, and honest with the work that needed to be done. I was very pleased with the pricing and they started the job a week later.
Let me just say that I am completely satisfied and happy with how efficient, and prompt they were. Anthony and his workers met all my expectations.
I recommend R&A to anyone that is looking for a job well done! Thank you so much!!!