What we make
- Container modifications: conversions and modifications to drawing, single units or batches
- Structural openings: side openings, doors, roller shutters, linking and cut-downs
- Container repairs: panel, door and rail repairs and repaints for depots and fleets
- Steel enclosures: generator, acoustic, plant and battery housings
- Skids and frames: skids, machine bases, lifting frames and supports
- Commercial fabrication: fabrication to drawing, structural steelwork, one-offs and batches
- Stairs and fire escapes: supplied ready for your installer to fit
- Walkways and railings: handrails, platforms and ladders, supplied to fit
What comes through the workshop
| Work | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Fabrication to drawing | Weldments, assemblies and one-off parts for manufacturers, engineers and contractors |
| Batch and repeat production | Brackets, supports and frames made to a signed-off first part, then run in batches |
| Frames, skids and machine bases | Equipment frames, pump skids, lifting frames to your design |
| Enclosures and housings | Generator, plant and battery enclosures, steel kiosks |
| Stairs, platforms and handrails | Fire escapes, access stairs, walkways and industrial handrails |
| Container modifications | Openings, doors, linking and steelwork on commercial containers |
| Welding and repairs | Repairs and modifications to existing steelwork, brought to the workshop |
Recent work
Client names are left off; everything below was built to the client's drawing.
| Project | Client type | What we did |
|---|---|---|
| RHS frame members and 36 brackets | Pump engineers | Cut and fabricated to drawing, hot-dip galvanised |
| Windposts for a hotel build | Civil engineering contractor | Manufactured to drawing specification, red oxide primed |
| Commercial staircase | Industrial client | Fabricated and welded to drawing, supplied unpainted for their finish |
| Production brackets | Supplies company | A batch of 50 brackets manufactured to drawing |
| Energy project containers | Repeat contractor client | Around 50 units modified to the client's drawings, ordered against PO |
Workshop capability
| Item | What we offer |
|---|---|
| Welding | Coded welders: MIG, TIG and MMA, including coded TIG on stainless steel and aluminium |
| Cutting and forming | Plasma cutting and bending in-house; laser-cut parts through our suppliers |
| Material | Mild and carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium: hollow section, angle, channel, plate and sheet |
| Finish | Raw, primed, wet spray to any RAL, powder coat or hot-dip galvanised, arranged by us |
| Space | 12,000 sq ft under cover across two buildings: a 7,000 sq ft main shop and a 5,000 sq ft second shop |
| Quantities | One-offs, batches and repeat orders |
How a job runs
- 01.Send the drawing
PDF or CAD, a dimensioned sketch, or a photo of the old part. Quantities and the site postcode help.
- 02.Itemised quote in 24 hours
Material, fabrication, finish and haulage broken out line by line, with the lead time confirmed in writing.
- 03.Agree spec and finish
Sections, tolerances, weld spec and finish confirmed before anything is cut.
- 04.Fabricated inside our unit
Cut, welded and assembled by coded welders in our 12,000 sq ft Marston Moretaine workshop.
- 05.Check and paperwork
Dimensionally checked before dispatch; welder qualification and mill certificates on request.
- 06.Delivered to site
We organise delivery to your site through our logistics partners, or you can collect from the yard if that suits. One-offs and batches both welcome.
Paperwork that suits your procurement
- Itemised written quote, per unit or per line, inside 24 hours in the working week.
- Your PO number on every invoice, and the lead time confirmed in writing.
- VAT invoices from DRST Trading Ltd, registered in England & Wales, company no. 15946573.
- Staged payments on multi-unit orders: deposit, stage payment, balance on completion.
- Welder qualification and mill certificates on request.
- One contact from quote to completion: Daniel, who runs the workshop floor.
Commercial and trade only
We take
- Fabrication to drawing for contractors, engineers and manufacturers
- Structural steelwork to EN 1090, UKCA or CE marked
- Mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium
- Batch and repeat production
- Subcontract fabrication and welding
- Plant, equipment and shopfitting steelwork
- One-offs as well as batches
We don't take
- Domestic gates, railings or garden metalwork
- Car, van or exhaust welding
- Mobile welding call-outs
- Laser or sheet-metal bureau work on its own
- Site installation or erection
- Welders or labour supplied to site
Getting work to and from the yard
The workshop is at Moreteyne Farm, Wood End, Marston Moretaine (MK43 0NY), just off the A421 between Bedford and Milton Keynes. Most work comes from within 40 miles: Milton Keynes, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering, St Neots, Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Albans, Stevenage, Hitchin and Aylesbury. We quote anywhere within about 100 miles; see areas we serve.
We send an engineer to your site when the job needs it and organise delivery through our logistics partners. With everything made in-house, that often works out cheaper than a local fabricator. Repeat batches can be scheduled to your call-offs.
Frequently asked questions
Do you take one-off jobs?
Yes. Plenty of what goes through the workshop is a single frame or assembly to drawing; plenty is repeat batches.
Do you take subcontract work from other fabricators?
Yes. If your own shop is full, send the drawing and spec and we'll quote it like any other job, with the lead time in writing.
What do you need for a quote?
A drawing is best, but a dimensioned sketch or a photo of the old part with key sizes is enough to start. Add quantities, finish and the site postcode. Use the form, email Daniel@drsttrading.co.uk or WhatsApp to 07365 129991.
Are your welders coded?
Yes. Welder qualification and mill certificates are available on request.
Are you EN 1090 certified?
Yes. We hold BS EN 1090 factory production control certification, so structural steelwork can be supplied UKCA or CE marked. Tell us the execution class your engineer has specified when you ask for a quote.
Which materials do you work in?
Mild and carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium. Stainless and aluminium are TIG welded by a coded welder in their own area of the workshop, kept apart from carbon steel so the work isn't contaminated.
Do you take domestic work?
No. We take commercial and trade work only: no domestic gates, railings or garden metalwork.
Areas we serve
Most work comes from within 40 miles of the yard; containers and larger fabrication orders go further. We quote for firms in Milton Keynes, Northampton, Luton, Cambridge, Peterborough, Leicester, Coventry, Oxford and more. See all fifty towns on the areas we serve page.