Ardmore Metalworks Sheet metal · Stainless · Architectural 09 296 7480

Sheet metal fabrication, Papakura

The whole job stays in one building.

Laser, folding, welding and finishing all happen here. Nobody else has to fit you in, so we can tell you a date and mean it.

Send us a drawing See what we run
People in the shop
12
Years on Kelvin Road
15+
Quote turnaround
2 working days
Press capacity
150 tonnes to 4m
Rows of steel coil stock standing in a bright fabrication plant
01Material stock, Kelvin Road. Laser, press and three welding bays are in the same building, which is why a job does not sit in a queue at somebody else’s factory.

What the shop does

Laser, press, welding and finishing.

Send us the drawing. If it needs redrawing we will redraw it and send it back for you to check.

  1. 01

    Laser cutting

    Flat parts cut from your DXF or from a drawing we redraw for you, nested to keep the offcut down.

    MaterialMild, stainless, alloy Capacity3000 × 1500 mm

    Full specification

  2. 02

    Folding and forming

    Brake press work from single brackets to long architectural flashings and trays.

    MaterialUp to 6 mm mild Capacity4000 mm × 150 t

    Full specification

  3. 03

    Stainless fabrication

    Benches, canopies, shelving and splashbacks for commercial kitchens, finished to food-grade standard.

    Material304 and 316 CapacityBenches to 3 m

    Full specification

  4. 04

    Architectural metalwork

    Balustrades, screens, cladding panels, planters and letterboxes, made to an architect's detail.

    MaterialAlloy, stainless, corten CapacityTo 6 m assembled

    Full specification

  5. 05

    Welding and certification

    TIG and MIG in three bays, with coded welders and weld procedures where the job calls for them.

    MaterialTIG · MIG CapacityAS/NZS 1554 GP

    Full specification

  6. 06

    Finishing

    Linishing, bead blasting, passivation, and powder coating handled through the same job number.

    MaterialBrushed, blasted, coated CapacityPanels to 3 m

    Full specification

How a job runs

From drawing to delivery.

  1. 01

    Send the drawing

    DXF or PDF. If it needs redrawing for nesting we will redraw it and send it back for you to check.

    Same day

  2. 02

    Quote off the nested sheet

    Priced from the actual nest, not an estimate per part.

    2 working days

  3. 03

    First-off inspection

    First part off the laser or the press gets checked against the drawing before the run continues.

    Before any run

  4. 04

    Labelled to your drawing

    Parts come back labelled to your setting-out drawing so they land in the right order on site.

    On delivery

Recent work

Four jobs that left the building this year.

  1. A stainless steel commercial kitchen bench and shelving

    Job 001

    Commercial kitchen, Newmarket

    Benches, a wall canopy and shelving for a 90-seat restaurant, installed over one weekend so the fit-out kept its opening date.

    Material
    304, 1.2 mm
    Finish
    No. 4 brushed
    Items
    34
    On site
    2 days
  2. A perforated metal screen facade on a building

    Job 002

    Perforated facade screen, Grey Lynn

    Ninety-six alloy panels laser cut to an architect's gradient pattern, folded on all four edges and powder coated.

    Material
    5005 alloy, 3 mm
    Finish
    Powder coat
    Panels
    96
    Tolerance
    ±0.5 mm
  3. A stainless steel balustrade beside a staircase

    Job 003

    Stair balustrade, Remuera

    A single-run stainless balustrade with a continuous handrail, welded and linished in the shop so there are no joins on site.

    Material
    316, 42.4 mm
    Finish
    Linished 320
    Run
    11.4 m
    Welds
    Purged TIG
  4. Welded steel frames in a fabrication workshop

    Job 004

    Plant frames and brackets, Wiri

    A repeat run of galvanised support frames for rooftop plant, cut, folded and welded to a set of engineer's drawings.

    Material
    Mild, 5 mm
    Finish
    Hot dip galv
    Quantity
    48
    Weld class
    GP

About the shop

Twelve people in one building since 2011.

Ardmore started with a guillotine, a folder and two people, doing flashings for roofers out of half a unit. There are twelve of us now and we have the whole building, which is the part that matters.

Almost every fabrication job in Auckland gets split up. The laser is at one shop, the folding at another, the welding somewhere else, and the powder coater is a fourth. Every handover is a queue and a chance for the part to come back wrong.

Here the sheet goes on the laser, comes off, goes to the press, goes to a welding bay and gets linished, and it is the same job number and the same person answering the phone the whole way through.

We work mostly for builders, commercial kitchen companies and architects. About a third of what we do is repeat work for the same customers.

What people say

  1. They quote off our drawings without ringing back with twenty questions, which tells you they have read them.

    Nikau Fitouts Commercial kitchen contractor

  2. The screen panels arrived within half a millimetre of the model and every one was labelled to the setting-out drawing.

    Bree S. Project architect

  3. Forty-eight frames, all identical, all galvanised, one delivery. That is the whole job for us.

    Halton Mechanical HVAC installer

Getting a quote

Send us your drawing.

DXF or PDF, with material and quantity. We quote off the nested sheet and you get it back inside two working days.

Workshop 09 296 7480
Email
quotes@ardmoremetalworks.co.nz
Address
6B Kelvin Road, Papakura, Auckland 2110
Hours
Monday to Thursday6.30am – 4.30pmFriday6.30am – 2pm
Delivering to
Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty

What to send

  1. 01 The drawingDXF or PDF. If it needs redrawing for nesting we will redraw it and send it back for you to check.
  2. 02 Material and thicknessMild steel, stainless or aluminium. If you are not sure we can advise.
  3. 03 Quantity and timingHow many you need and when you need them by. We quote off the nested sheet, priced for the actual run.