Drawbar gone with grain still to cart, elevator leg buckled at the store, header frame cracked at dusk? Ring 07495 409006. Our 24 hour welder covers Dereham and the mid Norfolk farms around it, in the yard or on the headland.
Dereham, about 16 miles west of our Norwich workshop along the A47.
Mid Norfolk, farm and yard
At harvest the weather sets the deadline. A machine that breaks at six in the evening needs to be cutting again by morning.
Dereham sits in the middle of Norfolk's arable country, ringed by farms, grain stores and the agricultural engineers who keep them going. Swift Fabrication's 24/7 call out is there for the days when a weld lets go and the combine, the trailers and the drier all stop with it. For emergency welding in Dereham ring 07495 409006, tell us what has broken, and we will say straight how soon we can be in your yard.
From Norwich it is about 16 miles west on the A47, then usually a few more down lanes to the farm, so a good description of the turning is worth as much as the postcode. Nothing is needed from you on site. The van has a generator, MIG and MMA sets for heavy mild steel, TIG for stainless, plus grinders, clamps and plate for fishing a cracked member.
Mobile welding in Dereham
Farm and estate call outs
July to September is the pinch, with drilling and beet lifting close behind. The rest of the year the likely faults are steadier ones: yards, stores, workshops and the town's two main estates.
Grain trailer drawbars, axle mounts and tailgate hinges, header and baler frames, cultivator legs, loader brackets and bucket edges. Heavy wear steel wants proper preparation: we grind out the crack, weld it through and add a fish plate where the section has fatigued, not just run a bead over the top.
Conveyor and elevator supports, intake pit grids, hopper seams, ducting brackets, catwalks and ladders. Grain dust burns, so we need the area cleaned down and the plant stopped before striking an arc, and we stay to check afterwards.
On Rashes Green and Yaxham Road the faults are more industrial: a machine frame, a mezzanine stair, a roller shutter post, a security gate that has dropped on its hinges. We make the unit safe and lockable, then come back with whatever needs making new.
Ring from the cab: 07495 409006
What the machine is and which part has failed. Whether it is mild steel, hardened wear plate, cast or stainless, as cast parts do not always weld. Where you are: farm name, postcode and the gateway to look for, or a pin sent by phone. Whether the van can drive to it or the ground is soft. Whether it stands on stubble, near straw, diesel or a full grain store.
Field repairs are done to get you through the job in hand, and done well enough to trust under a loaded trailer on the road. If a part is past saving we make it safe to move, then fabricate a replacement in the Norwich workshop. Before any of it you are told the price, and nothing starts until you agree.
If someone is trapped or hurt, or a store structure is moving, ring 999 and stay clear. Stop the machine, lower it, chock it and take the key out.
Harvest panic and winter jobs
In a breakdown, ring 07495 409006. Do not bother with a form while the forecast is turning. A photo of the break sent afterwards tells us what plate and rods to load. Farmers, contractors, engineers, hauliers and householders across mid Norfolk can use the call out, and we supply site welders to help a workshop through a backlog.
Winter is the time for the repairs you nursed through harvest. Send photos and rough sizes through the request a quote page and we will reply with a free estimate for doing it properly. If a job needs a coded welder, tell us the standard or coding it calls for and we will confirm what we can supply.
A harvest time warning
Welding and grinding throw sparks several metres, and a dry stubble field will catch. If the machine can move, pull it on to bare soil, a track or concrete before we arrive. Have water or an extinguisher to hand. We bring our own and watch the ground afterwards.
Out of season, Dereham farms and factories can book planned work: store steelwork, platforms and catwalks, machine bases, guarding and equipment moves, all priced before we start.
Machinery installation in DerehamDereham welder FAQs
Yes. The van carries a generator and everything else the job needs, so a headland, a farm track or a remote store is fine. Tell us if the ground is soft or the gateway tight, as we may need a tow or a lift in from the road.
That depends where the van is when you ring, and harvest is busy for everyone. We do not give a fixed figure. You get a realistic time on the phone, and if we cannot reach you soon enough to be useful we will say that too.
It can be, with care. The plant must be stopped and isolated, dust cleaned away from the work area and grain kept clear or covered. We check the area before leaving and ask you to look again later, because dust can smoulder.
Some. Wear plate and high tensile steel weld well with the right rods and preheat. Cast iron is less certain, and sometimes a bolted plate or a new fabricated part is the better answer. We will tell you on the phone what is realistic.
Yes. Swaffham further along the A47, Shipdham, Mattishall, North Elmham and the farms between them all come under the same call out. Some are more travel than Dereham itself, and we allow for that in the time we give you.
Steel fabrication in DerehamEmergency welding, Dereham
Ring 07495 409006 at any hour for emergency welding in Dereham and across mid Norfolk. Tell us the machine, the break and the farm.