Boat cradle buckled at Oulton Broad, a processing line stopped in south Lowestoft, workshop steel failed at the PowerPark? Phone 07495 409006 at any time. Our emergency welder crosses into Suffolk whenever needed.
Lowestoft, about 27 miles south east of our Norwich base via the A146.
Harbour, energy and marine
Britain's most easterly town sits at the end of the road. It is still on our patch, and the phone is answered all night.
Swift Fabrication is a Norwich firm with a 24/7 call out that covers north Suffolk as readily as Norfolk. For emergency welding in Lowestoft, ring 07495 409006 and describe the failure: a cracked boat trailer, a split tank stand, a conveyor frame, a quayside handrail, a compound gate. You get a plain answer on how soon a welder can be there, based on where we are when the phone rings.
The drive is the A146 through Loddon and Beccles, roughly 27 miles, mostly single carriageway. Then comes the question every Lowestoft driver knows: which side of the water? Lake Lothing splits the town, so say north or south and we will pick the bridge. On board are MIG, TIG and MMA sets, a generator and steel for plating, for mild or stainless work.
Mobile welding in Lowestoft
East coast breakdowns
Three kinds of site do the town's heavy work: the port and its wind farm support bases, the processing and manufacturing units to the south, and the boatyards on Oulton Broad.
Offshore wind operations and maintenance runs from Lowestoft, and shore side kit takes a beating: storage frames, stillages, skids, workshop frames, steps, handrails, compound gates. For coded work, name the welder coding or standard your client requires and we will confirm what we can supply.
On the South Lowestoft Industrial Estate a stopped line means product waiting. We weld conveyor frames, supports, guards, hoppers, chutes and stainless pipework, under your permits and hygiene rules, by night if that suits the shift.
Round Oulton Broad and the inner harbour, marine trades rely on steel that lives half in water: boat trailers, launching trolleys, cradles, winch posts, slipway rails. We repair mild and stainless steel on the hard. For aluminium, ask us when you ring.
07495 409006, day or night
One, what has failed and what load it takes. Two, the metal: mild steel, stainless, galvanised, or not sure. Three, the address, postcode and whether you are north or south of the bridges. Four, how a van reaches the job, and who opens up out of hours. Five, is there a power supply. Six, what is nearby that burns or matters: fuel, resin, timber, product, the public.
The first visit is about making safe: a brace, a fish plate, a temporary weld, a prop under a load. If that is also a sound permanent repair, good. If not, the replacement is made in our Norwich workshop and brought back down the A146 on a planned visit. Nothing starts until you have had a price and said yes to it.
Injuries, or a structure at risk of falling, mean 999 first. Keep people away, stay out from under a damaged load, and isolate power to the machine.
Emergencies, and everything else
07495 409006 is the quickest way to reach us, at any hour. Speak to us first, then send pictures. The call out is open to port tenants, factories, boatyards, farms and householders from Pakefield to Carlton Colville, and we can put site welders alongside your fitters when a job needs more hands.
Planned work suits the distance better than a dash. If the repair can wait a few days, send photos, rough sizes and the location through the request a quote page and a free estimate comes back. Should the permanent fix need a coded welder, give us the standard or coding and we will confirm what we can supply.
Over the county line
Lowestoft is in Suffolk, we are in Norwich, and the border makes no difference to the call out. The A146 does. It is a slow road behind a tractor or a lorry, quicker after dark. We will give you an arrival time that allows for it, and phone if it slips.
Beyond the breakdown, we take on planned work in Lowestoft: machine bases and frames, guarding, access platforms, pipe supports and machine moves, scheduled round your production or the weather.
Machinery installation in LowestoftLowestoft welder FAQs
Yes. North Suffolk is part of our normal area. Lowestoft, Oulton Broad, Carlton Colville, Pakefield and Kessingland are all covered by the 24/7 line, and the Beccles road brings us straight in.
We will not quote a set figure, because it turns on where the van is and what it is doing. From Norwich it is around 27 miles of A146. On the phone you get a realistic time for that night, not a slogan.
Yes. We weld trailers, trolleys and cradles where they stand, provided the boat is off or safely supported and nothing flammable is close to the work. Steel that gets dunked in the Broad will need repainting or regalvanising afterwards, which can be arranged.
Mild steel and stainless steel are our everyday work, by MIG, TIG or MMA. Aluminium depends on the alloy, the thickness and what the part does, so ask us on the phone and we will say plainly whether we can help.
Yes, if you arrange entry. Tell us the gate, the contact and any induction or hot work permit needed, and meet us on arrival so time is not lost at security.
Steel fabrication in LowestoftEmergency welding, Lowestoft
Phone 07495 409006 at any hour for emergency welding in Lowestoft and north Suffolk. Tell us what failed and which side of the harbour.