These guys are the best! They replaced/repaired 4 sets of metal steps that were rusted on our…read morestaircase in a day. The steps look great. Kevin was very skilled and professional. He talked me through the project. I am very happy with the outcome. If you have any welding projects, this company is the way to good. Good price point as well.

Grover did a great job addressing a number of failing iron handrails at our church. Kevin was very…read moreresponsive and provided good advice about necessary repairs - informative without any sense of pressure sales. New rails were fabricated at the shop where replacement was the correct option; all welds were well dressed and all rails well secured. We'll certainly call Grover first when we have new welding projects to contract out.

Paul, the owner of Cork and Kerry is hands down one of the best Stainless Fabricators in Chicago…read more Museum quality (literally), if you are looking for absolutely top notch on medium to larger projects, Cork and Kerry Welding is the best.

Called 3 times, left voicemail, no call backs over a week period. Least they could do is return my…read morecall. Is this still an active business?

I highly recommend Barker Metalcraft if you need radiator covers. Brian was great. I had no…read moreissues at all with communication and setting up the appointments to measure and deliver my covers. Brian was prompt for both appointments. I'm very happy with my covers!

In all fairness - I didn't use Barker for a job and they may be the best in making radiator covers;…read morehowever, i wanted to give them another chance after my last review about their lack of porfessionalism on the phone. This time I got a voice mail. That in itself is common when companies are busy, but when you get a voice mail for a business it is expected that you reached the correct number - their voice mail just says "Hello please leave a message after the tone." So I called back in case I got a personal phone number in error. It was the same VM, so it looks like this business doesn't want to go through the bother of figuring out how to recortd a welcoming, or even professional, appropriate message. Barker isn't alone in this; over the years, companies make very little effort to be welcoming and professional. It's probably a matter of supply and demand.

So, fast forward 13 years, they installed railings on my then newly poured front steps, and now the…read morecorner of one of the steps is cracking...I called to have the cracking repaired and discovered that the entire corner was broken off and repaired due to ther careless drilling. Of course they didn't day anything then. They were a nightmare to work with back then as well. So rude.

I was organizing some old paperwork from long ago and I came across a receipt/invoice from JB from…read moreJanuary 1984. I used to take small metal repair projects to them. They repaired some semaphore signal lens rings, fabricated a new running board for my Fairmont speeder, and did other stuff for me. I googled to see if they're still around, and I was happy to find they're still in the same location 41 years later. The folks at JB were patient and good listeners. They did exactly what I asked, and always finished on time. Their charges were reasonable, and I never found anything to complain about. I wish there were more businesses like JB Metal Works. Keep up the good work, guys (and gals?).

Whitney and the team did a fantastic job refurbishing an old heaven hill whiskey barrel that I had…read morein my living room. I was using it as an extension of my bar. I really liked it, but it was in a sad shape. There was a gooey residue on the barrel that would sometimes leave imprints on peoples clothes if they brushed up against it. And the barrel hoops kept falling down. Chicago fabrications brought the barrel back to life. They did an excellent job sanding and staining the barrel and cleaning up the metal hoops and fastening them so they would no longer slip down the barrel. And all that residue is gone. It looks like a million bucks and I would definitely recommend them for any projects you may be thinking of

Shopping local, buying local, turning to our local craftspeople for our needs rather than big-box…read moreretailers with products made in giant factories on the other side of the world. This is an important choice for our cities, and our citizens. In our house, we are thrilled to support Tyler & Team. Although our first project was small, a trio of gorgeous live-edge walnut shelves for a tricky hallway laundry lack-of-storage issue, Whitney made sure that we left feeling like the most important clients to walk through the doors. Not only did her experience and ideas make the project much better, but it was done in less than half the time estimated, with some amazing trivets provided from the scraps as a gift. No doubt that they will be our go-to team for all future projects!

The shop is a little crowded and the expert is a little overworked but... Really amazing work for…read morewhat it was and we were happy to let it stay in the shop for a couple weeks to get a very old chair serviced and repurposed to be able to handle modern Americans weight in an entry hall. Lovely would work and we would not hesitate to go use him again! Reminder easiest Access to the shop is at the back off of Des Plaines rather than front door Madison.

We recently brought some dining room chairs to the Furniture Recycler for some much-needed work…read more Greg did a great job reinforcing, refinishing and re-upholstering the four teak chairs that we have had for many years. His work was very high quality, he completed the job sooner than he had initially said, and the pricing was very reasonable. We highly recommend the Furniture Recycler for all wood-related repairs or updating.in

Fresh Coat did a great job on my grandmother's patio set. It looks like new. I am 67 so that is…read moresaying a lot. I am so grateful to Mark and Lucas. Thank you Fresh Coat.

I never include photos in any of my reviews but there's no way I could do the review of Fresh Start…read morejustice without them. This is the second time I've taken something into Fresh Start for powder coating. The first was a rusty flower pot/stand that came out excellent. These gnomes are from my grandfather when he worked at the Gary Steel mills. I'm guessing early 1920's. These may be the ugliest gnomes you've ever seen but you shoulda seen them BEFORE Mark got to them! They're so ugly they're kinda cool! They were totally rusted along with the female swashbucklers which are also from my grandfather around the same time period. They came out great also! The metal milk crates are from 1954 and 1963. Again, they came out great. What a wonderful job on everything! Whatever you might have that's rusted but you'd like to keep, give Mark a call. They have an unbelievable amount of colors too. Please support this business!!

He has repaired everything I have brought him. My large silver pitcher had the handle detached at…read morethe bottom and earlier it's lip was crooked. I'm about to bring him a silver liqueur cup that went down the disposal. Fingers crossed on that one.

I took my heirloom candlesticks to Mr. Dirilen. They were tarnished, crooked and broken in places…read more He was honest with me about what they were worth and what it would cost to fix them up to new. Then he asked me if they were precious to me. When I said, "Yes," he told me to go ahead and fix them. He also told me it was going to take a while, more than a month or six weeks. I left the candlesticks with him. In the process, we had a wonderful conversation about our own origins and the commonalities. A couple of months went by and I got the call from Mrs. Dirilen that the candlesticks were ready. I was floored by how they looked. Perfect and shining and lacquered. I was thrilled! I'm looking around my home to see what else I can bring to them!