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Paul's Fabrication & Welding is a Methuen metalworker whose reviews keep landing on the same theme: custom safety railings built around real household needs, not off-the-shelf hardware. In a January 2026 review, a family described a railing Paul built to keep toddlers away from a wood stove — still solid two winters later, the paint still holding up. A 2024 review described a similar job with higher stakes: when a new step meant a railing extension for a son with special needs, Paul quoted the job the same day and had it finished, with his son helping, the next day. Other reviews from 2023 and 2024 point to the same range: new railing installs called polite and punctual, and a custom double mailbox bracket built to hold two heavy-duty mailboxes exactly as the customer pictured it. The one sour note, from August 2024, described the opposite experience — a caller with a small welding repair (a broken handlebar) who found the phone manner dismissive and the job apparently not worth Paul's time. Worth knowing going in: this looks like a shop built around bigger custom fabrication jobs, so a tiny repair may not get the same enthusiasm as a full railing build.
Paul made us a beautiful custom railing to keep the babies away from the wood stove. It’s solid as a rock. The paint is shiny and durable. It gets the job done, keeping the kids safe for two winters and counting. Thank you Paul!
We added a new step so our railing needed to be extended. This was a safety issue for our son with special needs. Paul quoted the job and came out to see it on the same day. He and his son came out out the next day, making two 2 balusters, to complete the job. Problem solved at a fair price. Would recommend to anyone needing a specialized wrought iron railing repair. I only need to paint the original railing to get another 30 years!
How he got 5 stars is beyond me from the way the phone is answered to not being interested in a small simple job . All I needed was a piece of a handle bar welded back together
We recently had Paul and Justin install new railings. Not only did they do a great job, but they were also polite, professional, always had a clean workspace and punctual.
Paul and Justin did an outstanding job! We worked with them to design and build a custom double mailbox bracket. The bracket was built to hold 2 heavy duty mailboxes on either side of the granite post. Their work is outstanding and was beyond our expectations. You definitely need to give them your business. See pictures of before and after.
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