Kortex/Capability/Custom fabrication

Custom metal & architectural fabrication

The metalwork that is seen as much as it is used: fabricated from your drawing or ours, finished to the sample, and installed so it looks like it was always there.

MaterialsStainless 304 / 316 · steel · aluminum
FinishesBlackened · brushed · powder coat
ScopeFabricate + install
Typical lead time3 to 6 weeks

Built to the drawing, finished to the sample.

Architectural metal is where a fabricator's habits show. Grind marks, a seam that catches the light, a bracket that sits a few millimetres proud: none of it fails inspection and all of it gets noticed.

We work from your design intent drawings or develop the shop drawings with you, agree the finish on a physical sample, and install with our own crew so the handover is one conversation.

Brushed stainless steel counters, shelving and hood in a restaurant kitchen
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ServiceCustom fabrication

Restaurant and food service stainless

Counters, shelving, hoods, backsplashes and sinks in sanitary stainless with sealed seams and finished edges.

Black powder-coated steel picket railing on the concrete entrance steps of a condominium
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ServiceCustom fabrication

Architectural steel

Feature walls, screens, fireplace surrounds, table bases and brackets in blackened, waxed or powder-coated steel.

Floating mono-stringer steel stair with oak treads and a glass guard in a modern home
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ServiceCustom fabrication

Furniture-grade stairs and rails

Mono-stringer stairs and minimal guards where the steel itself is the finish.

What goes on the drawing.

ElementHow we detail itTypical
MaterialsStainless 304 for interiors and food service, 316 for exterior and coastal, hot-rolled steel for blackened finishes, aluminum where weight matters.SS · steel · Al
FinishAgreed on a sample: #4 brushed, mirror, blackened wax, clear coat, powder coat to a RAL colour, hot-dip galvanizing.Per sample
WeldsTIG for visible stainless, ground and blended where specified, seam-sealed for sanitary work.Ground & blendedas specified
InstallTemplated on site, fabricated in the shop, installed by our crew with protection in place.1 to 2 daystypical

Questions we get asked.

Answered here, so they stop arriving by email.

Can you match an existing finish?

Usually. Bring us a piece or a photo and we will make a sample before fabricating.

Do you do one-off pieces?

Yes. Single tables, brackets and surrounds are regular work alongside larger packages.

Is the stainless food-safe?

Food service work is fabricated in 304 stainless with continuous, sealed seams and finished edges, to the requirements of the health unit inspecting the space.

From measure to handover.

Visit 1

Measure

Floor levels, opening, headroom and the structure around it. No charge inside the GTA.

Drawing

Approve

A shop drawing showing the work against your levels, sent for your and your engineer's sign-off.

Visit 2

Install

Sections delivered and field welded. One to three days for a typical residential job.

Visit 3

Finish

Welds ground, coating touched up, guard checked, and the site left clean.

Next step

Send a photo and we will send back a number.

Most custom fabrication enquiries are answered the same day. If it needs a site visit to be honest about, we will say so rather than guess.

Call (416) 744-6509Get a quote