Leighton Buzzard · Bedfordshire · Greater London
Bespoke steel,
engineered
to spec.
DRST Trading is a coded-welder fabrication firm working from Leighton Buzzard across Bedfordshire and Greater London. Structural steel, mezzanines, railings and one-off metalwork — built to drawing, delivered on time.
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A workshop built on coded welds and engineering drawings.
Founded by Daniel Thomas after a career in aerospace fabrication and structural steel for the rail industry. Today, DRST runs out of Midway Depot in Leighton Buzzard with five coded welders on the floor — every project goes out signed off against the drawing it came in on.
We take on residential one-offs the same way we take on commercial structural work: read the spec, source the steel through our broker, fabricate it right, deliver or install on site. The reason customers come back isn't the rate. It's that we deliver to the drawing, on the date we said.
Five services. One workshop. End to end.
From a single railing run to a full structural frame with mezzanine and staircase, the team handles design, fabrication, finish and installation in house. TIG, MIG and arc welding all on site.
Structural Steels
Fabricated to your engineering drawings — or to drawings we'll provide. Raw, oxide-painted or hot-dip galvanised.
- Beams, columns, frames
- Broker-priced material
- Delivery or collection
Steel Installation
On-site installation of structural steels we've built, or ones already delivered. One contractor from order to in-place.
- Site delivery and rigging
- Correct lifting and bolting
- Works alongside your trades
Mezzanine Floors
Bespoke mezzanines fabricated and built on site with integrated staircases and railings — designed for the space you've got.
- Warehouse and retail
- Stairs and balustrades in-house
- Bespoke load and footprint
Railings & Balustrades
One stair run or a thousand units for a new build. Bespoke designs, wide finish range, residential or commercial scale.
- Wet spray, galvanised, powder coat
- Steel and stainless
- Single units to high volume
Steel Fabrication
Bespoke steel fabrication for contractors, commercial clients and homeowners — frames, brackets, gates, railings, repairs and one-off metalwork.
- TIG, MIG and arc
- Mild steel, stainless, aluminium
- Drawings or sketches accepted
Project doesn't fit a box?
Send us the drawing, the sketch, or just a phone description. We'll come back with a clear price and a delivery date — usually inside 24 hours.
Talk to usThe reasons clients come back.
We're not the cheapest workshop in Bedfordshire and we don't try to be. We're priced where coded welders, level-5 engineering and broker-rate steel land — and we deliver to the drawing.
Coded welders on every job
Every welder on the team is coded and qualified. When your drawing calls for a specific weld, you get that weld — signed off and traceable.
Level 5 engineering qualified
Lead engineers carry level 5 engineering credentials, so jobs go out compliant with the regulations they need to meet — first time, no rework.
Broker-rate steel
Direct supplier relationships mean we source material cheaper than most fabricators can quote. That saving comes through to the line item.
24-hour quote response
Send drawings, a beam schedule or a sketch and we'll come back with a written quote inside 24 hours during the working week. Most jobs slot into the programme within one to three weeks.
Free, drawing-reviewed estimates
No-obligation site visits with the drawings reviewed in person. You get a written estimate. No hidden lines, no surprise costs.
Workmanship put right
If something we've fabricated isn't right when you take delivery, we put it right. No second invoice on our workmanship, no debate.
From the workshop to the site.
A small cross-section of what comes through the workshop in any given month — structural, fabrication, installation and finishing.
From the workshop to the site, on schedule.
An average rating of 4.9 across 800-plus projects. A small sample of recent feedback from across Bedfordshire and the M25.
We needed twelve metres of structural steel in for a single-storey rear extension and DRST came in cheaper than two other quotes — and three weeks faster. Cleanest welds we've had on site this year.
Mezzanine, stairs and the balustrade run all built by the same team. Daniel surveyed the unit, sent the drawings back inside two days, and the install was finished in a long weekend.
Working 30 miles from Leighton Buzzard. And across Greater London.
Based in Leighton Buzzard, we cover key towns within practical reach — Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Luton, Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Aylesbury, Bedford and Hemel Hempstead. Greater London is covered for suitable commercial, structural and higher-value projects.