Updated September 2026
An AI receptionist for welding and metal fabrication shops.
Repairs booked for drop-off and fab jobs captured with every spec, while you're under the hood.
Wade H.
Mon, May 18, 7:25 AM · 1:52
Cracked tongue on a utility trailer. Quoted your bench rate, drop-off booked today.
(806) 555 0161
Fri, May 15, 4:40 PM · 2:31
40 feet of outdoor steel handrail with drawings. Measure-up booked Wednesday.
Tina R.
Fri, May 15, 11:14 AM · 1:46
Aluminum boat ladder bracket snapped. Quoted your aluminum repair rate.
Ken V.
Thu, May 14, 6:55 PM · 2:03
Needs 200 stainless brackets by June. Specs taken, wants a quote call back.
What it does for welding and metal fabrication shops
An AI receptionist for welding and metal fabrication shops answers every call while you are under a hood. It sorts the one-off weld repair from the full fab job and asks for material and thickness. It quotes simple work from your price book and books the drop-off or site visit on your calendar. It runs after hours and on weekends and screens the spam.
- 7secondsMedian first reply to a new text, DM or form lead.
- 62%Of leads first reach out after hours or on a weekend.
- 141Appointments the AI booked, the typical one 13 minutes after the lead's first message.
Our figures as of September 29, 2026. Measured on 858 real leads across 8 client businesses (home services, real estate, business funding, and credit repair) from June to September 2026. Test contacts excluded.
Hear it handle a call like yours
The kind of call welding and metal fabrication shops get at the worst possible time, answered and booked while you work. Then try it yourself.
- AI: Iron Ridge Welding and Fab. What do you need welded?
- Customer: The tongue on my utility trailer cracked. I need it fixed before the weekend.
- AI: We can help. Is it a steel trailer, and is the crack near the coupler or farther back?
- Customer: Steel. Right behind the coupler.
- AI: Please don't tow anything heavy on it until it's fixed. Our bench rate is $95 an hour, and a tongue repair like that usually takes one to two hours plus material.
- Customer: Can I bring it in tomorrow?
- AI: Yes. Drop-off at 8 AM tomorrow, and it's usually ready by the end of the day. Want it?
- Customer: Yes.
- AI: Booked for 8 AM drop-off. I've sent the owner the crack location and your weekend deadline.
Calls it handles
A trailer with a cracked frame
The AI asks what failed and the trailer type, notes the steel and weld location and books a drop-off slot, so the job lands on your bench instead of a competitor's.
A handrail bid that needs a site visit
It asks the linear footage, indoor or outdoor and whether they have drawings. Then it puts a measure-up appointment on your calendar with the address and gate code in the notes.
A stainless price-shopper at 7pm
After hours the AI takes the part, the material (304 or aluminum), the quantity and the deadline, then books a quote callback so the lead is captured instead of lost overnight.
Booked by your rules
It only offers real openings inside the hours you set, never a day you blocked. Spam and out-of-area leads never land on your calendar.
Text from your AInow
New booking: Wade H. Cracked tongue on a utility trailer. Quoted your bench rate, drop-off booked today.
- Our CRMThe customer, the job and the whole conversation.
- Its calendarOn a real opening inside the hours you set.
- Your dashboardWith the call recording and a one-line summary.
- A text to your phoneThe moment it books, with the details.
After the call it keeps working
Follow-up written for every lead
A lead goes quiet? It follows up for weeks until they book or say no. Every follow-up is written for that one lead.
One memory across every channel
They text at lunch, DM at nine and call the next day. It already knows the job.
More reviews and fewer bad ones
Mark a job done and the AI asks how it went. Happy customers get your Google review link. Unhappy ones come to you first.
Wade H.
Completed · trailer tongue welded
Review Iron Ridge Welding and Fab on Google
g.page/r/iron-ridge-welding/review
How it compares
Three ways owners cover the phone today, and what each one leaves on the table.
An answering service
- Billed by the minute or by the call
- A person takes a message for you
- Booking, follow-up and chat often cost extra
An in-house receptionist
- A salary, plus payroll taxes and time off
- One call at a time, during business hours
- Texts and DMs wait until there's a minute
A DIY AI tool
- You set it up and write its script
- Minutes metered, texting and follow-up often add-ons
- Nobody tunes it to your trade
TheContentLabs.AI: a flat plan from $497 a month, phone usage at cost. Every call, text and DM answered, booked by your rules and followed up. We build it and run it.
Common questions
Can it quote a weld job or does it just take a message?
It quotes the routine work you have priced straight from your price book, like a standard hitch weld, a railing per foot or a cracked bracket repair. For custom fab or anything needing drawings, it gathers the material, thickness and quantity and books a quote callback or a measure-up instead of guessing.
Will it know the difference between a quick repair and a full fabrication build?
Yes. It asks what failed or what you are building, the material and the timeline, then routes the call. A snapped bracket or trailer weld gets a fast drop-off slot. A custom railing, stair stringer or production run gets a site measure or a shop consult. All the specs go into the booking notes.
What happens to calls when the whole crew is welding or on a job site?
Every call still gets answered, the same as on a slow morning. The AI qualifies the lead, captures the material and job details, quotes what is priced and books the drop-off or visit. You come off the weld to a calendar that filled itself instead of a voicemail box to dig through at the end of the day.
More trades we build for
Same system, set up for how each trade quotes and books.
- General ContractorsA kitchen remodel lead at lunch
- Home RemodelingA kitchen lead calls while you are on a job site
- RoofersA leak after last night's storm
- Concrete ContractorsA cracking slab the morning after a pour
- Fence InstallersA storm takes down 80 feet overnight
- Deck BuildersA spring estimate request at 7am
- Siding ContractorsStorm tore siding off overnight
- Masonry ContractorsA chimney leaning after a storm
- Foundation RepairA wall bowing after heavy rain
- Gutter CompaniesOverflowing gutters after a storm
- Solar InstallersA homeowner calls about a $400 power bill
- Epoxy & Garage Floor CoatingA two-car garage quote at dinnertime
See what every missed lead is costing you.
A free Missed Revenue Audit puts a dollar figure on every call, text and DM you miss or answer too slowly, including the ones your ads paid for. The numbers are yours to keep.