Custom Metal Manufacturing Services in Dartmouth

At Burnside Sheet Metal Ltd, we’re equipped to make numerous types of custom residential and commercial products made of metal. Those include:

• Back pans and drip/drain pans
• Backsplashes
• Chimney caps
• Stainless steel
• Countertops
• Ductwork
• Flashing
• Smoke pipes

We primarily work with the following types of sheet metal:

• Stainless steel
• Aluminum (plain and coloured)
• Galvanized
• Cold rolled steel
• Copper

To answer all of your metalsmith needs, we conduct various restaurant related and welding work (in shop and on-site).

We’re also equipped to manufacture (from templates) vehicle body/rocker panels and sell 4 feet by 8 feet metal sheets (larger sheets can be ordered in advance).

Sheet Metal Available

Light sheet metal, 26-gauage (thin) to 16 gauge (thickest), is available in sheets of 4 feet by 8 feet.

Materials available:

• Steel/black iron — Needs to be painted, as it’s bare metal
• Galvanized sheets — Has an anti-rust coating but may also be painted
• Stainless steel — Dull or polished/brushed finish (similar product used on appliances)
• Aluminum 
  • Plain — .030 to .090 thicknesses available
  • Checkerplate — .060 thickness
  • White/brown aluminum (flashing) — .032 thickness
• Copper — 16 oz thickness, 3 feet by 8 feet sheets)

Miscellaneous Metals Available

Note: These items are not stock items, but we can have them in stock for you within one to two days.

Screen

• ½” or 1” expanded metal screen, 4 feet by 8 feet sheets
• Grecian — Decorative screen that is paintable, available in 3 feet by 8 feet sheets

Tabletops

Tabletops can be bent for garage, kitchen, workshops; available in steel, galvanized, or 

stainless steel (up to 4 feet by 8 feet in size). These include any backsplashes and/or overhands required. Any larger sizes must be welded and polished. 

Drain Pans

Used for under any water-containing item (washers, hot water tanks, air conditioner units, etc.), with or without drain hole. 

Shields/Backsplashes

Door kick plates, corner guards, and heat shields are available with or without mounting holes. 

Bending/Cutting

We are able to bend up to 8 feet long and cut up to 10 feet long. We work with steel, galvanized steel, and stainless steels up to 1/16” (no thicker). We cut and bend aluminum sheets up to .09” thick (slightly less than 1/8”). 

Some examples of items we bend in our shop are:

Flashing

Rocker Panels

Panels are bent straight NOT rolled up to 8-feet long. We require that you provide us with template made from the shape of your rockers (using a strip of metal hand-bent to the profile on the side of your car or truck). 

Welding

• Light welding (metals up to 3/16” thick)
• MIG welding with steel or stainless steel or stainless wire, aluminum welding
• TIG welding with steel, stainless, aluminum (up to 1/8” thick)

If you can bring it into our shop, we can most likely weld it! Sorry, we are unable to weld on vehicles. 

Examples of some items we have welded repaired are:

• Machine panels/parts
• Restaurant equipment (shelves, fry baskets, donair scoops) 
• Porch swings
• Lawn chairs
• Broken bike parts
• Frames
• Lawnmower parts
• Snowblower parts
• …and much more

HVAC

• Duct and pipe for hot air systems and wood stoves
• Square or round duct (custom-made to any size)
• (Elbows, ducting, pipe, transitions, plenums, offsets, reducers, etc.)

Chimney Caps

• China caps
• Cloverleafs
• Closed caps (may be made from galvanized or stainless steel)