Leeway Iron Works, Inc

Wow. People really are this nice still! I felt like I was on a front porch just chatting with a cool neighbor while I was in the office. I know where to go for all my metal fabrication needs from now on.

These guys did a railing extension on my house. They scheduled quickly, and literally made the railing better than I imagined it. I thought it would be a straight rail, but they put a curve into it to match the curve of our sidewalk, painted it, all around pleasant to work with and highly skilled.

If you are a contractor, Leeway is who you want to be working with. Our company was performing some private property work as part of a larger public contract (it’s murky easement business) and, as one could probably infer, it involved some rail fabrication and installation. However, don’t be fooled by how simple this sounds; unbeknownst to anyone at the time when we received a quote from Leeway, their task was soon to become hugely complex. Basically, at the last minute, the homeowners of two properties requested changes to the designs of their respective railings; this prompted the architect to rethink their existing designs’ compliance with ADA and how they then wanted to rework things for both appeasement of the owners and obeisance with the law. At this point, the public owner jumped in to moderate the design changes from both the homeowners and their hired architects, respectively, to keep additional costs down. This occurred as a daily drama for weeks; all the while, Leeway rolled with the punches. They must have been given four final designs, each with its own «proceed» notice and each followed by a «wait!» counter notice.
When asked to be on-​site for the fifth design-​review meeting, John of Leeway didn’t hesitate. When the architect wanted to personally oversee the fabrication of the ornate metalwork, Leeway facilitated it. Aside from being able to produce shop drawings (which good contractors can work around), Leeway is a one-​stop-​shop for railings. Even when it came down to installing its flawless steel artwork, Leeway was on its game. John had noticed that the specification’s prescribed anchorage into our retaining walls would compromise its strength (owner’s fault) and opted for a more delicate approach, which carried it’s own set of liability and risk for Leeway. But, like the experts and professional that they are, this work around turned out perfectly.
So, do business with these guys and gals. I’d trust them again with tens of thousands of dollars worth of work in a heartbeat.

As good as it gets. We’re general contractors and expect a lot of our subs. John and Leeway were on time and completed their work in less time that I had allocated. Materials were exactly as specified, and they were spot-​on the layout. They had to come back to re-​drill a couple of holes, but they did so right away. There was never any BS, they just got the job done and done right. Our clients love their new stair. We hope to work with these guys again soon.

I decided the front of my 1929 Tudor home needed something to dress up the façade, so I decided to add some iron pot shelves. I got a good price so I thought at the time and the first one was installed. I then decided I needed another one and the price was twice what I thought it should have been. I then decided to go to a local iron business (a real one) and met with John. I brought in a lousy sketch and showed it to him. We thumbed through a couple of catalogs and got some unique idea’s. He threw a price at me, ¹⁄₃ less than the other company and I approved it. No deposit, no nothing, just a handshake. They called within a week (his office staff is awesome too by the way), I went over and picked it up and I could not believe the quality. Long story short, I hired them to pull the one down that I just had installed and install a new one similar to the one that had just been fabricated. This one turned out every bit as beautiful. Long story short, I am out a few hundred dollars for not using this place in the first place but we are thrilled each time we pull up to the house. Do yourself a favor, save yourself a lot of grief and money and go to Leeway. You won’t be sorry…

Seriously… These folks are the real deal. Old school quality at extremely fair prices. Take it from the voice of experience. They did my job the same day and it looks so good. I feel very blessed to have found Leeway.

Fabulous! John, the owner and one of his craftsman, Jose came to look at the railing I would need. They were very professional. John was involved with designing a railing to fit my home while being aesthetically pleasing. He wanted to have it be a perfect addition to my new front patio. WOW! These guys were great! No messing around done in less than two days… efficient and quality work!!! If you need iron work done… these guys are the «go to» in the area!!! Keep up the good work Leeway! I am a happy customer here in Montclair!

It doesn’t get any better then leeway iron works as far as contractors go, period.
From the first time i talked to Audrey over the phone and got the ball rolling, easy back and forth via e mail and phone. Made an appointment to meet with John in the office and look at some designs, they have lots of pictures of past work they have done to give you some ideas.
We ended up ordering 2 gates for the side of house, 9 ft wide, double swing powder coated ect. and my father in law also ordered 2 small walkway gates at the same time for his house. a week and a half from custom design and ordered to installed, that’s what i call quick service.
Our gates turned out beautiful and their guys that installed them couldn’t have been nicer, going over the install with me and making sure things were how i expected them.
GREAT work at reasonable prices… how can you go wrong? the gate is in my photos if anyone wants to take a look.

Really happy about the work they did for us on a metal fence in our backyard. We have an association that manages the look of all of our fences, and they have relatively stringent requirements. We tried a number of other providers, and getting the look to be the same was quite difficult. So we really appreciate the efforts of Leeway Iron Works — the side fence they put up for us looks indistinguishable from the association — provided front fence, except that it looks better :) It was a pleasure dealing with these folks as well, they are really nice people.

These guys are the real deal. They’ve been in business over 50 years and have a stellar reputation in the San Francisco Bay Area for top quality craftsmanship and integrity. I would certainly trust them with any railing, stairs or other ironwork project.

Amazing work! They did a magnificent railing for us in Rossmoor, Walnut Creek. Later I asked for a quote for a new custom gate. John took the old gate, repaired it at 20% cost of new one… Something unheard of anymore. Old style craftsmanship at sane prices!