AI SMS for UK Welders and Fabrication Workshops

It reads the message and responds using your workshop name within seconds. A detailed text — 'need a pair of automated driveway gates in mild steel, contemporary horizontal bar design, 3.5m opening, powder-coated anthracite grey, with underground motors' — is captured with every specification. A brief text — 'can you make some railings?' — prompts questions about the material, length, height, design style, and installation location.

The reply reads like a fabricator responding between workshop tasks — material-aware, dimensionally precise, and commercially relevant. It uses your workshop name and asks pertinent questions about the metalwork specification. Homeowners and contractors texting fabrication workshops expect concise, knowledgeable responses — the AI delivers exactly that.

Current clients text about collection times, drawing approvals, finish colour confirmations, and delivery arrangements. The AI captures these and categorises them distinctly from new fabrication enquiries. Your dashboard separates a new £8,000 staircase commission from a current client confirming RAL 7016 for their gate powder-coat.

AI SMS is priced at £23/month as a channel add-on. Fabrication projects range from £600 railing sets to £30,000 architectural staircase commissions. Securing one architect's balustrade specification through a rapid text reply — while the angle grinder drowned out your phone in the workshop — generates returns far exceeding the annual channel cost.

Your own reply in any thread transfers the conversation to you immediately. During drawing and quoting hours, handle texts yourself. During welding and fabrication time, let the AI keep your workshop responsive while both hands hold the torch.

Text messages containing project addresses, metalwork specifications, design preferences, dimensions, and contact details are encrypted and stored on UK and EU servers under UK GDPR. Data goes only to you and is never shared with competing fabricators or repurposed.

Yes — fully. Every piece of information captured through AI SMS is protected under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Client names, contact details, site addresses, and project specifics are encrypted during transmission and while stored, and held exclusively on UK and EU-based servers. We never share, sell, or repurpose any data captured on your behalf. You maintain full control as the data controller, with the right to request deletion at any point. Your clients have the same right. Rapid Receptionist acts strictly as your data processor, operating under a formal data processing agreement. You can review our approach in detail in our privacy policy.

If your prices change, you start offering a new service, or your availability shifts, just let us know and we update your AI SMS configuration for free. Routine business information updates — pricing, services offered, working hours, contact details — are included at no extra cost as part of the done-for-you service. We handle the change on our end, typically within one working day, so AI SMS always reflects your current welder / fabricator business accurately.