Custom Copperwork Workshop

Homeowners renovating, interior designers, builders and roofers, heritage building owners, restaurants, and craft breweries or distilleries.

Quoted prices per job based on materials and labour, plus repair work and repeat orders from trade clients.

• Sheet metal forming, soldering and brazing
• Reading drawings and taking site measurements
• Quoting jobs and managing client expectations

• Check your municipality's zoning and business licence rules for a workshop unit
• Commercial general liability insurance, and WCB/WSIB coverage if you hire (rules differ by province)
• Brewing vessels and stills may count as pressure equipment, so check your provincial technical safety authority before building them
• Distilling equipment may have excise and regulatory conditions, so check with the Canada Revenue Agency and your client's licensing
• Roofing and sheet metal work may need provincial trade certification or contractor registration, so check your provincial rules
• Large jobs tie up cash in materials, so ask for deposits

Startup costs are typically estimated at around $15,000 to $60,000, depending on your premises, equipment and the materials you buy. Treat this as a guide and get your own quotes. Large jobs tie up cash, so consider asking for deposits.

Monthly revenue is typically estimated at around $4,000 to $18,000, depending on the size and type of jobs you take on and how steadily you win work. Treat this as an estimate rather than a promise.

Check municipal zoning and business licence rules, and whether brewing vessels or stills count as pressure equipment with your provincial technical safety authority. Roofing and sheet metal work may need provincial trade certification or contractor registration, so check your rules.