Blacksmiths since 1995
Leith, Edinburgh

G Brodie Blacksmith

Gates, railings, cast iron repair, security work and structural steel. A family blacksmiths in Leith since 1995, working across Edinburgh and beyond.

Call 07836 767332
4.7 from 36 Google reviews 31 years Father, son and daughter
Selected work

Thirty one years of it, across the city.

Driveway gates, tenement railings, cast iron restoration and one off fabrication. Some of it is listed. Most of it is somebody's front garden.

Red painted railings on a sandstone garden wall outside an Edinburgh bungalow
Red railings on sandstoneRailings
Double gate clad in cedar boards set into a black steel frame
Cedar clad gate, steel frameGates
Black driveway gate with scrolled cresting and a band of forged circles, hung between stone piers
Scrolled driveway gateGates
Railings with twisted bars and scrolled finials on the wall of a Victorian villa
Twisted bar railings, Victorian villaCast iron
Black handrail following a flight of stone garden steps up to a patio door
Handrail to garden stepsAccess
Curved black handrail fitted at the entrance steps of a sheltered housing block
Entrance handrail, sheltered housingAccess
A welder working overhead between acro props, sparks falling, installing a steel beam inside a house
Structural steel

Beams, columns and the propping that holds a house up while it happens.

Who they work for

Three of the biggest landlords in Edinburgh.

Alongside the front gardens and the emergency call outs, the workshop holds regular contract work for housing groups across the city.

Castlerock

Railings, gates and communal steelwork across managed estates.

Places for People

Repairs, replacements and security work on tenanted property.

Dunedin Canmore

Handrails, entrance gates and access ironwork.

MarineSpirit of Falmouth

A replacement part manufactured for the tall ship, turned around quickly enough to keep her sailing.

AccessibilityAdaptations by hand

Metalwork modifications for a disabled customer who had spent a long time looking for someone willing to take it on.

EmergencyOut within the hour

Storm damaged gates, failed hinges and broken locks. Two separate customers describe him arriving inside sixty minutes.