Sheet metal work covers a specific slice of the broader metal trades roofing and flashing, wall and roof cladding, guttering and downpipes, ductwork and HVAC components, and custom sheet metal products like benchtops and splashbacks. It's distinct from general metal fabrication, which tends to deal with heavier gauge material and structural or load-bearing work like staircases, gates, and steel frames. There's plenty of crossover, many Brisbane businesses do both but sheet me

Welding and mobile fabrication work sits at an unusual intersection of risk: you're often on someone else's site, using hot work processes near flammable materials, operating mobile plant and trailers between jobs, and in many cases supplying or fixing parts that other trades and builders rely on downstream. A single job such as fabricating a balustrade for a Brisbane apartment renovation, can expose you to public liability, products liability, and equipment risk all at once.

A mobile mechanic pulls up to a customer's driveway in Brisbane's outer suburbs, opens the van, and gets to work on a car that isn't theirs, on a property that isn't theirs, with no workshop walls or overnight security around any of it. That's a fundamentally different risk profile to a fixed workshop, and it's one that generic mechanic insurance advice often glosses over. Here's what actually changes when your workshop is a van. Your vehicle is your workshop, and your bigges