Dennis 24 Hour Welding

It is no exaggeration to say that there’s not a single sentence that comes out of this guy’s mouth which doesn’t include the F word! It’s a major turn-​off. I actually thought he was angry at me for wanting to give him business! After seeing other reviews on here, I understand that it’s not personal. He spent more time convincing me that he doesn’t want the work than even trying to understand what I needed!

This is an excellent welder, he’s fast – does a clean, quality job of making sure he knows what you need before you leave. He’s a no nonsense guy, and the work is done when promised. He goes out of his way to not only give you what you ask for – but also to think about details to make sure your item is both up to your specifications and safe. His pricing is fair and reasonable and he tacked several welding jobs for me that were pretty odd (facilitating a variety of projects). I’m very pleased with his work, and I will recommend him to anyone.

Decided to try this welding shop since it was relatively close and a shop that’s been around for some time. When I dropped my piece of at the shop, I was a bit annoyed at how rude and grumpy Dennis was. If you have sensitive ears and don’t like to have a conversation laced with profanity, give this shop a pass. I explained to Dennis in detail what needed welding and was specific about an internal brace that he must fabricate and weld into the piece.
When I returned to pick up the finished piece, the weld seams were amateurish at best. One side was ground down, the other side was left unfinished with big weld globs all over. Since I was in a hurry, I decided to live with it and finish the grinding myself. Before I left, Dennis reassured me that the internal brace was welded in place. This brace could not be seen since it was capped over. I took his word for it.
Once I got the piece home, I found that the metal was butted up closely without any bevels before welding and that the actual welds were superficial without much penetration. In other words, the welds had no structural integrity and were essentially useless, especially after some cleanup grinding. I ended up re welding almost all of Dennis’ work and found to little surprise that Dennis also lied about welding in the brace. I realized this when I stuck a piece of wire into the area that should have been blocked off by the internal brace, but the wire found no resistance, therefore no brace.
Dennis claims to have welded on many Harley frames, and maybe he did, and maybe he was good at it once, but now, what I described above is what you may get when you take a chance with him. My advice? Definitely go somewhere else.

I went there late in the afternoon on a Friday and within one hour they had fixed my broken metal table leg. Never thought I’d ever need a welder but I’m glad I found this company.

Kristi D.
I walked into the business with a simple repair on a door latch I was installing. I found the experience at Dennis’s to be great. He attended to my problem right away and was helpful, fast, and friendly. I will go to him again.

Dennis is fabulous. He worked on my wheelchair, that was practically inoperable and made it like new. He is extremely hospitable and his prices are below fair. If you have any welding needs at all I would not hesitate to call Dennis.

This guy is totally knowledgeable. He is fast and thorough. Very old school.
He draws from a lifetime of experience. If I need welding work, I will go to him again.

Needed a restaurant refrigerator drawer to be welded back together for my work and he was able to do it same day and it was an extremely reasonable price.
If I need anything to be welded again I will go back to them.

The entrance gate to my property has an electric arm that detached from the gate (old, rusted). I called a couple of gate companies and got a quote of $ 325 and $ 225 to weld it back on. I called Dennis and he quoted me $ 175.00 to come out and do the job. He said he could do it the next day in the morning. I told him I’d was hoping to get it done the same day. He bitched about traffic and said he’d call me around four. He called at four and made his way up to my house. He showed up with his son and pulled in to my driveway. I watched a bit as the duo struggled to get the truck turned around (everybody does) and then I offered to do it for him. He said «fuck no» lol.
When they finally got the truck turned around they immediately got to work on the gate. We had a great conversation about security cameras, dogs and hot rods.
He’s a really cool old dude but some people may be put off by his gruffness. After reading the Unilocal reviews I was actually looking forward to meeting the guy.
They got the welding done and even added a couple of spiked pieces to the top of the gate that had fallen off.
He charged me $ 175 as quoted and told me to stop by the shop anytime.
If you need some welding done hit this guy up, if not just for the refreshing change of character from the usual westside yuppies.

My family owned the liquor store across the street from Dennis for about 30 years and he was always fair, helpful, polite to my Mom and Dad and me.
He is a character — that’s for sure — but a good one. If my aging Dad ever needed anything done Dennis was there to help if we asked him. He is a good person and I highly recommend him not only for his competence but for a very interesting adventure in your day!

If I could give NO stars, I would. While they got the job done, these guys were terrible. They basically told me to go home with my welding project and get it ready for them! Outrageous. The reason I sought them out was so that THEY could do the work. After sustaining multiple f-​bombs and extremely rude service, I got what I wanted done done, but really, it was not worth it. These guys are jerks. They told me some sob story about not having insurance because some 22-​year old’s parents sued them for $ 22,000 because the kid got hurt at their shop. Why is that my problem? If you are offering a service, do it and don’t complain about people coming to use your service. I won’t be back and I hope that the Unilocalers will stay away, too.
STAY AWAY!

It seems like Dennis has likely been in L.A. since the 80’s– the 1880’s. I’m serious. I think his Conestoga wagon broke an axle on the journey west and he decided to stay and set up shop. (He probably ate his mule team too.)
If you’re offended by cussin’, spittin’, gruff old men I wouldn’t bother stopping in. But if you’re looking for top notch work done for Old World prices, he’s your man.
He can usually get your repair or project done the same day for cheap.
Just show up with a «yes, sir» attitude and some cash (as best as I can tell he charges about $ 20/​hour) and he’ll treat you right.

Went to Dennis for a simple patch on a two stroke exhaust, he did it on the spot, in 30 min, and only charged me $ 18. Great guy, will definitely be back for anything else that pops up.

Dennis is an old school no bs salty dog. I brought a chair to be welded he did exactly what he said for 20 bucks are you kidding me thats amazing. Any other place it would of taken a week and cost at least 100 bucks. He’s the last of a dying breed. The shop looks like the set of Sanford and son, and he told me the history of my chair and why it’s worth a few bucks, all while dropping f-​bombs classic. So if you a politically correct d-​bag skip this place if you want real work for a very fair price than this is the place.

I’m tempted to write a detailed review of what took place when I visited this business today but I’m hoping to high heaven that the proprietor (Dennis, I presume?) was just having a bad day. He was incredibly rude, disrespectful and salty in spite of my being as nice as could be. And that was even before he assured me that there was «no f***ing way anyone in town could do the job» I was asking for, even though another welder was able to accomplish it just fine about a year ago.
Rather than try and argue I just thanked him and left.

Just called Dennis based on Lisa R.‘s review and found him to be terribly rude and condescending. Unfortunately for Dennis, Unilocal makes it pretty easy to find contractors who actually appreciate their customers.

Dennis’s 24 Hour Welding, located behind the Mr Cecil’s California Ribs on Pico just west of Bundy, is a real find! I drove up yesterday to find out if he could weld the broken housing that holds the license plate on the rear of my truck. My dealer couldn’t do it, and body shops wanted more than $ 100 to replace the entire piece. which I knew it didn’t need.
Dennis told me to come back today at 1pm, go have a nice lunch at Teddy’s Café, and he’d have it done by 2 for just 20 bucks. And sure enough, that’s exactly what I got! (Not to mention, a great inexpensive meal at Teddy’s, but that’s for a different review.) He even told me exactly what he’d done… who still takes the time to do that anymore?
Guys like Dennis are a national treasure and a dying breed. Please bring him all your broken metal stuff to weld so he stays in business.