How We Build Every Tower In-House in Trois-Rivières

When we say every draft tower is made to order and built in-house, here is what that actually buys you: control, speed, and accountability. You get custom geometry a catalog can't offer, a free 3D rendering of your exact tower in about one business day, delivery in 5 to 15 business days, and one shop that stands behind every weld for life. Nothing gets outsourced, nothing gets lost between vendors, and nobody points fingers when a detail needs fixing — because the whole chain, from CAD to laser to weld to finish to final inspection, happens under one roof in Trois-Rivières, Québec.

This is a walk through our build, in the order it actually happens. It covers how we design a tower before we cut a single piece of metal, how it moves through laser cutting, forming, welding, and finishing, how we check it before it ships, and why a manufacturer that owns the entire process can do things a reseller simply can't. If you want the buying-decision version instead, start with our buyer's guide to choosing a draft beer tower. If you're an installer, our installer's guide to Fût Mauricie towers covers mounting and service access.

What does “in-house, made to order” really mean?

A lot of companies sell draft towers. Far fewer make them. Most of the market is resellers: they buy stock towers from a distributor, drop-ship them, and hope the finish and hole pattern match what you asked for. When something's wrong, they're stuck relaying your problem back up a supply chain they don't control.

We're a manufacturer. We're a roughly 15-person shop, bilingual EN/FR, and we fabricate every tower ourselves. That word — fabricate — is doing real work here. It means:

• Design in parametric CAD, tuned to your bar top, tap count, and finish.
• Laser cutting of the raw sheet and tube.
• Forming and bending to shape.
• Welding — TIG by hand and robotic where it earns a cleaner, more repeatable joint.
• Finishing — brushing, powder coat, and specialty finishes.
• Assembly and QC before anything ships.

All of it, in one building. That's the difference, and everything below is what it looks like in practice. We serve bars, restaurants, breweries, hotels, and national accounts — the same process runs whether it's one tower for a new taproom or a fleet for a chain rollout.

How does a tower start — before any metal is cut?

It starts in CAD, not on the shop floor. We design in parametric CAD, which means a tower isn't a fixed drawing — it's a model driven by dimensions. Change the tap spacing, the height, or the base footprint, and the whole model updates around it. That's what lets us build to your geometry instead of forcing your bar to fit a stock part.

Before we cut anything, every tower is rendered in 3D. You see your exact tower — correct proportions, correct tap layout, correct finish — and you get the specs to go with it. We turn around free 3D renderings and specs in about one business day. The point is simple: you approve the tower on screen before it exists in steel. No surprises, no “that's not what I pictured” when the crate arrives.

This is also where custom really means custom. Because the model is parametric and we own the fabrication downstream, an unusual tap count, a non-standard base, or a specific mounting condition isn't an exception we have to special-order — it's just a change to the model. For the full range of what's adjustable, see our guide to custom towers.

What happens on the shop floor — laser, forming, welding?

Once you approve the render, the model drives the machines.

Laser cutting. The approved geometry goes straight to the laser, which cuts sheet and tube to the exact profile in the model. Because the cut comes from the same file you approved, the physical part matches the render — hole patterns for taps, cutouts for drainage and lines, base profiles, all of it.

Forming and bending. Flat and tubular stock gets formed and bent into the tower's shape. This is where a two-dimensional cut becomes a three-dimensional body.

Welding. Then it's joined. We weld two ways, and we pick deliberately:

• TIG welding by hand — for the visible, detail-critical joints where a skilled welder's control matters most.
• Robotic welding — where repeatability and a consistent bead earn it, especially across production runs.

The joints are the tower. A draft tower carries beer lines, sometimes glycol, and takes daily abuse at the bar — the welds are what hold all of that together over years of service. That's why we stand behind them with a lifetime warranty on our welds. We can offer that because we made the joint, we know how it was made, and we're the ones accountable for it.

How do you finish a tower — and what finishes can I get?

A raw welded tower isn't done. Finishing is where it becomes the piece that sits on your bar in front of every customer, so we do it in-house too — brushing, powder coat, and specialty finishes all happen under the same roof, which means the finish is controlled by the same people accountable for the rest of the build.

The finishes we offer:

• Matte black — our most requested finish.
• Brushed
• Candy copper
• Gold
• Polished
• Glossy white
• Antique
• Copper

Which one is right depends on your lighting, your traffic, and how the tower reads against your bar — a busy high-touch bar and a boutique hotel lounge don't want the same surface. We go deep on that in our complete guide to draft tower finishes. If you want to see finished towers you can order, browse the beer towers collection.

What about the materials that touch the beer?

The parts of a draft system that contact the product aren't a place to cut corners. We build the surfaces that touch your beer from food-grade stainless steel and food-safe components, so the beer only ever meets materials chosen to be safe for it.

That's the kind of detail that's easy to gloss over in a catalog listing and hard to verify from a reseller. When we make the tower ourselves, we know what went into it.

How do you check a tower before it ships?

Every tower goes through assembly and quality control before it leaves the building. Because we've had eyes on it at every stage — the cut, the bend, the weld, the finish — QC isn't the first time anyone's really looking at the part. It's the final confirmation that what ships matches what you approved on screen.

This is the payoff of owning the whole chain: if something isn't right, we fix it here, before it's on a truck. There's no vendor to email, no distributor to wait on, no ambiguity about who's responsible. It's us.

Why does controlling the whole chain matter to you?

Here's the honest version of our advantage. A reseller can offer you a catalog. A manufacturer that controls CAD, laser, welding, finishing, and QC can offer you three things a reseller structurally can't:

• Custom geometry. Because the design is parametric and we cut and weld it ourselves, your tower fits your bar — not the other way around.
• Fast, predictable turnaround. Made to order, built in 5 to 15 business days, because the queue is ours to manage, not a supplier's.
• One point of accountability. A lifetime warranty on welds, and one shop that answers for the whole tower — design through delivery.

That's the moat, stated plainly: it's not a slogan, it's the org chart. The people who design your tower are down the hall from the people who cut it, weld it, and inspect it. You can read more about who we are on our about page, and if you're speccing a drip tray to match, our tray builder runs on the same made-to-order process.

Frequently asked questions

Do you actually manufacture the towers, or resell them?

We manufacture them. Laser cutting, forming, welding (TIG and robotic), finishing, assembly, and QC all happen in our own shop in Trois-Rivières, Québec. Nothing about the tower is drop-shipped from a distributor.

How fast can I get a tower?

Towers are made to order and built in 5 to 15 business days. Before that, you'll get free 3D renderings and specs in about one business day, so you approve your exact tower before we start fabricating.

Can you build a completely custom tower?

Yes. We design in parametric CAD, so custom tap counts, heights, bases, and mounting conditions are changes to the model rather than special orders. See the guide to custom for what's adjustable.

What finishes are available?

Matte black (our most requested), brushed, candy copper, gold, polished, glossy white, antique, and copper. Our finishes guide helps you match a finish to your room.

Are the materials food-safe?

Yes. We build the surfaces that touch your beer from food-grade stainless steel and food-safe components, chosen to be safe in contact with what you're pouring.

What does the weld warranty cover?

We offer a lifetime warranty on our welds. Because we make every joint ourselves, we're accountable for it — there's no third party in the middle.

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