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IBC commercial spec
Code-compliant rise/run, IBC handrail height, 4-inch sphere clearance, graspable handrail profile. Plan-review-ready CAD on day 1.
✦ Builders · Multi-Family + Apartment
Apartment stair towers, IBC-spec, crated by floor.
Stair-tower packages for apartment buildings, condos, and mixed-use across the Lehigh Valley and Northern NJ. IBC commercial rise/run, code-compliant 4-inch sphere clearance, bulk crated delivery sequenced to your floor build-out.
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- Est. 198739 yrs
- Family-Owned
- Veteran-Owned
- 4.8★ Verified
- Lehigh Valley
✦ In short
What does Snyder Stairs offer for multi-family + apartment?
For multi-family and apartment projects, Snyder fabricates stair-tower packages to IBC commercial spec — code rise/run and the 4-inch sphere clearance — built as a repeating stack and bulk-crated by floor. Delivery is sequenced to your floor build-out so one floor's stairs never hold up the stack.
Built & reviewed by Snyder Stairs · Whitehall, PA · Est. 1987 · Updated June 2026
Multi-Family + Apartment specs
At a glance — the numbers that matter.
Specs, lead times, and delivery details for this scope. Call (610) 443-2240 for a firm quote on your project.
- 01Lead time8 weeks first floor · 2–3 wk rolling
- 02Code specIBC commercial · plan-review ready
- 03DeliveryCrated by floor
- 04InstallYour trim crew · we consult by phone
- 05PricingPer-floor · volume tiered
- 06We come backIf it's not right
Why Snyder for multi-family
Three reasons MF GCs partner with us.
Multi-family is repeatable but unforgiving — one floor's worth of code issues delays the whole stack. We build the stack once and crate by floor.
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Bulk crated by floor
We crate each floor's stair package as one unit. Your GC opens floor 2's crate when floor 2 is framed; no warehousing on your end.
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Phased delivery cadence
Lead time is 8 weeks for the first floor, then floors deliver on a 2–3-week rolling cadence as your concrete + framing schedule allows.
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Our own crew
Our own crew that fabricated floor 1 fabricates floor 12. Nothing farmed out, no quality drift between floors, no callback confusion.
The build process
How a multi-family project runs
From plan-set review to topping-out.
- STEP 01
Plan-set + code review
Send us your architectural + structural set. We red-line the stair-tower pages, confirm IBC compliance, and quote per-floor pricing within 5 business days.
- STEP 02
Contract + CAD
Plan / elevation / section drawings delivered on contract. City plan-reviewer sees the same set as your structural engineer.
- STEP 03
Phased fabrication
First floor's stair package fabricated in 8 weeks. Subsequent floors batch on a 2–3-week rolling cadence as concrete + framing top out.
- STEP 04
Crated delivery by floor
Each floor's stair package crated and labeled (Floor 2, Floor 3, etc). Your GC opens the right crate at the right elevation.
- STEP 05
Phone-consult install + walk-through
Install lives with your trim crew. We're on the phone for floors 1–3 to dial in pattern; on site for a walk-through at topping-out.
Crated delivery vs on-site install
Crated to your crew, or installed by ours?
Most trade work ships crated for your framing or trim crew to set. Here is how the two paths compare so you can plan the schedule.
Crated delivery (your crew installs)
- Pre-finished stair crated + tagged in install order
- Delivered against your framing / trim date
- Your crew controls the install window
- Snyder consults by phone at no charge
On-site install (Snyder crew)
- Snyder installs railings, baluster swaps, tread work
- 1–5 days on site, pre-finished pieces only
- No on-site staining or polyurethane
- Site cleanup before the crew leaves
Multi-Family + Apartment FAQs
Common questions on multi-family + apartment projects.
Do you do mid-rise (5+ stories) stair towers?
Yes — up to 8 stories within our shop's clear-bay capacity. Above 8 we sub-assemble in our shop and final-stack on site with your GC's crane.
Do you do the egress steel towers, or the architectural stairs?
The architectural ones. We build interior wood-tread stair towers and the railing — lobby and amenity-level stairs, plus the wood-tread runs and railing in the units. Structural steel + concrete-filled egress towers are a separate trade; your steel sub handles those and we coordinate around them.
Are you licensed for this work in PA + NJ?
We carry PA license PA042691 and work in Northern NJ as well. We coordinate with your GC's local sub-license requirements on a per-project basis — send us the job and we'll confirm what's needed.
How do you handle change orders on multi-family?
Locked per-floor pricing means structural changes (different rise/run) trigger a re-quote. Aesthetic changes (different baluster pattern, different finish color) are absorbed if requested in the first 4 floors. Past floor 4 we re-quote.
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✦ The 2027 catalogs
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Two full product catalogs — wood and iron. Flip through the whole line, mark what you like, and bring it to your first call.
Multi-family in the pipeline?
Send us the stair-tower plans.
Plan-set review + per-floor quote in 5 business days. Our own crew, IBC commercial spec, crated delivery by floor. Lehigh Valley + Northern NJ developers since 1987.
Budget on the first call · (610) 443-2240 · Whitehall, PA