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SNYDERSTAIRS
Grand curved staircase with warm bronze iron and a sweeping over-the-post handrail through a Lehigh Valley foyer

Custom Stairs · Whitehall PA · Est. 1987Builder-grade stairsmatch the catalog,not your home.

Box, flared, curved, and floating staircases — designed and built in our Whitehall, PA shop, built in white oak, walnut, hard maple, cherry, and more. Everything is custom, built to your home's exact sizes. We deliver the stair ready to set and install the railing ourselves, from Allentown and Bethlehem to Easton and across the Lehigh Valley.

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(610) 443-2240Budget on the first call · No form required

How long does a custom staircase take to build?

Plan on 4–6 weeks of shop time for a standard straight stair and 8–12 weeks for custom or curved work, built in our Whitehall, PA shop. The stair arrives crated and ready to set; on-site railing work runs 1–3 days.

Reviewed July 2026 · Nick & the Snyder Stairs team, Whitehall PA

Browse the catalog
✦ The catalog

15 standard configurations

Every staircase we build, in 15 standard configurations.

Standard box to circular, mono-stringer to stair tower — pick the configuration that fits the home, then we'll customize the wood, tread profile, balustrade, and finish to match.

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Stair Styles
Stair Styles

Four directions: traditional, transitional, modern, Shaker.

Whether you're restoring a center-hall colonial, updating a 1990s split-level, or starting fresh on a modern build — we make the stair fit the home, not chase a trend you'll rip out in five years. Match the floors, match the house. We've done it since 1987.

Traditional wood balusters — client reference photo

Traditional

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Wood — warm, classic, built to belong.

  • Wood balusters
  • Carved newels
  • Stained or ebonized rail
Best forColonial & center-hall homes · raised-panel trim · warm hardwood floors.
Transitional staircase with powder-coated iron balusters and an oak handrail — Center Valley residence

Transitional

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Iron meets oak — the Lehigh Valley's most-requested update.

  • Iron balusters
  • Wood handrail
  • Mixed metal + oak
Best forUpdated homes blending old and new · pairs with almost any floor or trim.
Modern iron and oak staircase — client reference photo

Modern

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Clean lines — minimal iron, slim profiles, quiet finishes.

  • Square iron
  • Slim profiles
  • Light or charcoal finishes
Best forContemporary & open-plan homes · painted trim · light or grey-toned floors.
Shaker / Craftsman square wood balusters — client reference photo

Shaker / Craftsman

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Square wood balusters — clean, timeless, the look people have chosen for a century.

  • Square wood balusters
  • Clean box newels
  • Warm or painted finish
Best forCraftsman, farmhouse & timeless homes · pairs with most trim and floors.

We’ll help you match it. Send a few photos and we’ll tell you what fits.

Choosing a staircase isn’t just the stair — it’s your floors, your trim, your kitchen, the era of your home. After 39 years we know what works together. Send a few photos and we’ll tell you what fits, and what we’d do.

  • Your floors
  • Trim & doors
  • Kitchen & finishes
  • Your home's era
Send a few photos

04 · Remodels, proven

Tired treads and balusters, rebuilt to match the house.

Same staircase, rebuilt. We strip the tired treads, balusters, and risers and rebuild in hardwood and iron that matches the home — fabricated, fit, and finished in our own shop.

Real Lehigh Valley remodels
Rebuilt red oak treads with satin-black iron balusters after the Center Valley remodelAfter
Worn carpeted treads and dated balusters before the Center Valley remodel
Before
Tired treads → white oak

Worn treads to white oak and iron

Center Valley · 2025
New satin-black iron balusters on a red oak handrail after the Center Valley rebuildAfter
Dated turned-wood balusters before the Center Valley railing rebuild
Before
Wood spindles → iron

Tired balusters to satin-black iron

Center Valley · 2025
After — the same switchback stair with white-oak treads, handrail and newels and slim satin-black ironAfter
Before — the original dark-stained oak handrail and ornate basket-twist iron on the switchback stair
Before
Dated builder-grade → custom white oak

Dark oak and basket iron to white oak

Lehigh Valley · 2024
Rambo residence — sweeping curved hickory staircase
Flagship build

Custom staircases, built around your home.

Whether you're building new or opening up an existing foyer, we design and build staircases that become the centerpiece of the space. Every stair is custom built in our Whitehall shop to fit your home, your layout, and your style—from straight runs to sweeping curved staircases.
Begin Your Project
Why Snyder reads different

Built in Whitehall, Pennsylvania.

Two generations of one family, specializing in stairs and railings since 1987 — built in our Whitehall, Pennsylvania shop, with every part coordinated under one roof. Same shop, same standard on every project.

Specialists

¶ Railing + stair · since 1987
Snyder Stairs Whitehall, PA fabrication floor — saws, benches, and carts on the shop floor
Fabrication floor01 / 04
Snyder Stairs lumber library — hardwood boards racked vertically in the Whitehall shop
Lumber library02 / 04
Routed white-oak stair stringers cut and staged in the Whitehall shop
Cut + staged03 / 04
Hand-finish bench in the Whitehall shop
Hand-finish bench04 / 04
117 Franklin Street · Whitehall, PA 18052Walk in any weekday · Mon–Fri 8A–4:30P
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We build your stairs here, in our Whitehall shop.

Designed, built, finish-fit, and crated under one roof at 117 Franklin Street since 1987. The parts we don't make — posts, balusters, newels, iron — we source from specialist suppliers and coordinate under the Snyder umbrella, so it all comes together as one project.

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Every part coordinated under one roof — no mid-project handoffs.

We design and build the stair, and install the railing. The wood, the iron, the newels and balusters all run through our shop and get fit together here — so you're not chasing three vendors to finish one staircase.

Design → build → install · coordinated
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Specialists in stairs and railings. Not a general contractor.

It's a niche the Lehigh Valley doesn't have many of — most shops take orders for railings and have someone else build the stair, or do general renovation and treat the stair as a side scope. We do stairs and railings only. Every day, for 39 years.

The specialist shop · stairs + railings only
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39 years. 6,000+ railings. Two generations, one family.

Started in 1987 in a two-car garage in Phillipsburg, NJ. Moved home to Whitehall in 2008. Same family at the helm — and we ship parts nationwide from this shop.

Two generations · 1987 → today

✦ One Whitehall shop · Two generations · Every part under one roof

American Hardwoods

American Hardwoods

Pick the wood. We'll cut, fit, and finish it.

Every Snyder staircase starts with a species. We work white oak, red oak, poplar, and hickory most often — plus walnut, cherry, maple, and more on request — and finish-fit each piece in our shop before it ever reaches your foyer — delivered unfinished so your finisher can color it to the room.

Browse the wood catalog

Not sure which wood fits your home? Bring photos to a free in-shop visit at 117 Franklin St, Whitehall — we keep tread samples, baluster profiles, and finish chips on hand for every species above.

Book a sample visit

07 · Parts & hardware

Built around the details.

Every staircase is finished with the right combination of newels, balusters, handrails, fittings, and trim. We source quality components from trusted suppliers and machine custom parts in our Whitehall shop so everything works together as one staircase.

Carved and box newel posts on display

Newels

Hand-carved or box

Turned, raised-panel box, or hand-carved finial caps.

In the showroom
  • Cherry turned newel option
  • Raised-panel box newel option
  • Large turned newel option
Turned wood and iron balusters on display

Balusters

Wood or iron

Wood spindles or iron — round, basket, hammered.

In the showroom
  • Hampton turned wood baluster
  • Country turned wood baluster
  • Round iron baluster
  • Basket iron baluster
Hardwood handrail profiles on display

Handrails

Many hardwood species

Over-the-post rails cut, fit, and finished in oak, walnut, maple, cherry, and more.

Handrail fittings page from the 2027 wood catalog

Fittings

Wood

Volutes and easings to finish the run.

What to Expect

How we build your stair — start to finish.

  1. An existing stairwell field-measured for a custom build.
    Step 01 of 04

    FIELD VISIT

    We come to your home, measure the rough opening, and talk through what you've been imagining.

    1–2 hours · free
  2. A transitional custom staircase with iron balusters — Center Valley.
    Step 02 of 04

    ESTIMATE

    Written quote with species, profile, and finish — plus a CAD drawing on curved or complex builds — line-itemed so you see exactly what you're paying for, no surprises later.

    3–5 days
  3. Custom stair stock cut, fit, and finished in the Whitehall shop.
    Step 03 of 04

    PRODUCTION

    Treads, stringers, and rail are cut, fit, and dry-assembled on our Whitehall floor in American hardwood, with sourced parts coordinated under one roof.

    4–6 wks standard · 8–12 custom
  4. A finished custom foyer staircase set on site.
    Step 04 of 04

    DELIVERY + RAILING

    We deliver the finished stair ready to set and install the railing ourselves. Floors papered, dust contained, the work code-checked before we leave.

    1–3 days on site
Right fit

A custom stair: who should actually build it?

Catalog stairs ship from a warehouse; a stair that fits your home comes from a shop that designs, builds, and installs it. The difference shows the day it goes in.

Who shows up
Snyder Stairs
One crew, measure to install
Big-box / online parts
Box on a pallet — you install it
General contractor
Handed to whoever's available
Where it's built
Snyder Stairs
Built in our Whitehall shop — parts coordinated in-house
Big-box / online parts
A box of parts you assemble yourself
General contractor
Ordered in and handed off
Code compliance
Snyder Stairs
Code-compliant by people who install daily
Big-box / online parts
Specs are on you to verify
General contractor
Depends on the sub's day
Getting a number
Snyder Stairs
Budget on the first call — no form
Big-box / online parts
Add to cart and hope it fits
General contractor
Wait for a site visit + quote
After it's installed
Snyder Stairs
If something loosens later, we come back and fix it
Big-box / online parts
Returns and restocking fees
General contractor
Punch-list, if you can reach them
What it's made of
Snyder Stairs
American hardwoods + powder-coated iron, fit and finished in-shop
Big-box / online parts
Whatever's in the box — fit is on you
General contractor
Whatever the supplier stocked

Family-owned & veteran-owned in Whitehall, PA since 1987 — two generations of stair specialists. If something loosens later, we come back and fix it.

✦ What a custom stair costs

Ranges to set expectations — not a quote.

These are ranges to set expectations, not a quote. We'll tell you what doesn't need doing, so you only spend where it counts.

  • Most asked
    from ~$2.5K

    Custom box / flared staircase

    built to your opening, species + finish your call

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    $20K–$70K

    Grand curved or floating build

    over-the-post rail, premium species, high-end detail

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    varies by scope

    Carved newels & iron

    newel posts, iron balusters, fittings — sourced & fit

These are ranges to set expectations — not a quote. We tell you what doesn't need doing, so you only spend where it counts.

Get your budget — (610) 443-2240

Before you ask

The three questions everyone calls about.

  • 01 / 03

    How much does it cost?

    Custom stairs start around $2,500 and a grand curved or floating build in premium wood runs $20K–$70K. We give a real ballpark in 5–10 minutes on the first call — a budget to shop with, not a bid — and we'll tell you what doesn't need doing.

  • 02 / 03

    How long does it take?

    Four to six weeks in our Whitehall shop for most builds, eight to twelve for custom newels and heavy detail, then 1–3 days on site. We build it all in-house, so we control the schedule.

  • 03 / 03

    How disruptive is it?

    The build happens in our shop, so your house stays normal for weeks. On install the staircase is the only off-limits zone by day — floors papered, dust contained, you sleep home every night.

Read every common question
Frequently asked

The questions every custom build raises.

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How long does a custom staircase take to build?

Most custom staircases take about 4–6 weeks to build in our Whitehall shop. More complex projects—such as curved staircases or custom millwork—may take 8–12 weeks. Installation is usually completed in 1–3 days, depending on the size of the project.

How much does a custom staircase cost?

Every staircase is different, so pricing depends on the layout, materials, railing style, and level of customization. A simple straight staircase costs much less than a curved or open-foyer design. Give us a call with your plans or dimensions, and we'll usually be able to provide a realistic budget range during the first conversation.

How disruptive is a custom stair install in my home?

Less than people fear. The build happens in our shop, so your house stays normal for those weeks. On site — 1–3 days to deliver the stair and install the railing — the staircase is the only off-limits zone during the workday; we paper the floors, contain the dust, and you sleep in the house every night. The crew that measured carries the project through, so there's no handoff and no surprises.

Do you provide CAD drawings for a custom stair?

Yes, on the builds that need them — curved, circular, floating, and other complex or fully custom stairs get a CAD drawing (plan, elevation, sections) so everyone's working from the same dimensions. A straight box stair usually doesn't need one. The drawings aren't engineer-stamped, and we don't do 3D renders yet. For designer and architect projects we'll coordinate with your team.

How does Snyder stand behind the work?

The same team that builds your staircase is the team that stands behind it. If something doesn't look right or needs an adjustment, give us a call. We've been serving the Lehigh Valley since 1987, and when you contact us, you'll talk to someone who knows your project.

Can you match my existing handrail or wood species?

Yes — we match by species. White oak, red oak, poplar, and hickory are the popular ones, with walnut, cherry, maple, and about a dozen total on request. Stop by the Whitehall showroom to see samples and we'll match the rail, treads, and parts to your floors and trim. We deliver unfinished so your finisher can color it to the room.

Will my new staircase meet building code?

Yes. Every staircase we build is designed and built to meet current residential building code requirements. If your project requires a permit, that's typically handled by your builder or local municipality—we focus on building a code-compliant staircase.

Do you work with builders?

Yes. We regularly work with builders, remodelers, and flooring contractors. Give us a call with your plans or measurements and we'll put together a quote.

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Recent Projects

Built across the Lehigh Valley.

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Custom curved staircase with hickory winder treads in a Lehigh Valley residence

Homeowner running this yourself?

We'll walk you through every decision.

Custom stairs sound intimidating because they are — species, profile, configuration, finish, the whole stack. Send us photos and a budget range; we'll talk through realistic timing and what the right scope actually looks like for your home.

  • Budget range on your first call
  • Send us a few photos
  • No commitment
Homeowner playbook

Where we do this work

Custom stairs across the Lehigh Valley — see how the job runs in your town:

  • 01 Send a few photos
  • 02 Real budget on the first call
  • 03 Built in Whitehall, installed in 1–3 days

Start a conversation

Send a few photos, we'll take it from there.

Send us a few photos of your staircase and we'll give you a realistic budget range over the phone, before anyone comes out.

  • A real budget range on the first call.
  • One of the Snyders replies.
  • No obligation, no pressure, no sales meeting.

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Budget range

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