SNYDERSTAIRSLehigh Valley + Northern NJ · Whitehall HQ
CAD for complex, curved, and custom stairs (not stamped — and we don't do 3D renders yet). Sample library for client picks. Custom stain displays we build for your studio. We handle the SKU questions so you can hold the design vision — and Jesse reviews every spec personally before it leaves the shop.
Designer projects center on detail tolerance + sample turnaround. Numbers below cover the rest — we'll confirm specifics on the same-day callback.
What designers come to us for
Designers come to us when the stair has to read 'designed' — period match for a restoration, an iron pattern that ties the room together, a baluster spacing that's not stock. We absorb that detail layer and return drawings, samples, and finished pieces that match the spec exactly. We design and build the stair and install the railing under one roof — parts sourced and coordinated under the Snyder umbrella, nothing lost between vendors.
Sample library
American hardwoods and powder-coated iron. White oak and red oak are the most requested — but we run about a dozen species in all. The swatches here are a representative few; see the full set at our Whitehall showroom.
WoodWarm honey — stains to any tone in your palette.
WoodRich chocolate — the premium grain for a feature stair.
WoodReddens and deepens with age — spec it for warmth.
WoodPale, tight, even grain — clean for painted balustrade.
IronPowder-coat — 10+ baluster patterns, won't rust.
IronWarm dark metal — antique depth for a period room.
Matched to your homeStains and finishes shown are representative — bring us your floor or a photo and we'll match it on the first call. (610) 443-2240.
Jesse was very helpful giving us ideas for how we wanted to design our staircase and was very transparent on pricing. The installer was professional, kind, and efficient, and the final product was amazing.
Tell us what you spec most — we'll build a custom stain display panel for your studio. Each stain on the wood species you use most, yours to keep so client picks happen fast. This is a standing offer for the studios we work with regularly; ask on the project call.
Display panels built to your studio's species + stain spec. Yours to keep.
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
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.
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.
It's a niche the Lehigh Valley doesn't have many of — most shops take orders for railings and outsource 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.
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.
✦ One Whitehall shop · Two generations · Every part under one roof
Download CAD blocks, catalog PDFs, and sample-request forms for your active spec set. Drawn AIA-friendly for complex & custom stairs — not stamped, no 3D renders yet.
Recent Projects
Yes — sample blocks of the hardwoods we stock (white oak, red oak, poplar, and hickory lead, plus walnut, cherry, maple and more on request — about a dozen species) plus the 10+ iron baluster patterns. Call us and we'll ship the relevant samples to your studio for a specific project, or set up a recurring stocking arrangement for studios that spec us regularly.
Yes. Tell us the species + stains you spec most, and we'll build a display panel and ship it to your studio. Yours to keep — no return required. Standard practice for designers we work with regularly; we update the display as your palette evolves. This is one of Jesse's favorite offers and there's no surprise charge for it on standard project work.
Plan, elevation, and section drawings — drawn AIA-friendly for your spec set — typically deliver 5–7 business days from contract. We do CAD for complex, curved, and custom stairs; drawings aren't stamped, and we don't do 3D renders yet. We include CAD on contract every time. PDF + DWG, ready to drop into your spec set.
As particular as the spec demands. Repeatable profiles come from our suppliers; we cut, fit & finish to your call-outs in the shop. Standard tolerance is ±1/16"; tighter tolerances on special call-outs. Send us the detail and Jesse will tell you on the phone whether it's a shop-floor question or a sourcing question.
Yes. We source matching period parts — turned newels, balusters, finials — or have them made when they're off-catalog, then fit & finish them in the shop. Coordination with preservation boards is included on contract. Most period estimates come back inside a week.
Designer-direct: you spec, we build, drawings + samples flow straight to you. We handle the SKU questions; you hold the design vision. Through a contractor: same work, but the contractor stays the GC and handles the client. Either way, the fabrication and standards are identical — call us and we'll figure out the right model for the project.
Designer pathway
Call (610) 443-2240 or email support@snyderstairs.com — drawings, samples, custom stain displays, all flow back the same day. No accounts, no signup. Jesse reviews every spec personally.
Budget on the first call · (610) 443-2240 · Whitehall, PA
