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SNYDERSTAIRS
Our Process

From first photos to handoff.

Snyder runs the same five steps on every project — homeowner remodel, builder new-construction, designer custom build. Our own crew measures, designs, and fabricates; we install railings, swaps, and tread replacements, and deliver a complete new stair ready to set. Below: what each step produces and how long it takes.

  1. Photographing a worn stair to send for a budget range — process illustration
    Step 01

    Same day, free

    Photos & a Real Budget

    Most projects start with a phone call, not a site visit. Send a few photos of your stair and your town, and we come back the same day with a real budget range over the phone.

  2. Choosing wood species, baluster pattern, and finish samples — process illustration
    Step 02

    A few days

    Selection & Written Quote

    Once the budget works, we help you choose wood species, baluster pattern, and finish to match your home — then you get a written quote with the scope spelled out.

  3. Field-measuring a staircase during the site visit — process illustration
    Step 03

    About 1 hour, when needed

    Site Measure

    When a project needs it, we measure the rough opening, headroom, and floor heights in person; complex, curved, or custom stairs get a CAD drawing to approve before anything is cut.

  4. Cutting and fitting stair parts on the shop floor — process illustration
    Step 04

    4–6 weeks (8–12 for curved)

    Shop-Floor Fabrication

    The stair comes together on our Whitehall shop floor — cut to your run, tread returns added, fittings coped, sourced parts brought together and assembled. We deliver unfinished, so the finish matches your floors on site.

  5. Installing a railing on site — process illustration
    Step 05

    1–3 days on site · or delivered to set

    Install & Delivery

    We install railings, iron baluster swaps, and tread replacements ourselves, on site. A complete new staircase we deliver ready to set — another trade sets it, and we install the railing.

An existing Lehigh Valley stair photographed for a same-day budget range
An existing stair, photographed for a budget — no site visit to start.
Step 01 · The first call

It starts with a few photos — not a sales visit.

Most projects begin with a phone call, not a site visit. Send a few photos of your stair and your town, and we come back the same day with a real budget range over the phone — no sales meeting, no pressure. We'll even tell you what doesn't need doing, so you only spend where it counts.

Ready when you are

Custom stairs and railings, built in Whitehall.

Custom stairs and railings, built by a family of Pennsylvania craftsmen for nearly forty years. We'll give you a realistic budget on the first call — not a teaser, not a pressure-close. Get in touch, or send a few photos.

Budget on the first call · (610) 443-2240 · Whitehall, PA

Atmospheric walnut staircase landing with brass detail — Rambo residence