Stair railings and guards in Boucherville
We rebuild the interior stair railings and guards of Boucherville homes, in tempered glass, steel or hardwood. In a two-storey house the assembly bordering the open hall is seen from both levels: it is the one that dates fastest.
Measured, milled at our workshop, installed and finished by our own team
Five railing families. One that fits your stairs.
In a two-storey house the assembly around the hall opening is seen from both levels: from the ground floor the moment you walk in, and under your hand on the way up. Here are the five ways to change it, all set out under our railings and guards.
Handrail
Changing the handrail alone: the smallest budget for a real difference.
Custom guard
Same height, same code compliance, but a design you chose rather than inherited.
Glass railing
The most light, and the most dramatic change of the five.
Metal railing
Slim steel balusters, matte black. The contemporary look people ask for most.
Railings and handrails
All four families together, to compare before you decide.
How it works, from the site visit to the install
On a landing guard the site visit starts with the height at the edge of the drop, where the requirement is stricter than elsewhere.
A railing drawn, built and installed by the same team.
We take the dimensions from the nose of the tread, regulated height included, and we note what can stay in place. Nothing is drawn before that visit.
You get a dimensioned drawing and a firm price: infill, handrail, fixings. Nothing is cut until you approve it.
Everything is made in Granby, in our own shop. Count six to eight weeks between the approved drawing and the install. We check the dimensions a second time once the parts are laid out.
Our own crew installs it, in one to three days. No subcontractor: the same people from start to finish.
In Boucherville, the landing guard is seen from both floors.
The neighbourhoods here are dominated by the two-storey house open onto its entrance hall. The assembly around the landing opening is visible from the ground floor the moment you come through the door, and it is under your hand on the way up. It is the most exposed piece of joinery in the house, and it is almost always the one that dates the decade. The good news is that it can be redone on its own, without touching the flight. Swapping turned balusters for tempered glass or steel bars changes the entrance in a day or two. The guard is milled in Granby and fitted by our own crew, anywhere on the South Shore.
- The landing guard is rebuilt across the full length of the opening
- Turned balusters give way to tempered glass or steel bars
- Height is reset at the edge of the drop, where the rule is stricter
What is included, and what drives the price
A custom railing comes down to three or four decisions, not more. Here they are, so you know what to expect before you even call us.
- The site measurement, at your home
- The dimensioned drawing and your approval
- Manufacturing in our own shop in Granby
- Installation and finishing by our own crew
- The total length to cover: flight, landing, upper-floor opening
- The infill: turned wood, steel balusters, tempered glass
- The number of sections and corners
- A curved handrail rather than a straight one
- Keeping the existing posts and fixings
- Replacing the handrail only
- Choosing a standard infill rather than glass
- Doing the flight and the landing in one visit
Tell us what you have at home and we will tell you what it costs. The form is right below.
Send us one photograph taken from the hall
A view of the landing from the entrance, looking up, shows the length of the void, the type of infill and the state of the handrail all at once. It is the single most useful thing you can send us.
Add the present height, measured from the landing floor to the top of the handrail. With those two items we already know whether the work touches the infill alone or the whole assembly.
From the first measurement to the last tread, one team.
We subcontract neither the manufacturing nor the installation. The same team measures, mills and installs — and that is what allows us to correct on site the discrepancies no drawing ever anticipates.
Design
We measure the opening at your home, set out the rise and run, and settle the wood species and the railing. The project is fixed before a single piece is cut.
Manufacturing
Milled at the workshop, in hardwood. Every staircase is built for its own opening: nothing is assembled in series or pulled from stock.
Installation
Installed by our own team, in one to three days. Adjustments are made on site, against the real opening rather than the drawing.
Restoration
Straight, winder or spiral, classic or modern — measured at your home, milled at the workshop, installed by our team.
A few of our projects
Glass and metal guards built at the workshop and fitted by the same crew. The infill and the finish of each project are listed on its entry.
And if the flight itself needs rebuilding?
Uneven goings, risers coming away, a stringer that has bellied: the work then changes scale and schedule.
