MONTÉRÉGIE · MRC DE LA VALLÉE-DU-RICHELIEU

Custom staircases in Carignan

Lots out here are generous, so the houses spread sideways rather than upward. The interior staircase ends up standing in the middle of an open room with no wall to hide behind, and we mill it in hardwood as a piece meant to be looked at from every side.

Measured, milled at our workshop, installed and finished by our own team

15+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
100+
PROJECTS COMPLETED
100%
MADE IN QUÉBEC
6–8 wks
TYPICAL LEAD TIME
OUR STAIRCASES

Eight staircase families. One that fits your home.

Here the flight does not sit between two walls: it starts in the living room or runs past the kitchen, and the whole ground floor sees it. The layout is chosen for that. These are the eight models we build in our own shop, each available in a classic or a contemporary style, and all shown under our staircases.

METHOD

How it works, from the site visit to the install

When the staircase stands on its own in the middle of a room, the drawing starts from what will be seen, and the arithmetic follows.

Custom interior staircase and its guard, designed, built and installed by Escaliers Messier

A staircase drawn, built and installed by the same team.

01
We measure at your place

Finished floor to finished floor, the run available on the floor, the width of the opening. Nothing is drawn before that visit.

02
Drawing and quote

You get a dimensioned drawing and a firm price: layout, wood species, stain, railing infill. Nothing is cut until you approve it.

03
Built in our shop

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 stringers are laid out.

04
Installation and finish

Our own crew installs it, in one to three days. No subcontractor: the same people from start to finish.

In Carignan, the staircase has no hidden side.

Lots are wide here and houses spread out instead of going up. The builder never stacked storeys, he stretched the plan across the ground — and the stairs carry the consequence: they almost never sit between two solid walls. They start in the living room or run past the kitchen, and you see them head-on, from behind and at an angle. Two things follow for you: the underside of the treads gets sanded and finished like the top, and the position is chosen on the plan instead of being imposed by an existing stairwell. Our flights leave Granby for every corner of Montérégie.

  • All four sides are finished, including the one no wall covers
  • The position is settled on the plan, not by an existing stairwell
  • Flight width is set by the real clearance around the structure
Central-stringer flight with a glass guard, open to the living room and free of any side wall
WHAT YOU GET

What is included, and what drives the price

A custom staircase comes down to four or five decisions, not more. Here they are, so you know what to expect before you even call us.

Included in every project
  • 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
What pushes the price up
  • The layout: straight, winder, spiral
  • The number of treads and the height to climb
  • The wood species and the stain
  • The railing infill: wood, metal, glass
  • Moving the floor opening
What brings it down
  • Keeping the existing stringers and anchors
  • Reusing the opening exactly as it is
  • Choosing a common wood species
  • Doing the staircase and the railing together

Tell us what you have at home and we will tell you what it costs. The form is right below.

QUOTE REQUEST

Tell us what surrounds the flight, and what does not

An open plan is poorly described by a width and a height. Walk around the spot instead and note which sides are bounded by a wall and which give onto the room. That is what decides how many faces have to be finished at the workshop.

Add the height of the finished floor above, and the size of the opening if it has already been cut. We come out to measure after that, alongside the person who will shape the flight.

Walk around it: one photo per open side, plus one of the ceiling to be cut.
Only your name and email are required. We reply within 24 to 48 business hours.

TURNKEY SERVICE

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.

Custom staircase design work at the Escaliers Messier workshop

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.

Hardwood staircase being built at the Escaliers Messier workshop

Manufacturing

Milled at the workshop, in hardwood. Every staircase is built for its own opening: nothing is assembled in series or pulled from stock.

Custom interior staircase being installed on Montreal's South Shore

Installation

Installed by our own team, in one to three days. Adjustments are made on site, against the real opening rather than the drawing.

Sanding a hardwood staircase during a restoration at the Escaliers Messier workshop

Restoration

Straight, winder or spiral, classic or modern — measured at your home, milled at the workshop, installed by our team.

PROJECTS

A few of our projects

Three projects recorded end to end, from the first measurement to the last coat of finish. Each entry names the species used, the stringer detail and how the tone turned out.

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THE OTHER JOB

Is it the railing rather than the stairs?

In an open room the guard around the void is the part you touch first and go on noticing longest. Where the treads are still perfectly sound, it can be replaced on its own.

STAIR RAILINGS IN CARIGNAN →

Frequently asked questions

Can a staircase be installed with no supporting wall around it?
Yes, and it is the usual case in the newer houses around here. The flight is carried by its stringers, by the landing it meets and by an anchorage into the floor: the wall plays no structural part, it only conceals. What changes is the shop work. Components are wider, they receive their finish on every face before they leave, and nothing can be touched up once the piece is in place.
Does it take more floor space than a flight between two walls?
Not for the flight itself, but it does around it. A staircase standing in the middle of a room needs clearance at the foot and at the head so it can be approached at an angle without going round furniture. We record that circulation along with the dimensions, because it is often what decides which way the run should face.
Can the space under the stairs be used for storage?
It works where the stringers are closed, and it earns its place in a house with no finished basement. In an open plan, though, a cupboard beneath the treads shuts in the very volume you were trying to open. We show both versions on the drawing, seen from the room, before settling it with you.
How long from approval of the drawing to installation?
Six to eight weeks. Shaping and then finishing at the workshop fill that window, and we hold the installation day from the moment the components go for coating. The measuring visit takes place well before, by appointment, and falls outside the count.
Should we wait until the floors are down?
No — earlier is better. On a new build, the direction of the run and the position of the opening are far easier to settle while the framing is still open. We hand the builder the dimensions he needs, then we work to the schedule on site.
WE ALSO SERVE
ONE TEAM, FROM MEASUREMENT TO INSTALLATION

The staircase you have in mind, down to the millimetre.

Tell us about the room, the height to climb and how the space is used. We will tell you which layouts are possible in your home, and what each one involves.

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