Vancouver Stairs is a Burnaby-based custom metal fabrication shop specialising in residential and commercial staircases across Metro Vancouver.
Vancouver Stairs designs, fabricates, and installs custom metal staircases for residential and commercial projects across Metro Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor. The shop has operated out of 2544 Douglas Road, Unit 106, Burnaby, BC V5C 5B4 since 2010, building custom metalwork for local architects, general contractors, developers, and homeowners.
Our focus is stairs and the architectural steel that comes with them: mono stringer and floating staircases, commercial egress and lobby stairs, cable and glass railings, strata railing replacements, canopy structures, and steel gates. We keep the scope tight so the fabrication stays good.
Every project starts with a site visit and shop drawings. We do not fabricate from verbal descriptions or approximate dimensions. That discipline protects the schedule and the finish — two things that are hard to recover once steel is cut.
Vancouver Stairs operates out of the same Burnaby shop and carries the same CWB certification as Jeff & Simon Ironworks — the name the team operated under for years before rebranding around the stair-focused work we actually do. If you worked with Jeff & Simon Ironworks on a stair or railing project, the crew, the shop, and the quality standards are unchanged.
CWB certification to CSA W47.1 is the credential that general contractors, institutional owners, and engineers require on school, hospital, government, and large strata projects in BC. It means our welders are qualified to a national standard and our quality management system is audited.
On commercial and institutional work, CWB is typically a hard bid requirement — not a preference. We carry this certification because the projects we pursue require it.
We coordinate fabrication details around BC Building Code Section 9.8 — guard heights, handrail dimensions, open-riser requirements, and the structural connection requirements that affect mono stringer and floating stair designs. We work with structural engineers of record on Part 3 buildings and on any residential project where the connection goes beyond prescriptive framing.
We do not replace the authority having jurisdiction or the project engineer. We make sure the steel we fabricate is consistent with the stamped drawings.
Custom metal stair and railing work at Surrey Memorial Hospital, BCIT Burnaby, Collingwood School, Queen Mary School, and Guildford Town Centre. Institutional projects require CWB certification, coordinated shop drawings, and schedule discipline across multiple trades.
Commercial egress stairs, switchback and scissor configurations, lobby feature stairs, and galvanized exterior stairs for office, retail, and multi-family buildings across Metro Vancouver. Familiarity with BC Building Code Part 3 requirements, Schedule B documentation, and TI trade coordination.
Mono stringer, floating, spiral, and curved staircases for custom homes and high-end renovations in Vancouver, Burnaby, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Whistler. Glass, cable, and steel guard systems designed alongside the staircase before fabrication starts.
Exterior and common-area railing replacement for strata towers and townhouse complexes in Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Richmond. Strata projects require permit coordination, occupant access management, and documentation for the strata council — scopes we have run many times.
Every project begins with a site visit and field measurements. We do not quote from floor plans alone — field conditions in Vancouver renovations and existing buildings rarely match the drawing, and the steel has to fit what is actually there.
Shop drawings follow the site visit. For residential work, our drawings show connection details, finished-floor relationships, guard attachment points, and finish notes. For commercial and Part 3 work, we coordinate our shop drawings against the structural engineer's drawings before steel is ordered. The two sets have to agree on connection types, fastener counts, and edge distances before fabrication starts.
Fabrication and finish are done in our Burnaby shop. Standard finishes are powder coat (matte black, warm grey, and custom colours), hot-dip galvanized to ASTM A123 / CSA G164, and duplex systems (galvanize plus powder coat) for exterior coastal applications. We also quote primer-plus-paint and architectural patina options for architects who specify them.
Installation is performed by our own crew, not subcontracted. That means the people who made the drawings and the steel are the same people installing it — the translation problems that create field surprises are mostly eliminated.
Monday–Friday 8 am–5 pm · Saturday by appointment
Send drawings, photos, or a rough scope and we will help define the practical next step.