Serving St. Catharines homeownerswith custom staircase design, hardwood stair installation, glass and metal railing systems, recapping, repairs, and full renovations — Grant’s Stairs and Railings has been the local choice for clean, code-compliant work that lasts decades. Our shop sits at 152 Lakeshore Rd: your project gets the shortest possible distance between fabrication and final install, and because we use our own crew — no subcontracted installers — the same hands that built your stair in the shop are the ones setting it in your home. That continuity sharpens precision: when the person who cut your treads on the bench is also the one fitting them to your floor, tolerances stay tight from fabrication through final install. Most St. Catharines jobs are within a 10-minute drive of our bench; when something needs a small adjustment after install, we are back the same day.
Where we work in St. Catharines
We install across every neighbourhood — Old Glenridge, Port Dalhousie, Western Hill, Merritton, Grantham, Facer District, Niagara Street, the North End— and the newer subdivisions south of the QEW. A century home in the North End might need a stair recap matched to its original-profile balusters. A Port Dalhousie waterfront property often calls for frameless glass so the lake stays in frame. A new build off Fourth Avenue has room for a full open-riser white oak staircase from the subfloor up. We’ve done all three on streets you know.
What we install in St. Catharines
- Custom hardwood staircases — red oak, white oak, maple, walnut, with traditional or open-riser designs.
- Glass railings — topless and top-mounted, indoor and outdoor, ideal for waterfront and ravine-lot properties in Port Dalhousie and along the lakeshore.
- Iron and aluminum spindles — modern square or classic wrought-iron profiles, hand-installed.
- Stair recapping — replace worn or carpeted treads with hardwood without rebuilding the whole stair.
- Outdoor deck and porch railings — built for Niagara winters, code-compliant, frost-resistant fasteners.
- Commercial railings — for shops, offices, and multi-unit properties along St. Paul St. and Queenston St.
- Full stair and entryway renovations — complete rebuilds for older St. Catharines homes where the original stair structure no longer fits the space, the style, or current code requirements.
Based here — accountable here
When your stair contractor is based in the same city as your home, the project works differently. We pull permits at St. Catharines City Hall regularly and know the permit queue timelines and the inspection process. If a material order runs late, we can pull stock from the shop on Lakeshore and keep the job moving. When the work is finished, we are five minutes away if anything needs attention — not a two-hour drive. That proximity is part of why we keep our own crew on every St. Catharines job and never hand a project off to a subcontractor. We build each staircase in our climate-controlled shop on Lakeshore Road, then deliver and install it ourselves — no hand-offs, no unfamiliar crew arriving at your door. You can learn more about Grant’s Stairs and Railings — who builds your project and why we work the way we do.
You can also see examples of completed St. Catharines projects — interior staircases, glass railing installations, and recapped century-home stairs — in our project gallery, or follow the full sequence from site measure to final install coat on our build process page.
Ontario Building Code compliance — St. Catharines
Every staircase and railing we install in St. Catharines meets the current Ontario Building Code (Section 9.8)— including 36" minimum guard height for interior stairs, 42" for decks over 1.8 m, 4" sphere rule for baluster spacing, and graspable handrails between 1.25" and 2" in cross-section. We work with the City of St. Catharines Building Department on permitted projects and can pull permits on your behalf when required. Interior stair permit applications in St. Catharines typically move through the review queue in four to six weeks; we build that window into your project schedule so the approval process doesn’t hold up your renovation.
In designated heritage precincts — portions of Port Dalhousie and the Old Town core — exterior railing alterations may require heritage review before a permit issues. We have navigated that process with the City before and can manage both the permit application and the heritage consultation on your behalf, so your project moves on one timeline instead of two.
What St. Catharines clients say
“Grant rebuilt our front staircase and added a glass railing on the side deck. Showed up when he said he would, cleaned up every night, and the finish on the treads looks better than the rest of our floors. We get compliments on it from every guest.”
Get a free quote in St. Catharines
We respond to St. Catharines inquiries within one business day and most consultations are scheduled within the same week. Send us photos of your current stair or rail and a rough description of what you want, and we’ll come measure for free.
Grant's Stairs and Railings · 152 Lakeshore Rd, St. Catharines, ON · (905) 360-0081