Floating Stairs, Surrey, BC
Custom floating staircases for Surrey custom homes, South Surrey, Morgan Creek, White Rock, and Cloverdale. True cantilever feature stairs and hybrid designs.
Floating Stairs, Surrey
True cantilevered floating staircases, each tread anchored independently into a structural wall for the "no visible support" look.
Surrey floating staircase work concentrates on South Surrey, Morgan Creek, and White Rock luxury custom homes where budgets and architectural ambition support true cantilever designs. Hybrid floating stairs are more common across the broader Surrey custom home market. Our Burnaby shop is 30 to 50 minutes from Surrey sites.
Surrey has one of the most active custom home markets in Metro Vancouver, particularly in South Surrey, White Rock, and Morgan Creek. Our shop is 30 to 45 minutes from most Surrey sites depending on traffic. We work with custom home builders, architects, and homeowners across these neighbourhoods on staircase, railing, gate, and structural steel packages. Institutional clients include Surrey Memorial Hospital and SFU's Surrey campus.
Configurations we fabricate
Surrey context
Surrey's climate, building stock, and permit process shape every floating stairs project we deliver here.
Climate
Design snow load for Surrey is roughly 1.6 kPa ground. Coastal exposure is moderate. Vancouver seismic zone, coastal exposure in Crescent Beach and White Rock. These are the numbers the engineer pulls when sizing steel for a floating stairs here.
Permits
City of Surrey permits run 4 to 10 weeks depending on scope. White Rock has a separate jurisdiction with its own building department.
Local neighbourhoods
We work throughout Surrey, including South Surrey, White Rock, Morgan Creek, Elgin, Crescent Beach, Cloverdale, Panorama Ridge, Fleetwood. Most sites are a 30 to 50 minutes drive from our Burnaby shop.
Cost for Surrey
Installed pricing from our Burnaby shop. Mobilization to Surrey is included for standard drive-time sites.
| Type | Installed cost |
|---|---|
| Standard hybrid floating stair Concealed stringer at one edge | $25,000, $40,000 |
| True cantilever floating stair, straight run Engineered wall pocket required | $35,000, $55,000 |
| True cantilever with glass guards Glass panels add structural glass spec | $45,000, $75,000 |
| True cantilever L-shape with landing Additional engineering at the landing | $50,000, $85,000 |
All figures include fabrication, finish, and installation. For a Surrey-specific project quote, request a quote.
Process
1. Early design coordination. Because wall pocket framing has to be in place before drywall, floating stairs must be scoped during architectural design, not after.
2. Engineering. Structural engineering including wall pocket sizing, tread anchor specification, and connection details.
3. Framing coordination. We work with the GC and framer to ensure the wall pockets are built correctly before drywall goes up.
4. Fabrication. Tread armatures and hardware fabricated at our Burnaby shop.
5. Finishing. Powder coat on the steel armatures. Tread material (typically hardwood) finished separately.
6. Installation. Tread armatures installed into the wall pockets, treads mounted, and guards integrated.
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FAQs
Answers to the questions we hear most often from Surrey homeowners, architects, and GCs on floating stairs projects.
Surrey floating staircase cost depends on whether the project is a true cantilever or hybrid design, tread material, guard type, and neighbourhood. South Surrey and Morgan Creek luxury custom homes typically spec true cantilever designs with premium materials; Cloverdale and Fleetwood projects more often use hybrid floating stairs as a more practical alternative. Our Burnaby shop is 30 to 50 minutes from Surrey sites. <a href="/request-a-quote/">Request a quote</a> with your site dimensions and we'll follow up with project-specific pricing.
True cantilever floating staircase cost in Surrey depends on configuration (straight-run, L-shape, or curved), tread material (white oak, walnut, or stone), guard type (glass, cable, or none), and the complexity of the wall-pocket framing coordination. Hybrid floating stairs with a concealed stringer are a more economical alternative when the pure cantilever look is not strictly required. Engineering, wall-pocket framing coordination, fabrication, and install are all included in the project scope. <a href="/request-a-quote/">Request a quote</a> with your site dimensions and we'll follow up with project-specific pricing.
A mono stringer stair uses one central steel beam running under the treads. A true cantilever floating stair has no stringer at all, each tread is independently anchored into a structural wall pocket. The result is a stair where the treads appear to project from the wall with no visible support. True cantilever floating stairs are significantly more demanding structurally and require architectural coordination months before fabrication because the wall pocket framing has to be in place before drywall goes up.
In most cases, no, not as a true cantilever. Retrofitting requires tearing open the wall to install the structural backing for tread pockets, which means removing drywall, insulation, and sometimes wall framing, then reinforcing the studs with steel or heavy blocking. It is possible but expensive. Hybrid floating stairs (cantilever treads with a concealed stringer at one edge) are a more practical retrofit option.
Yes, frequently. White Rock view lots often support true cantilever floating stairs because the architectural premium aligns with the view-lot budget. Stairs are typically oriented to preserve primary view sightlines from the main living area.
Yes. We coordinate with several builders active in South Surrey, Morgan Creek, Elgin, and White Rock. Early involvement during schematic design is essential for true cantilever work.
18 to 24 weeks for true cantilever projects, 14 to 18 weeks for hybrid designs.
Get in touch
Send us drawings, photos, or a project description. We will review the scope and follow up with a quote covering engineering, fabrication, and installation from our Burnaby shop.
