Balconies, balustrades and access stairs
Balcony balustrades, external stairs and handrails for homes that look over the sea or the Broad, plus access stairs for port, energy and boatyard sites in Lowestoft. Made as parts in Norwich, finished to suit the coast, fitted by us.
Lowestoft, about 27 miles south east of our Norwich base along the A146.
Balustrades and stairs, Lowestoft
One is a balcony or outside stair on a house with a view. The other is a working stair on a quay or up to a plant deck.
Swift Fabrication takes on both. Steel staircases in Lowestoft, whether for a home in Pakefield or a unit near the PowerPark, start as drawings and end as a set of parts: stringers, treads, landing frames, posts and balustrade panels, each small enough to handle.
On a house, the look counts. Welds on balustrade posts are dressed, fixings are set out neatly and the panels take glass or slim bar infill so the view stays open. On a working site, grip, drainage and a solid handrail count for more, so treads are chequer plate and the lot is galvanised. Either way the parts are delivered down the A146 and bolted up by our own fitters.
Architectural metalwork in Lowestoft
Coastal homes and working sites
A balcony over the beach and a stair to a tank top need different things. Send the drawings or the key sizes, say who uses it and how exposed it is, and we will put together a free estimate.
Balustrades for walk-on balconies, roof terraces and raised decks in Pakefield, Kessingland, Carlton Colville and around Oulton Broad. Posts and rails in stainless, or in mild steel that is galvanised then powder coated, with bar infill or fixings for your glazier.
Flights from the garden up to a first floor living room or balcony, stairs to flats, and fire escape stairs for converted buildings. Landings and treads in chequer plate, or framed for timber boards fitted by others.
Access stairs, step overs, platforms and handrails for quaysides, boatyards, the South Lowestoft Industrial Estate and the bases that service offshore wind. We supply RAMS for site work and fit around your inductions and permits.
Dimensions and loadings are set for us
A balcony balustrade in Lowestoft has to resist people leaning on it and the wind coming off the North Sea. How strong that makes it, how high it stands and how wide the gaps in the infill can be are matters for your architect, engineer or Building Control under the Building Regulations.
We work from their drawings and build to their numbers, stair rise and going included. Certifying compliance is not our role, and the calculations, fixings back into the building among them, are your structural engineer's. On industrial sites we follow the client's own access standard.
Tell us early who is supplying the glass, so post centres and fixings suit their panels.
Quotes for Lowestoft jobs
Send drawings where you have them. Otherwise give us the length of the balcony edge or the height the stair has to climb, the width, what it fixes to and the infill or tread you prefer. Say how near the water it is. Photos from the ground save questions.
Lowestoft is a fair drive from Norwich, so we group the measure, the delivery and the fitting into planned visits and give you dates in advance. Stainless, galvanising and powder coating each change the cost and the timing, and coatings go to outside finishers. Anything fixed to an existing building is measured first.
Also in Lowestoft
Alongside stairs, we make driveway gates, boundary railings and security gates for homes and yards across Lowestoft, Oulton Broad and Carlton Colville. We work on both sides of the county boundary, so north Suffolk villages and the Norfolk bank of the Waveney are all within reach.
Estimates are free, and the price is settled with you before any steel is ordered. Homeowners, builders, site managers and boatyards can all ring us.
Gates and railings in LowestoftLowestoft stair FAQs
Either can work. Stainless looks sharp but needs a suitable grade and regular washing down this close to the sea. Galvanised mild steel with a powder coat on top costs less and takes knocks well. Tell us the look you want and we can price both.
Your designer and Building Control. They give the height, the gaps and the loadings, and we make the steel to match. We cannot certify it, so have it approved by them before fabrication begins.
Yes. Let us know the induction, permit and PPE rules when you enquire and we plan for them. We provide RAMS for the fitting, and if the job calls for a particular welder coding, tell us and we will confirm what we can supply.
Yes, along with Pakefield, Carlton Colville and the villages out towards Beccles. It is roughly 27 miles from Norwich on the A146, so visits are arranged ahead, not at the last minute.
Steel staircases in Lowestoft, Suffolk
Phone 07495 409006 or send drawings, sizes and photos. A free estimate for your stair, balcony balustrade or handrail will follow.