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Glass railings in Vancouver, Surrey & Delta

Frameless and framed glass guards for stairs, landings, decks and balconies — fabricated and installed by the same crew, and engineered to meet city standards.

Where glass earns its cost

Nothing to look through.

A glass guard does the same safety job as pickets while giving back the thing the railing would otherwise take: the view, and the light behind it. On a stair it also stops the balustrade from visually cutting the room in half, which is why it reads so differently from inside the house.

HJR's glass work is engineered to meet city standards, so installations are built to pass inspection. Your building department confirms the figures that apply to your project.

01Frameless panels — spigot or base-channel mounted
02Glass with a white oak or metal top rail
03Interior stairs, landings and mezzanines
04Exterior balcony and deck guards
05Stainless and glass combinations

White oak switchback staircase with frameless glass railing installed by HJR Construction

Framelessoak tread · black handrail

The numbers that get checked

Built to the figures your inspector uses.

A guardrail is the most visible part of a build and the one doing an actual safety job. These are the general figures in the BC Building Code — your municipal building department confirms what applies to your project, and the work is fabricated to whatever they specify.

Guard required above

600 mm

Once a walking surface sits more than 600mm above what's below it, a guard is required.

Maximum opening

100 mm

No opening may let a 100mm sphere pass through. That single rule is what sets picket spacing.

Height

Scales with drop

The required guard height increases as the drop below it gets bigger.

Installed