Steps & Stairs · Sunapee, NH
Steps & Stairs in Sunapee, New Hampshire.
Lake Sunapee frontage under the mountain. Across Sullivan County we build steps & stairs the slow way — excavated to depth over granite ledge and stony till, drained properly, and hand-fitted to the shingled lake houses that define Sunapee.
Problems We Solve
Common steps & stairs problems in Sunapee — solved.
Steps that wobble, heave, or vary tread to tread.
Set on a base below frost with risers that divide evenly, every tread lands exactly the same.
A stair to the door that feels awkward or unsafe.
We survey the grade and rebuild with comfortable, consistent risers and solid, true-set treads.
New steps that won’t match your existing stone.
We source granite and bluestone to match color and cleft and carry the joint language through.
Planning steps & stairs in Sunapee? Call (508) 922-1836 or request your free quote — most consultations are booked within a business day.
For Sunapee designers and architects
Designers keep sending us Upper Valley work for one reason: what gets built matches what was drawn. We hold the spec, raise conflicts early, and document as we go — including on the Jonathan Keep Landscape Design projects throughout this portfolio.
Schedule and site care in Sunapee
A job in Sunapee is a few weeks of trucks, machines, and people in your yard. We plan staging and protection before day one — drive plates, root-zone protection, a defined material area — and leave the site clean each evening rather than at the end.
A real foundation under every tread
Steps heave before anything else because they concentrate load on a small footprint. Set on granite ledge and stony till, shallow on the lakeside grades, that risk is real — so we excavate below frost, compact a structural base, and bed each tread so it cannot rock, settle, or drift out of line through the winter.
Solid granite treads, stacked bluestone, or dry-set fieldstone risers each get a different build sequence, matched to the shingled lake houses, boathouses, and summer estates of the house they serve.
Steps in Sunapee
Lake Sunapee’s shoreland protection and steep lake lots make terracing and anchored retaining the core of the work — built into the ledge rather than onto it.
Steps rarely exist alone — we tie them into the walkway, wall, and terrace they connect, in Sunapee Harbor, Georges Mills, and Burkehaven and across Sunapee, so the stair reads as part of the landscape rather than a separate purchase.
Beyond Sunapee
Sunapee sits in Sullivan County, and most weeks we are somewhere in this pocket of Upper Valley — which means shorter travel, faster site visits, and a crew that already knows how ground behaves around here.
Questions
Steps & Stairs in Sunapee, answered.
Solid granite treads are generally priced by the riser, commonly $900 to $2,200+ per step installed depending on length, thickness, access, and the foundation work beneath. A full entry stair with landings is scoped as one piece of work.
Usually, yes. We hand-select from regional yards to match color, cleft, and scale against what is already on the property — which matters in Sunapee, where the shingled lake houses tend to be added to over time rather than replaced.
Yes. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry builds steps & stairs throughout Sunapee — from Sunapee Harbor, Georges Mills, and Burkehaven — and across Upper Valley, and has since 2008. We’re licensed and insured, we work across New Hampshire, and we build from architectural plans with millimeter precision.
Almost always because they were set on soil or an inadequate base and water is lifting them each winter. Resetting them on a compacted base below frost depth fixes it permanently — we will tell you honestly whether resetting or rebuilding is the better value.
Request a Consultation
Planning steps & stairs in Sunapee?
Tell us about your property. We’ll walk the site, talk materials, and give you a clear plan — most consultations are booked within a business day.
Response within one business day.