Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Since 1958
Three generations
of steeldone properly.
Kessler & Sons builds architectural staircases, railings, fire surrounds and made-to-order steel furniture. Everything is cut, formed, welded and finished under one roof on Fisk Street — by the same eleven people who will show up to install it.
Live configurator · Bench No. 4
The Fisk Street console.
Mitred box-section frame, hand-dressed welds, your choice of finish and top. Turn it, size it, price it. What you see is what leaves the shop.
Model KS‑407
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from the same
parameters our CNC runs from.
KS‑407 · Brushed stainless
- Dimensions
- 1400 × 380 × 780 mm
- Steel section
- 14.6 lin. m
- Est. weight
- 41 kg
- Finish
- Brushed 240-grit
- Lead time
- 7 weeks
Price holds 30 days. Delivery and install quoted separately — we install anything within 250 miles of Pittsburgh with our own crew.
The shop floor
Four bays, one building, nothing subcontracted.
A job crosses the floor from the plasma table at the north end to the finishing room at the south. Nobody hands it to a stranger in the middle. That is the whole trick.
Selected commissions
Some of what has left the shop.
Drawings, not photographs — every piece here is shown as the shop elevation it was built from. Select one for the full specification.
Capabilities
What the machines will hold.
If a drawing calls for something outside these numbers we will tell you before you pay for it, and usually tell you who can.
Cutting & forming
| HD plasma table | 3050 × 1525 mm |
| Plate capacity, mild | 32 mm |
| Plate capacity, stainless | 20 mm |
| Press brake | 175 ton / 3.2 m |
| Section roller | to 100 × 50 RHS |
| Cold saw, mitre | ±0.25° |
Joining & tolerance
| TIG / MIG / stick | AWS D1.1 & D1.6 |
| Certified welders | 4 of 11 |
| Profile cut tolerance | ±0.4 mm |
| Assembly, per metre | ±1.0 mm |
| Stair rise variance | ±3 mm total |
| Weld dressing | to invisible, on request |
Finishing
| Blast cabinet | 2.4 × 1.2 × 2.4 m |
| Powder oven | 6.0 × 1.8 × 2.2 m |
| Hot-dip galvanising | partner, 5 day turn |
| Blackening | in-house, hot oxide |
| Linear grain | 120 / 180 / 240 grit |
| Clear lacquer | 2-pack, matt or satin |
Stock materials held on the rack
Come by the shop
Bring the drawing. Or the napkin.
We quote from anything — a full architectural set, a photograph of a stair you liked, or a rough sketch and a tape measurement. Estimating is free and it is Dale who does it.
- Shop
- 1140 Fisk Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201 - Estimating
- dale@kesslerandsons.com
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 6:30–16:30
Fri 6:30–14:00 · Sat by arrangement - Serving
- Allegheny County and 250 miles out — Cleveland, Columbus, Morgantown, Erie, Buffalo
Dale has it. Expect a reply inside two working days, usually before that.