G & E Steel Inc.

A three-inch step at the garage door was keeping one customer from driving in. G & E Steel built a ramp, and in an April 2025 review the customer wrote that it made the drive-in easy. That is the small end of what this Salem shop does — fabricating and installing stainless steel railings, staircases, balconies and miscellaneous metals for houses and commercial buildings. The company says it has 50 years behind it: founded by Antonio Ciasullo, described on its site as an Italian American master artisan with over 30 years in the trade, and now run by his sons Emilio, president and senior project manager, and Gino, treasurer and COO. People who hire them more than once do much of the talking. A reviewer who runs a residential and light-commercial construction company wrote in November 2024 that they had worked with G&E many times. In January 2025 a customer said Gino turns estimates around quickly and follows through on the work, and a September 2024 review described the shop finding the most cost-effective solution without sacrificing quality, making the schedule and keeping communication up. Writing in December 2023, Phil Caron of New England MedWaste in Middleton said pricing was competitive, the quality of the work spot on, and the material delivered when promised. The jobs run past single pieces. An April 2023 reviewer described a very complex residential build where the fabrication and the install both came in on schedule and within budget. On Google the shop holds 5 stars from 20 ratings, with 14 written reviews between 2023 and 2025. For a stainless railing, an exterior stair or a custom metal piece around Salem and the North Shore — its Houzz profile covers railing installation, stair installation and railing repair across 34 Greater Boston and North Shore towns — this is the kind of shop that draws it, builds it and sets it. Ask for a shop drawing and a firm fabrication lead time before you commit, and get the finish and mounting details written into the quote.