Sneeze Guards and Food Shields

Stainless steel and glass food shields for buffets, delis, bakeries and cafeterias, made to your counter and your serving layout.

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TrussMetal is a metal fabrication shop in North Vancouver that works across Metro Vancouver. This page is for restaurant and café operators, caterers, institutional kitchens, and the designers and contractors fitting them out.

A catalogue shield rarely fits an existing counter, a curved front or a run of different pans. We make the posts, brackets and end panels to your counter and supply them with glass cut by a glazier, so the shield fits the display you actually have. Our shields are custom fabrications, not NSF-certified products.

Configurations

Self-serve shields

Sloped or straight glass over the food, between customers and the pans, for buffets, salad bars, bakeries and grab-and-go counters.

Attendant-serve shields

A vertical front glass where staff serve from behind the counter, with an optional glass top shelf for plates and pickup.

Counter-mounted posts

Stainless posts on base plates fixed to the counter, or set through it, with end panels at open ends.

Service-counter screens

Glass screens between customers and staff at a till, order point or reception desk, with a pass-through opening.

Concept drawingSelf-serve food shield (section)Section through a self-serve counter: a stainless post carries a sloped glass shield over the food, between the customer’s face and the pans, with the glass supplied by a glazier. Concept only; the shield is laid out to the dimensions agreed for the premises.Glass by a glazierPostFood on displayCustomerSelf-serve, section
Concept drawingAttendant-serve food shield (section)Section through a counter where staff serve: a vertical front glass between the customers and the food, with an optional glass top shelf. Concept only.Front glassTop shelf, if specifiedServer sideCustomer sideAttendant-serve, section
Concept drawingFood shield with end panels (front view)Front view of a counter shield: glass carried between stainless posts on base plates, with end panels at both ends. Concept only; the counter maker confirms fixing into the counter.Glass between postsEnd panelsBase platesFront view
Concept drawings, illustrative only: not a tested design, a shop drawing or an installation detail, and not a photograph or record of completed TrussMetal work. Dashed parts are by others or bought in. Parts marked “if specified” are included only where the agreed design calls for them.

Layout and Approvals

Your serving arrangement
Each shield is drawn from how the counter works: self-serve or staff-served, where the food sits, how customers stand and reach, and how staff clean and restock.
Your designer
We coordinate with your designer or contractor and fabricate to the layout drawing they approve.
Health authority
In B.C., building or altering a food premises needs plans approved by a health officer before the work starts. Whether your shield is part of that review, and anything your environmental health officer asks for, is confirmed by you before we fabricate.
Specified dimensions
Where a project specification sets food-shield dimensions, we work to that specification.
Cleaning
Smooth welds, closed tube ends and no ledges where crumbs collect. Glass sits in clamps or channels you can wipe, and lifts out for cleaning where that is agreed.
Lights and heat lamps
Bought-in fixtures wired by an electrician. We provide the mounting and cable route where they are part of the design.

Materials and Fixing

Posts and brackets
304 stainless steel, brushed, as standard; powder-coated steel for service-counter screens away from the food where a colour is wanted.
Glass
Tempered or laminated safety glass with finished edges, cut by a glazier; acrylic for lighter or movable screens. The type is chosen for where the shield stands and confirmed with the glazier.
Counter fixing
Base plates fixed to the counter, or posts set through it. The counter maker confirms what the counter can carry and who drills it.

Who Does What

Responsibilities that affect the quote

TrussMetal: posts, brackets, end-panel frames and fittings, made to the agreed layout and supplied with the glass from a glazier, or ready for your glazier, as the quote sets out. Supply only.

Operator and designer: the serving arrangement and layout, and any health-authority review.

Counter maker or contractor: counter reinforcement, drilling and fixing; an electrician for any lights or heat lamps.

Related Work

See restaurant and hotel metalwork, custom stainless steel tables and glass and metal fabrication.

Questions

Will it pass a health inspection?

That is your health officer’s decision. We build to the layout you confirm, including anything the health officer has asked for.

Are your sneeze guards NSF-certified?

No. Where a project specification sets food-shield dimensions, we work to it.

Can it fit a curved or existing counter?

Yes. Posts and glass are set out from your counter’s measurements.

Can the glass come out for cleaning?

Yes, where lift-out glass is part of the agreed design.

Do you install it?

We fabricate and supply it. Counter fixing is by your contractor.

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Send your counter and how it is served.

What to include in your message

  • Counter drawings or photos with measurements, and what the counter is made of
  • Self-serve, attendant-serve or a service-counter screen
  • Where the food sits, and how customers stand and reach
  • Any requirements from your designer or health officer
  • Glass, finish, lights, quantity and opening date

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