Industrial door installers, from survey to sign-off

A single-skin steel electric roller shutter up to about 4 by 4 metres has a guide price of £2,395 to £5,495, supplied and installed. An insulated electric roller door of a similar size is a guide £3,195 to £7,495. Size, lath type, finish, motor, controls and safety devices decide where your door falls. All prices are guides, ex VAT, and the fixed price is confirmed in writing after survey.

An electric sectional overhead door with 40 mm insulated panels, up to about 4 by 4.5 metres, has a guide price of £3,495 to £8,495, supplied and installed. Vision panels, a wicket door, high-lift tracks, finishes and the type of controls all affect the price. Prices are guides, ex VAT, and the fixed price is confirmed in writing after survey.

Yes, the site survey is free for new installations and replacement doors. We measure the opening, check the structure, headroom, side room, power and access, and talk through how the door will be used. Repair and servicing visits are chargeable, because an engineer attends to diagnose and fix a fault. After the survey you receive a fixed price in writing before any work starts.

A survey is a visit to measure and assess each opening so we can specify and price the right door. We measure the opening, headroom and side room, check the structure the door will fix to, note the power supply, look at traffic and how often the door runs, and agree access and working hours. We also note anything that affects safety or the programme, such as asbestos information or fire alarm links.

Lead times depend on the door and the manufacturer, and are confirmed in the quote. Standard roller shutters and sectional doors are often made within a few weeks of order, while high-speed, fire-rated, cold store, hangar and bespoke doors often take longer. Once the door is on site, a single standard door is often fitted and commissioned in one or two days.

Usually not. Most installations affect only the opening being worked on and a safe working area around it, so the rest of the site keeps running. On multi-door jobs we phase the work, one or two openings at a time. We agree the plan at survey, including exclusion zones, vehicle routes and temporary security for any opening left without a door.

The law requires doors to be kept safe and in efficient working order, but it sets no fixed service interval. In England, Wales and Scotland the duty comes from the Workplace Regulations 1992 and PUWER 1998; in Northern Ireland from the 1993 Workplace Regulations (NI) and PUWER (NI) 1999. Industry practice treats at least one service every 12 months as a minimum, more often for high-cycle doors or harsh environments.

They can. In England, energy rules set a limiting U-value of 1.3 W/m²K for new or replacement vehicle access doors in buildings other than dwellings, although some industrial buildings with low energy demand are exempt. Fire doors, escape routes and new openings in structure bring other rules. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own regulations, so we check what applies at survey and your building control body confirms it.

Yes. We service and repair most makes of industrial door, roller shutter, high-speed door, fire shutter and loading bay equipment, whoever installed them, subject to parts availability. On the first visit we record each door's make, condition and any faults in its service log. If a part is no longer available, we explain the options, from a compatible part to a motor or door replacement.

A service visit is an inspection and maintenance of each door to keep it safe and running. The engineer checks springs, cables, curtain or sections, guides, bearings, motor, brake and limits, tests safety edges, photocells, light curtains and manual operation, measures closing forces where needed, lubricates and adjusts, then records results in the service log. Any repairs are quoted before work.