Automatic doors in Ely

Automatic door work in Ely

Older shopfronts are common in market towns, and some in Ely may sit in a conservation area or a listed building. Changes to a frontage can need planning permission or listed building consent, so it is worth checking with the local planning authority before work is booked.

• Accessible door operators. Low-energy swing operators, push pads and wave switches that make existing public doors easier to open for wheelchair users, people with buggies and anyone carrying shopping. See accessible door operators.
• Access control and activation. Card readers, keypads, timers, push pads and touch-free switches tied into the door operator, so the entrance opens for the right people at the right times. See access control.
• Upgrades after an inspection. Work that closes the gaps a safety inspection finds on older doors in England, from extra safety sensors to clearer signage, quoted item by item. See safety and compliance upgrades.
• Residential blocks. Communal entrance doors for housing providers and managing agents in Ely, linked to door entry or fob systems where needed and serviced to a written record. See residential blocks.

Services in Ely

New automatic doors

• Automatic sliding doors in Ely
• Telescopic sliding doors in Ely
• Curved automatic doors in Ely
• Frameless glass automatic doors in Ely
• Revolving doors in Ely
• Automatic folding doors in Ely
• Automatic swing doors in Ely
• Hermetic sliding doors in Ely
• Break-out escape route doors in Ely
• Automatic entrance lobbies in Ely

Accessibility and control

• Accessible door operators in Ely
• Home automatic door openers in Ely
• Automating an existing door in Ely
• Automatic internal doors in Ely
• Touch-free and push-button activation in Ely
• Access control for automatic doors in Ely
• Fire door hold-open devices in Ely

Repairs, servicing and safety

• Automatic door repairs in Ely
• Automatic door servicing in Ely
• Safety inspections and risk assessments in Ely
• Sensor upgrades and replacement in Ely
• Drive unit replacement in Ely
• Automatic door refurbishment in Ely
• Safety and compliance upgrades in Ely

Automatic doors and the law in England

In Great Britain a new or converted powered door must meet the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 before it is first used, and can carry the UKCA or the CE marking. Workplace law (the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992) expects powered doors to have suitable and effective features to stop them trapping anyone and, where needed for safety, to open by hand unless they open automatically if the power fails. Doors at work must also be kept in efficient working order under a suitable system of maintenance.

Building regulations guidance in England (Approved Document M, Volume 2) says a powered opening system should be used where a self-closing entrance door would need more than 30 N at the leading edge to open, or more than 22.5 N between 30° and 60°, and expects external doors used by the public in new buildings to give at least 1000 mm of effective clear width.

Nearby towns (straight-line distance)

• Newmarket · 12.3 mi
• March · 12.8 mi
• Cambridge · 15.1 mi
• Wisbech · 18.9 mi
• Huntingdon · 19.5 mi
• Thetford · 20.6 mi

Questions from Ely