Automatic door work in Chesterfield
Care homes and supported living schemes are spread across Chesterfield and the surrounding area, and their doors have to balance easy access with resident safety. Slow, gentle operation, hold-open devices linked to the fire alarm and controlled exits are typical requirements.
- Automating existing doors. Where a door and frame in Chesterfield are sound, adding a sliding or swing operator can cost far less than replacing the entrance. The free survey checks whether it will work. See automating an existing door.
- Healthcare and care settings. Automatic doors for surgeries, clinics, wards and care homes, set up for gentle opening and closing where vulnerable people use them. See care homes and healthcare.
- Planned servicing. Service visits at intervals set by the manufacturer's instructions and how heavily each door is used, with a written record left after every visit. See automatic door servicing.
- Residential blocks. Communal entrance doors for housing providers and managing agents in Chesterfield, linked to door entry or fob systems where needed and serviced to a written record. See residential blocks.
Services in Chesterfield
New automatic doors
- Automatic sliding doors in Chesterfield
- Telescopic sliding doors in Chesterfield
- Curved automatic doors in Chesterfield
- Frameless glass automatic doors in Chesterfield
- Revolving doors in Chesterfield
- Automatic folding doors in Chesterfield
- Automatic swing doors in Chesterfield
- Hermetic sliding doors in Chesterfield
- Break-out escape route doors in Chesterfield
- Automatic entrance lobbies in Chesterfield
Accessibility and control
- Accessible door operators in Chesterfield
- Home automatic door openers in Chesterfield
- Automating an existing door in Chesterfield
- Automatic internal doors in Chesterfield
- Touch-free and push-button activation in Chesterfield
- Access control for automatic doors in Chesterfield
- Fire door hold-open devices in Chesterfield
Repairs, servicing and safety
- Automatic door repairs in Chesterfield
- Automatic door servicing in Chesterfield
- Safety inspections and risk assessments in Chesterfield
- Sensor upgrades and replacement in Chesterfield
- Drive unit replacement in Chesterfield
- Automatic door refurbishment in Chesterfield
- Safety and compliance upgrades in Chesterfield
Automatic doors and the law in England
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.
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.
Nearby towns (straight-line distance)
- Staveley · 3.0 mi
- Dronfield · 4.3 mi
- Sheffield · 9.4 mi
- Alfreton · 10.6 mi
- Sutton-in-Ashfield · 10.7 mi
- Mansfield Woodhouse · 10.9 mi
Questions from Chesterfield
Can work in Chesterfield be done outside opening hours?
Yes. Early mornings, evenings and weekends can be arranged for shops, surgeries, offices and schools that need their entrance during the day. Tell us your preferred times when you enquire. Any extra cost is set out in the written quote or the agreed visit price before the work is booked.
What information helps when I contact you about a door in Chesterfield?
The address, the type of building, photos of the door from both sides and a rough size of the opening. For a fault, add what the door is doing and a photo of any label on the operator. For a new door, tell us how the entrance is used and by whom. That lets us book the right visit and agree the price in writing.
What types of automatic door can you install in Chesterfield?
Sliding, telescopic, curved, frameless glass, folding, swing and revolving doors, plus hermetic doors for controlled environments, break-out doors for escape routes and entrance lobbies. We also fit accessible operators to existing doors and openers in private homes. Browse new automatic doors to compare the options.
Do automatic doors in Chesterfield open when the fire alarm sounds?
They can, if they are linked to the fire alarm. Doors on escape routes are set up to open, break out or be openable by hand, as the fire strategy for the building requires, and fire doors that are held open must close automatically when the alarm operates. We set doors up to match the strategy you give us.
What happens to an automatic door in a power cut?
That depends on how the door is set up. Some doors open and stay open, some can be pushed open by hand, and some have a battery that keeps them working for a time or opens them once. Workplace health and safety law expects powered doors to be safe if the power fails. The right setting for a building in Chesterfield is agreed before installation.