Automatic door work in Market Harborough
In Market Harborough, automatic door needs often centre on the high street: independent shops, pharmacies, banks, cafés and estate agents. Frontages are often narrow, so the choice is usually between a compact sliding door, a folding door or a swing operator on the existing door.
- New automatic entrances. Sliding, telescopic, curved, folding and revolving doors for shops, offices and public buildings in Market Harborough, each starting with a free site survey and a fixed, itemised written quote. See new automatic doors.
- 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.
- Refurbishment. New glass, tracks, rollers, seals and floor guides to bring a tired automatic door back into good order, priced as a fixed, itemised quote after a free survey. See refurbishment.
- Schools, councils and public buildings. Entrances for schools, libraries, leisure centres and civic buildings across Market Harborough, planned around term dates, opening hours and public access. See public buildings.
Services in Market Harborough
New automatic doors
- Automatic sliding doors in Market Harborough
- Telescopic sliding doors in Market Harborough
- Curved automatic doors in Market Harborough
- Frameless glass automatic doors in Market Harborough
- Revolving doors in Market Harborough
- Automatic folding doors in Market Harborough
- Automatic swing doors in Market Harborough
- Hermetic sliding doors in Market Harborough
- Break-out escape route doors in Market Harborough
- Automatic entrance lobbies in Market Harborough
Accessibility and control
- Accessible door operators in Market Harborough
- Home automatic door openers in Market Harborough
- Automating an existing door in Market Harborough
- Automatic internal doors in Market Harborough
- Touch-free and push-button activation in Market Harborough
- Access control for automatic doors in Market Harborough
- Fire door hold-open devices in Market Harborough
Repairs, servicing and safety
- Automatic door repairs in Market Harborough
- Automatic door servicing in Market Harborough
- Safety inspections and risk assessments in Market Harborough
- Sensor upgrades and replacement in Market Harborough
- Drive unit replacement in Market Harborough
- Automatic door refurbishment in Market Harborough
- Safety and compliance upgrades in Market Harborough
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)
- Corby · 9.8 mi
- Kettering · 9.9 mi
- Wigston · 10.2 mi
- Oadby · 11.2 mi
- Uppingham · 11.3 mi
- Leicester · 14.2 mi
Questions from Market Harborough
Is the site survey in Market Harborough free?
For new automatic doors, upgrades, retrofits and home door openers, yes: the site survey is free and comes with a fixed, itemised written quote and no obligation. Repairs, servicing and safety inspections are different. For those, the visit price is agreed in writing before an engineer attends.
Can you fit automatic doors to listed buildings in Market Harborough?
Often, yes, with the right consent. Changes to a listed building, or to a shopfront in a conservation area, usually need approval from the local planning authority. Slim operators and automating the existing door can reduce the visual impact. Our guide to shop doors, planning and listed buildings explains what to check.
Can you work with schools, hospitals and care homes in Market Harborough?
We can. Healthcare, care and education buildings need doors that are gentle, reliable and safe for vulnerable users, with work planned around patients, residents or the school timetable. We provide written prices and records suited to organisations that buy through procurement. See sectors for more on each type of building.
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 Market Harborough is agreed before installation.
How much do automatic doors cost in Market Harborough?
Prices depend on the door type, the size of the opening and what is already there. We publish guide prices for every service on our prices page, and the guide price tool gives a range before anyone visits. The same guide prices apply across the UK, and the written quote confirms the figure for your building.