Automatic door work in Kirkwall
Island businesses, surgeries, schools and care homes rely on their entrances just as much as mainland ones, often with fewer alternatives nearby. For sites in Kirkwall, visits are planned by arrangement and the price is agreed in writing before anyone travels.
- Residential blocks. Communal entrance doors for housing providers and managing agents in Kirkwall, linked to door entry or fob systems where needed and serviced to a written record. See residential blocks.
- 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.
- Fire door hold-open devices. Alarm-linked devices that keep busy fire doors open for everyday use and release them to close automatically when the fire alarm operates. See fire door hold-open devices.
- New automatic entrances. Sliding, telescopic, curved, folding and revolving doors for shops, offices and public buildings in Kirkwall, each starting with a free site survey and a fixed, itemised written quote. See new automatic doors.
Services in Kirkwall
New automatic doors
- Automatic sliding doors in Kirkwall
- Telescopic sliding doors in Kirkwall
- Curved automatic doors in Kirkwall
- Frameless glass automatic doors in Kirkwall
- Revolving doors in Kirkwall
- Automatic folding doors in Kirkwall
- Automatic swing doors in Kirkwall
- Hermetic sliding doors in Kirkwall
- Break-out escape route doors in Kirkwall
- Automatic entrance lobbies in Kirkwall
Accessibility and control
- Accessible door operators in Kirkwall
- Home automatic door openers in Kirkwall
- Automating an existing door in Kirkwall
- Automatic internal doors in Kirkwall
- Touch-free and push-button activation in Kirkwall
- Access control for automatic doors in Kirkwall
- Fire door hold-open devices in Kirkwall
Repairs, servicing and safety
- Automatic door repairs in Kirkwall
- Automatic door servicing in Kirkwall
- Safety inspections and risk assessments in Kirkwall
- Sensor upgrades and replacement in Kirkwall
- Drive unit replacement in Kirkwall
- Automatic door refurbishment in Kirkwall
- Safety and compliance upgrades in Kirkwall
Automatic doors and the law in Scotland
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.
Doors on escape routes and fire doors are covered by the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. In Scotland, fire safety regulations say sliding or revolving doors must not be used for exits specifically intended as emergency exits, and Scottish guidance allows automatic and revolving doors on an escape route only where they fail safely to outward opening, or have a monitored fail-safe system that opens them on power failure, sensor failure and fire alarm.
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Questions from Kirkwall
Do automatic doors in Kirkwall 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 Kirkwall is agreed before installation.
How often should automatic doors in Kirkwall be serviced?
There is no fixed legal interval. We recommend a trained engineer checks the safety functions at least once a year, with service intervals set by the manufacturer's instructions and how heavily the door is used; busy doors are often serviced more often. Each service visit is priced in writing first and ends with a written record.
Is the site survey in Kirkwall 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.
Do you fit automatic door openers in homes in Kirkwall?
Yes. We arrange automatic openers for front, back and internal doors for wheelchair users and people with limited strength or mobility. The survey is free and looks at the door, the person using it and how carers come and go. Councils can sometimes help with the cost of adaptations, so check with yours before work starts, as approval usually comes first.