Covering Coventry and nearby
Homes, businesses and public buildings throughout the CV1, CV2, CV3, CV4, CV5 and CV6 postcode districts can arrange automatic folding doors with us. We are the contracting party and organise every visit; the engineer, who works under our management, travels in to Coventry for the job rather than working from premises in town.
Older civic and commercial buildings often sit alongside modern blocks in Coventry and the surrounding parts of the West Midlands. Where a listed building or a conservation area is involved, the owner may need consent from the planning authority before work on the entrance starts.
Nearby towns we also list for automatic folding doors (straight-line distance): Kenilworth (4.9 miles), Bedworth (5.3 miles), Nuneaton (8.3 miles), Leamington Spa (8.4 miles), Warwick (9.0 miles), Rugby (10.7 miles).
What to think about for automatic folding doors in Coventry
- Fold direction matters. Folding inwards keeps the pavement clear but takes a little space inside the shop; folding outwards suits internal doors where room inside is tight.
- Pharmacies in Coventry with queues near the counter may want the door to fold away from the waiting area, with presence sensors set to ignore people standing nearby.
- Terraced shopfronts across the West Midlands sometimes have timber frames and fascias that need strengthening to carry a header. The survey checks what the operator can be fixed to.
- Folding doors have more hinges than sliding doors. Planned servicing at intervals based on how busy the door is keeps hinges, pivots and finger guards in good order.
- Listed shopfronts and conservation areas in Coventry may need consent for a new entrance. Folding doors with slim frames in a matched colour often keep the character of the frontage.
Automatic folding doors in Coventry: guide prices
The site survey is free, including the measured drawing and a fixed, itemised written quote. Guide price: from £5,995 ex VAT.
| Item | Guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic folding door, up to about 2 m clear opening | £5,995 – £10,995 | installed, ex VAT |
| Folding door with break-out for an escape route | top of range or on survey | depends on the fire strategy |
| Touch-free switch or push pad, fitted | £145 – £395 | per switch, ex VAT |
| Card or fob reader tied into the door | £795 – £2,495 | per door, ex VAT |
Standards and rules 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.
How it works
- Describe what you need. Whether the job is automatic folding doors for a busy entrance or for a single internal door, a brief description and some photos let us understand it and plan a survey visit in Coventry.
- Free visit to the site. An engineer working under our management assesses the opening, the existing door and frame, the floor and the electrical supply, and notes any access, consent or timing issues to plan around.
- Your fixed quotation. The quote is fixed for the work it describes and lists each item, including any removal, making good and electrical work. It also states the lead time, the payment stages and the warranty terms.
- Fitting and sign-off. Work goes ahead on dates agreed with you. Once fitted, the door is adjusted and its safety functions are tested and recorded with reference to BS EN 16005, and you are shown how to use it.
Book a free survey in Coventry to see the clear width, fold direction and fixed price for automatic folding doors at your premises.
Automatic folding doors in Coventry: questions
Do you fit automatic folding doors in Coventry?
Yes. We arrange supply and installation of automatic folding doors in Coventry and across the West Midlands. Specialist automatic door engineers working under our management survey and fit the door, and we remain the contracting party, so you have one point of contact from quote to handover.
What will automatic folding doors in Coventry cost?
Our guide starts from £5,995 excluding VAT (per door set), the same guide price we use across the UK. The free site survey in Coventry confirms the price as a fixed, itemised written quote, and the guide price tool gives you a range before anyone visits.
Can you replace an old folding door in Coventry?
Yes. Where the existing folding door is worn or its parts are no longer available, we can replace it with a new automatic folding door, or fit a new operator to sound leaves if that is better value. The survey looks at both options and the quote explains the difference.
Will a folding door fit our narrow shopfront in Coventry?
Very often, yes. Folding doors need almost no wall space beside the opening, so they suit frontages that run from wall to wall. The survey checks the opening, the structure above and the space for the folded leaves, and the drawing shows exactly how much clear width you will get.
What should I send before the survey in Coventry?
A few photos of the door from inside and outside, rough measurements of the opening, the address and a note of how the entrance is used. If the door already has an operator, a photo of any label on it helps. With that, the engineer arrives prepared, the survey takes less of your time and we can put the quote for automatic folding doors together more easily.
Do I need permission from a landlord or the council before work in Coventry?
It depends on the building. Tenants usually need the landlord's written consent before changing an entrance, and some changes to a shopfront or external door need planning permission. The survey notes anything that may need consent. We can supply drawings and product details to support an application, but the owner or tenant makes it.
Do businesses in Coventry have to fit automatic doors?
No law says every building must have automatic doors. Under the Equality Act 2010, service providers and employers must make reasonable adjustments for disabled people, and building regulations guidance in England calls for a powered door where an entrance door would otherwise be too heavy to open. An automatic door is often the simplest way to meet both.