Covering Craigavon and nearby
Homes, businesses and public buildings throughout the BT64 and BT65 postcode districts can arrange safety and compliance upgrades with us. We are the contracting party and organise every visit; the engineer, who works under our management, travels in to Craigavon for the job rather than working from premises in town.
Weather matters for entrances that face open car parks, which is common on retail and business parks around Craigavon and elsewhere in County Armagh. Exposed doors can be pushed by wind and let heat escape, so draught lobbies, good seals and correctly set sensors are worth considering.
Nearby towns we also list for safety and compliance upgrades (straight-line distance): Lurgan (2.5 miles), Portadown (2.8 miles), Banbridge (7.9 miles), Armagh (13.1 miles), Lisburn (15.1 miles), Dungannon (15.8 miles).
What to think about for safety and compliance upgrades in Craigavon
- Schools and nurseries need particular attention to finger traps at hinges and beside screens, where small children's hands could easily be caught as the door moves.
- Older shopfronts in Craigavon often have narrow side screens with large gaps beside the sliding leaves. Light curtains or guard screens can protect them without changing the frame.
- If your building in Craigavon has one main entrance, battery backup lets the door open safely in a power cut, so there is always a way in and out.
- Listed buildings and conservation areas in Craigavon may limit visible changes. Slim sensors and discreet guards keep the look of the historic entrance largely unchanged.
- Programme switches within reach of the public in Craigavon should be key-operated or protected, so the door cannot be left in an unsafe mode by mistake.
Safety and compliance upgrades in Craigavon: guide prices
The site survey is free, including the measured drawing and a fixed, itemised written quote. Guide price: from £195 ex VAT.
| Item | Guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Add or replace a safety or activation sensor | £195 – £495 | per sensor fitted, ex VAT |
| Side-screen protection or guarding | from £295 | per door, ex VAT |
| Battery backup for power-cut operation | £395 – £695 | per door, ex VAT |
| Programme switch with key | £145 – £345 | fitted, ex VAT |
| Upgrade package for an older door | £795 – £2,495 | typical, after an inspection, ex VAT |
Standards and rules in Northern Ireland
Standards are not retrospective, so an older door does not become unlawful when a standard is updated; a site-specific risk assessment shows whether any upgrades are sensible. BS EN 16005 is the current standard for the safety in use of powered pedestrian doors, and BS 7036-0:2014 is the British code of practice for risk assessment and risk reduction used alongside it. Standards are not law in themselves, but they are the recognised benchmark for showing an automatic door is safe to use, and we set up, test and document doors with reference to them.
Whoever motorises a manual door, or builds an automatic door from separate parts, may take on the manufacturer’s legal duties for the finished door: a risk assessment, a technical file kept available for the authorities, a Declaration of Conformity, the conformity marking and instructions. You receive the Declaration of Conformity and the instructions at handover. In Northern Ireland machinery, including a new or converted powered door, carries the CE marking (with UKNI added where a UK body carried out the conformity assessment), and the EU Machinery Regulation applies there from 20 January 2027.
How it works
- Send photos and the address. A few pictures of the door from both sides, the address in Craigavon and a note of who uses the entrance help us understand the job before anyone visits the site.
- No-cost survey on site. We arrange a survey at a time that suits the building. The engineer records measurements, fixings and power, plus any constraints such as listed status, opening hours or access for deliveries.
- Itemised quote to approve. We price every element of the work on safety and compliance upgrades separately in a written quote that you can check, share and approve. Lead time and payment stages are stated, and nothing is ordered until you accept.
- Fit, test and hand over. On the agreed dates the engineer installs the equipment, commissions the operator and tests each safety function. You get a demonstration, the test record and any conformity paperwork that applies to the work.
Book a free upgrade survey in Craigavon and find out which changes will make your older automatic door safer for the people using it.
Safety and compliance upgrades in Craigavon: questions
Do you need an inspection before upgrading a door in Craigavon?
Not always. If you know what you need, such as a key switch or new signs, we can survey and quote for it directly. For a full picture of the door's risks, a documented safety inspection is the better starting point, and it is a separate service priced before the visit.
Can you give me a price for safety and compliance upgrades in Craigavon?
Our guide starts from £195 excluding VAT (per door), the same guide price we use across the UK. The free site survey in Craigavon confirms the price as a fixed, itemised written quote, and the guide price tool gives you a range before anyone visits.
Do you carry out automatic door safety upgrades in Craigavon?
Yes. We quote and manage upgrade work in Craigavon, and the fitting is done by specialist automatic door engineers on our behalf. The survey is free, and each upgrade is priced separately on a fixed, itemised quote. After the work you receive a record of each change and its test results.
Can you quote from our existing inspection report in Craigavon?
Yes. Send us the report and we will price each recommended action. If the door has changed since the report was written, or a finding is unclear, the engineer checks it on the free survey before the quote is finalised, so you only pay for what the door needs.
What does the free site survey in Craigavon involve?
An engineer working under our management visits the building, measures the opening, checks the frame, floor, head height and power supply, and looks at how people use the entrance. The survey is free and carries no obligation. Afterwards you receive a fixed, itemised written quote for safety and compliance upgrades, with drawings where the door type needs them.
What should I send before the survey in Craigavon?
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 safety and compliance upgrades together more easily.
What do the building regulations in Northern Ireland say about powered doors?
The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 require a powered door to have a means to prevent it trapping anyone and a means to open it if the power fails. Guidance on access is in Technical Booklet R, and new entrances need building control approval.