Covering Farnborough and nearby
We cover the whole of the GU14 postcode district, along with nearby towns in Hampshire. You book each visit for telescopic sliding doors directly with us, and a specialist automatic door engineer working under our management travels to your site on the agreed date.
Around Farnborough there is usually a mix of retail parks, business parks and town-centre shops, each with different door needs. A retail park unit may need a wide bi-parting door for trolleys, while a town-centre shop often has a narrow frontage better suited to a single slider or a folding door.
Nearby towns we also list for telescopic sliding doors (straight-line distance): Camberley (3.0 miles), Aldershot (3.2 miles), Fleet (3.4 miles), Sandhurst (3.9 miles), Yateley (4.7 miles), Crowthorne (5.5 miles).
What to think about for telescopic sliding doors in Farnborough
- Power for the operator usually comes from a fused spur at the head of the door. Where the nearest supply is some distance away, plan for an electrician to run a new circuit before the fitting day.
- Entrances used by ambulances and patient transport in Farnborough benefit from a full-opening button for crews, while everyday visitors use a narrower partial opening that keeps the waiting area warmer.
- Medical centres in Farnborough often share a frontage with a pharmacy or other units. Check who owns the shopfront and whether the landlord needs to approve a new entrance before the survey drawing is finalised.
- Care homes and supported living buildings in Farnborough may want the main door to open freely for visitors but stay locked for some residents. A keypad or fob reader on the inside can be wired to the operator.
- Hospital and supermarket entrances in Farnborough that run for long hours put more wear on the extra rollers and belts of a telescopic door. Plan a servicing arrangement from the start rather than waiting for the first fault.
Telescopic sliding doors in Farnborough: guide prices
The site survey is free, including the measured drawing and a fixed, itemised written quote. Guide price: from £6,995 ex VAT.
| Item | Guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Telescopic single-slide, two leaves | £6,995 – £9,995 | installed, ex VAT |
| Telescopic bi-parting, four leaves | £8,995 – £13,995 | installed, ex VAT |
| Very wide or full-height openings | Priced on survey | measured and designed at the survey |
| 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.
Under the Equality Act 2010, service providers and employers must make reasonable adjustments for disabled people, which can include altering a physical feature such as a heavy entrance door. New entrances and some alterations count as building work, so check with building control before the work is ordered.
How it works
- Describe what you need. Whether the job is telescopic sliding 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 Farnborough.
- 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 site survey in Farnborough, and an engineer will measure the opening and send a drawing with a fixed, itemised quote for telescopic sliding doors.
Telescopic sliding doors in Farnborough: questions
Is the telescopic door survey in Farnborough really free?
Yes, for a new telescopic entrance the site survey costs nothing and carries no obligation. The engineer measures the opening, checks the structure, floor and power, and talks through layouts. You then receive a measured drawing and a fixed, itemised written quote, and you decide whether to go ahead.
What do you charge for telescopic sliding doors in Farnborough?
Our guide starts from £6,995 excluding VAT (per door set), the same guide price we use across the UK. The free site survey in Farnborough confirms the price as a fixed, itemised written quote, and the guide price tool gives you a range before anyone visits.
What paperwork do we get after installation in Farnborough?
You receive the commissioning and test record, a site-specific risk assessment, user instructions and the conformity paperwork for the door. Keep them with your building records. They are the starting point for later servicing and safety inspections, and they show how the door was set up with reference to BS EN 16005.
Can you fit telescopic sliding doors in Farnborough?
Yes. We arrange supply and installation in Farnborough and the rest of Hampshire. Specialist automatic door engineers working under our management carry out the survey and the fitting, and we stay the contracting party throughout, so one company is responsible for the drawing, the quote, the installation and the handover paperwork.
What does the free site survey in Farnborough 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 telescopic sliding doors, with drawings where the door type needs them.
How do you make sure the door works for disabled visitors in Farnborough?
We look at who uses the entrance: wheelchair users, people with walking aids, parents with buggies and older visitors. That shapes the opening width, the opening speed, the hold-open time and where push pads or sensors go. Service providers and employers have duties to make reasonable adjustments under equality and accessibility law, and an automatic door is a common one.
Do businesses in Farnborough 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.