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Industrial door guides
Straight answers on costs, the law, servicing and specification, written for facilities and site managers.
Sectional or roller shutter: which industrial door should you choose?
A sectional overhead door is usually the better choice for a heated building with regular traffic, because its insulated panels and four-sided seals keep heat in.
Read →What does an industrial door cost in 2026?
An electric industrial door up to about 4 × 4.5 m typically costs £2,395 to £8,495 supplied and installed, ex VAT, depending on type.
Read →When does a high-speed door pay for itself?
A high-speed door pays for itself when an opening cycles often enough that cutting the time it stands open saves more in heating or refrigeration, product quality and waiting time than the door costs to buy and maintain.
Read →Who is responsible for industrial door safety?
Responsibility for a powered industrial door is shared.
Read →How often should industrial doors be serviced?
No UK law fixes a service interval for industrial doors; the legal duty is to keep them safe and in efficient working order under a suitable system of maintenance.
Read →Fire shutter testing and maintenance: what the law expects
Fire safety law requires the person responsible for a building's fire safety to keep fire shutters in efficient working order, so they close as tested and certified when a fire occurs.
Read →Insulated industrial doors and U-values: what you need to know
A U-value measures how much heat passes through a door, so lower is better.
Read →Swing-lip or telescopic? Choosing a dock leveller
A swing-lip dock leveller has a hinged lip that flips out onto the vehicle bed, and suits standard end-loading trailers.
Read →Planning a loading bay: heights, gradients and equipment
A well-planned loading bay starts with the vehicles it will serve.
Read →CE, UKCA and Declarations of Performance for industrial doors
A powered industrial door usually carries two sets of conformity evidence.
Read →Converting a manual industrial door to electric: what's involved?
Converting a manual industrial door to electric means fitting a motor, controls and safety devices to an existing door, which turns it into a machine.
Read →Fire shutters or fire curtains: which should you specify?
Fire shutters are steel roller shutters tested to resist fire, suited to industrial openings, conveyor gaps and areas needing robustness or security.
Read →Strip curtains, traffic doors or high-speed doors: which fits?
PVC strip curtains are the cheapest way to cut draughts in a busy internal opening, but traffic pushes through them and they wear quickly.
Read →Industrial door security ratings explained
Industrial door security ratings show how long a certified door or shutter resisted a defined forced-entry attack in testing.
Read →How do you choose a cold store or freezer door?
Choosing a cold store or freezer door means matching the door type to the opening and traffic, then specifying it for the temperature.
Read →Repair or replace? Deciding what to do with an old industrial door
Repair an old industrial door when its structure is sound, parts are available and the repair, plus any safety upgrades it needs, costs well under the price of a new door.
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