Bollards and door protection in Welling

Quick answer

Every protection job in Welling starts with a free survey of how vehicles approach each door and where the damage is happening, followed by a written fixed price before we start.

Town: Welling
Postcode district: DA16
Area: Greater London
Survey: Free for new installations

Options for bollards and door protection in Welling

High visibility. Yellow or yellow-and-black finishes that drivers notice.
Polymer bollards. Bollards that flex on impact, sparing the floor, the vehicle and themselves.
Frame buffers. Rubber or polymer buffers on corners and frames at vehicle height.
Steel bollards. Rigid steel posts that stop vehicles firmly in front of guides and frames.
Guide-rail guards. Protect the bottom of guides and tracks, where forks and pallets strike most often.

Typical scopes of work

Fitting polymer bollards inside a busy warehouse door to keep forklifts away from the door guides.
Replacing worn-through dock bumpers so reversing trailers stop short of the wall and the leveller lip.
Setting concrete-filled steel bollards in excavated foundations to protect a yard roller shutter from HGV impact.

What the law expects at a loading bay

Across Great Britain, including Welling, loading bays bring together several duties: maintained work equipment under PUWER 1998, safe traffic routes under the Workplace Regulations 1992, and safe powered doors under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008. Dock levellers should meet BS EN 1398, and the site's risk assessment should cover vehicle creep and drive-aways.

Access, phasing and timing

Downtime matters on a working site, so the programme is set around your shifts. For a single door the opening is usually needed for a day; multi-door jobs are done one bay at a time so deliveries keep moving.

Guide prices for bollards and door protection

Bollards and door protection guide prices
Item	Guide price (ex VAT)
Bollard, installed	£125 – £445 each
Door protection (guide-rail guards, buffers)	£345 – £1,495 per door

Guide prices for supply and installation unless stated, excluding VAT, which is added at the current rate where it applies. Your fixed price is confirmed in writing after a survey, before any work starts.

Questions from businesses in Welling

Do you replace dock bumpers across Greater London?

Yes. We replace worn dock bumpers and fit wheel guides and corner bollards at loading bays across Greater London, often during a leveller service or bay refurbishment to save a separate visit.

How long does it take to fit door protection in Welling?

Usually a few hours per door for base-plated bollards and guide guards. Bollards set in foundations take longer because of coring or excavation, and are often fitted out of hours to avoid disrupting traffic.

Which bollards suit our Welling warehouse?

Steel bollards suit most yards and external doors; polymer bollards suit busy internal routes where they will be hit often. The slab and vehicle weights decide the fixing. We recommend after seeing where your doors are being struck.

Bollards and door protection near Welling

Welling is in the DA16 postcode district in Greater London. We also cover Bexleyheath, Bexley, Sidcup.

Other services in Welling

More about Bollards and door protection · industrial doors in Welling. Last updated 19 October 2026.