Quick answer
Is your freezer door icing up or failing to seal at your Harwich site? We replace worn cold store doors with insulated sliding or hinged doors, heated frames and pressure relief where needed.
- Town
- Harwich
- Postcode district
- CO12
- Area
- Essex
- Survey
- Free for new installations
What we fit in Harwich
- Pressure relief. We check pressure relief so a tightly sealed room does not suck the door shut.
- Tight seals. Compressible gaskets pressed against the frame as the door closes.
- Electric sliding. Motorised sliding doors with pull cords, radar or loops and safety edges.
- Inside release. Every door can be opened from inside without a key, even if locked from outside.
- Heated frames. Freezer frames and thresholds are kept just warm enough that ice cannot form on the seals.
Typical scopes of work
- Renewing worn gaskets and the frame heater on a chiller door that no longer seals properly.
- Replacing an iced-up sliding freezer door with a new insulated door, heated frame and heated threshold.
- Motorising a heavy manual cold store door with pull-cord activation, a safety edge on the closing leaf and photocells.
Who is responsible for door safety at a site in Harwich?
In England, two sets of duties meet at a powered door. The installer who supplies or motorises it must hand over a door that meets the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, tested against BS EN 12453 and documented. The business in control of the premises must then maintain it: regulation 5 of the Workplace Regulations 1992 covers maintenance, and regulation 18 requires upward-opening doors to have a device that stops them falling back and powered doors to have features that prevent trapping.
How the work is organised
Most installations in Harwich can be phased so part of the site keeps working. We agree access routes, exclusion zones and any temporary security with you before the team arrives, and can work early mornings, evenings or weekends where the business needs it.
Guide prices
| Item | Guide price (ex VAT) |
|---|---|
| Cold store / freezer door (sliding) | £6,495 – £17,995 |
| High-speed fabric door | £7,495 – £15,995 |
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 Harwich
Can our cold store door in Harwich be made electric?
Often, yes, if the leaf and track are sound, or with a new electric sliding door. Powered cold store doors need safety edges and photocells and a drive suited to the temperature.
Do you repair cold store doors in Harwich?
Yes. We replace gaskets, frame heaters, rollers, tracks, releases and drives on most makes. Repair visits are chargeable, and we quote before larger repairs or recommend replacement when the leaf itself has failed.
Can you replace a freezer door at our Harwich site without losing stock?
We plan the change with you and your refrigeration engineer. Many doors can be swapped in a day, sometimes with stock moved or the plant set back temporarily, so the room returns to temperature quickly.
Cold store and freezer doors near Harwich
Our teams cover Harwich (CO12) and nearby Felixstowe, Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea, along with the rest of Essex.
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Other services in Harwich
- Steel personnel and fire exit doors
- Sliding and folding industrial doors
- Industrial door replacement
- Complete loading bays
- Insulated roller shutter doors
- Hangar and large-span doors
- Bollards and door protection
- Industrial door repairs
More about Cold store and freezer doors · industrial doors in Harwich. Last updated 19 October 2026.