The short version
Mixed fleet at your Chester-le-Street (DH3) site, with vans, rigid lorries and trailers? We size the platform and lip so forklifts and pallet trucks get a manageable slope across the full range of bed heights.
- Town
- Chester-le-Street
- Postcode district
- DH3
- Area
- County Durham
- Survey
- Free for new installations
What we fit in Chester-le-Street
- Commissioning. Each leveller tested and handed over with records and instructions.
- Sized to your fleet. Platform length and capacity chosen for your vehicles and forklifts.
- Pit work. We sort the pit too, from re-edging an old one to detailing a new one.
- Toe guards. Guards along each side keep feet out from under the moving platform.
- Door interlocks. Linking the leveller and door controls prevents either one being used out of sequence.
Jobs we can carry out
- Sizing a longer leveller platform for a bay that receives both low-bed vans and high-bed articulated trailers.
- Fitting telescopic-lip levellers for a fleet whose trailers do not always park tight against the dock buffers.
- Replacing worn swing-lip dock levellers in their existing pits, with pit edge repairs and new dock bumpers.
Who is responsible for loading bay equipment at a site in Chester-le-Street?
The employer or occupier is. PUWER 1998 requires work equipment to be maintained and inspected, and the Workplace Regulations 1992 cover vehicle and pedestrian routes around the dock. In practice that means planned servicing of levellers and doors, daily pre-use checks and a clear procedure to stop trailers moving during loading.
How the work is organised
Most installations in Chester-le-Street 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.
Budgeting for dock levellers in Chester-le-Street
| Item | Guide price (ex VAT) |
|---|---|
| Dock leveller, hydraulic swing-lip, into prepared pit | £6,495 – £10,995 |
| Dock leveller, telescopic lip | £8,495 – £13,995 |
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.
Dock levellers in Chester-le-Street: your questions
Which leveller type suits our vehicles in Chester-le-Street?
Swing-lip suits most standard trailer traffic. Telescopic lip suits vehicles parked off the buffers, trailers with tail lifts, or loads packed right to the rear. We recommend after recording your vehicles on survey.
Do you install levellers on new-build sites around Chester-le-Street?
Yes. We provide pit details to your groundworks contractor early, supply box-frame or pit-fitted levellers and install them to the main contractor's programme, along with doors and shelters if needed.
Do you service and repair dock levellers across County Durham?
Yes. We service and repair most makes of dock leveller across County Durham, including hydraulic power packs, cylinders, hoses, lips, hinges and controls. Service and repair visits are chargeable and priced before work starts.
Dock levellers near Chester-le-Street
Our teams cover Chester-le-Street (DH3) and nearby Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, Stanley, along with the rest of County Durham.
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Other services in Chester-le-Street
- Sectional overhead doors
- Impact traffic doors
- Steel personnel and fire exit doors
- Fire shutters
- High-speed doors
- Planned maintenance contracts
- Fire shutter servicing and drop tests
- Industrial roller shutters
More about Dock levellers · industrial doors in Chester-le-Street. Last updated 19 October 2026.