Door automation and controls in Tiverton

At a glance

Tired of hand-chaining a heavy door open at your Tiverton unit? A manual-to-electric conversion saves time every shift, and we handle the safety devices and conformity paperwork that come with it.

Town: Tiverton
Postcode district: EX16
Area: Devon
Survey: Free for new installations

What we fit in Tiverton

Traffic lights. Red and green lights and warning beacons for drivers.
Manual override. Chain or crank override so doors open during power cuts.
Interlocks. Airlocks, door-to-leveller and fire alarm interfaces.
Manual-to-electric. Conversions for sectional, roller and sliding doors in good order.
Matched motors. Direct, centre-mounted, chain-drive or tubular motors sized to the door.

Typical scopes of work

Linking loading bay doors to dock leveller controls so levellers deploy only when the doors are fully open.
Adding traffic lights and warning beacons to a yard door shared by lorries and pedestrians.
Installing an airlock interlock between two high-speed doors so only one can be open at a time.

Powered door rules that apply in Tiverton

Tiverton is in England, where powered industrial doors fall under Great Britain's health and safety law. Whoever makes a door powered — including converting a manual door — usually takes on the manufacturer's duties under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008: risk assessment, technical file, conformity marking and a Declaration of Conformity. Once it is in use, the employer or occupier must keep it safe under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and PUWER 1998.

Planning the work around your site

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.

Budgeting for door automation and controls in Tiverton

Door automation and controls guide prices
Item	Guide price (ex VAT)
Manual-to-electric conversion	£1,195 – £3,195
Safety upgrade (edges, photocells, light curtain)	£445 – £1,795 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 Tiverton

Which activation would suit our Tiverton site?

It depends on who uses the door. Buttons suit staff, remotes suit drivers, pull cords and loops suit forklifts, and radar suits mixed traffic. We look at your traffic on survey and recommend a set-up.

Do automated doors in Tiverton need more maintenance?

Powered doors need their motors, controls and safety devices checked as well as the mechanical parts, so at least an annual service is common practice, more often for busy doors. Servicing visits are chargeable; the survey for an automation job is free.

Can you add interlocks or traffic lights to doors around Devon?

Yes. We fit airlock interlocks, door-to-leveller interlocks, traffic lights and warning beacons to new and existing doors across Devon, subject to compatibility with the control panels already fitted, and replace panels where they cannot accept the extra inputs.

Door automation and controls near Tiverton

Tiverton is in the EX16 postcode district in Devon. We also cover Exeter, Taunton, Exmouth.

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More about Door automation and controls · industrial doors in Tiverton. Last updated 19 October 2026.