Door automation and controls in Hove

In short

From a simple push-button station to airlock interlocks and traffic lights, we design and fit door controls in Hove that make each door safer and quicker to use day to day.

Town: Hove
Postcode district: BN3
Area: East Sussex
Survey: Free for new installations

What to specify

Inverter drives. Frequency inverters move busy doors faster while cutting wear on every cycle.
Manual-to-electric. Hand-operated doors converted to power, with the paperwork a powered door needs.
Interlocks. Doors linked to each other, to levellers or to the alarm so they work in the right sequence.
Matched motors. The motor type and size are chosen for the door's weight, space and cycle count.
Manual override. A manual means of opening is always kept, so the door is never stuck shut without power.

Jobs we can carry out

Adding radar with cross-traffic suppression to a door on a busy aisle so passing trucks do not open it.
Converting hand-chained sectional doors to electric operation with push-button controls, safety edges and photocells.
Replacing an obsolete control panel with a modern unit, then re-testing the safety devices and closing forces.

Powered door rules that apply in Hove

Hove 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

Where a door is being replaced, the opening has to be made secure at the end of each day. We plan strip-out, any new framing and the new door so the gap is never left open overnight unless you have agreed temporary measures.

Guide prices

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.

Door automation and controls in Hove: your questions

Can you add interlocks or traffic lights to doors around East Sussex?

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

Can our door in Hove be automated?

If the door is in good mechanical order and a suitable motor is available, usually yes. We check balance, springs, cables, guides and the curtain or panels on survey, and recommend repair or replacement first if needed.

Which activation would suit our Hove 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.

Door automation and controls near Hove

Besides Hove, we can survey and quote for sites in Brighton, Burgess Hill, Worthing and the rest of East Sussex.

Other services in Hove

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