Door automation and controls in Cheltenham

Quick answer

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

Town: Cheltenham
Postcode district: GL50
Area: Gloucestershire
Survey: Free for new installations

What we fit in Cheltenham

Inverter drives. Frequency inverters move busy doors faster while cutting wear on every cycle.
Interlocks. Doors linked to each other, to levellers or to the alarm so they work in the right sequence.
Safety devices. Every automated door gets the detection its risk assessment needs, tested before use.
Manual-to-electric. Conversions for sectional, roller and sliding doors in good order.
Traffic lights. Red and green lights and warning beacons for drivers.

Typical scopes of work

Adding traffic lights and warning beacons to a yard door shared by lorries and pedestrians.
Fitting induction loops and an inverter control panel so forklifts can open a busy internal door without stopping.
Adding radar with cross-traffic suppression to a door on a busy aisle so passing trucks do not open it.

Who is responsible for door safety at a site in Cheltenham?

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.

Planning the work around your site

For busy sites in Gloucestershire the work can be split across visits — preparation and framing first, door installation and commissioning second — so the opening is only out of action for the shortest time.

Guide prices for door automation and controls

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 Cheltenham: your questions

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

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

Which activation would suit our Cheltenham 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 you take responsibility for the conformity paperwork in Cheltenham?

Yes. When we convert a door to power, we carry out the risk assessment, test the door and issue the Declaration of Conformity and user instructions, as the person who has made it a machine.

Door automation and controls near Cheltenham

Cheltenham is in the GL50 postcode district in Gloucestershire. We also cover Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Stroud.

Other services in Cheltenham

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