Door automation and controls in Chiswick

Quick answer

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

Town: Chiswick
Postcode district: W4
Area: Greater London
Survey: Free for new installations

What to specify

Inverter drives. Frequency inverters move busy doors faster while cutting wear on every cycle.
Matched motors. Direct, centre-mounted, chain-drive or tubular motors sized to the door.
Manual override. Chain or crank override so doors open during power cuts.
Manual-to-electric. Conversions for sectional, roller and sliding doors in good order.
Safety devices. Safety edges, photocells and light curtains, force-tested to BS EN 12453.

Typical scopes of work

Linking loading bay doors to dock leveller controls so levellers deploy only when the doors are fully open.
Replacing an obsolete control panel with a modern unit, then re-testing the safety devices and closing forces.
Adding traffic lights and warning beacons to a yard door shared by lorries and pedestrians.

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

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.

Access, phasing and timing

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 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.

Questions from businesses in Chiswick

Do automated doors in Chiswick 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 Greater London?

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

Can our door in Chiswick 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.

Door automation and controls near Chiswick

Our teams cover Chiswick (W4) and nearby Acton, Barnes, Hammersmith, along with the rest of Greater London.

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