Door automation and controls in Woolwich

The short version

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

Town: Woolwich
Postcode district: SE18
Area: Greater London
Survey: Free for new installations

What to specify

Manual-to-electric. Conversions for sectional, roller and sliding doors in good order.
Interlocks. Doors linked to each other, to levellers or to the alarm so they work in the right sequence.
Activation options. Choose how the door is opened, from staff buttons to automatic vehicle detection.
Inverter drives. Soft start and stop with faster opening for high-cycle doors.
Safety devices. Safety edges, photocells and light curtains, force-tested to BS EN 12453.

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.
Fitting a centre-mounted motor to a roller shutter where a side wall leaves no room at the barrel end.
Linking loading bay doors to dock leveller controls so levellers deploy only when the doors are fully open.

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

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

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 Woolwich

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 Woolwich: your questions

Do you take responsibility for the conformity paperwork in Woolwich?

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.

Can our door in Woolwich 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.

How much does it cost to make a door electric in Woolwich?

Our guide price for a manual-to-electric conversion is £1,195 to £3,195 ex VAT, including motor, control panel, basic controls and commissioning. Extra controls and safety devices are priced separately, and your fixed price in Woolwich follows a free survey.

Door automation and controls near Woolwich

Besides Woolwich, we can survey and quote for sites in Canning Town, Thamesmead, Welling and the rest of Greater London.

Other services in Woolwich

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