Door automation and controls in Farnborough

Quick answer

We can automate sectional doors, roller shutters and sliding doors in Farnborough and across Hampshire, choosing direct, centre or chain-drive motors and the activation method that suits the traffic using each door.

Town: Farnborough
Postcode district: GU14
Area: Hampshire
Survey: Free for new installations

What we fit in Farnborough

Inverter drives. Soft start and stop with faster opening for high-cycle doors.
Interlocks. Doors linked to each other, to levellers or to the alarm so they work in the right sequence.
Activation options. Buttons, key switches, remotes, pull cords, loops, radar and access control.
Matched motors. Direct, centre-mounted, chain-drive or tubular motors sized to the door.
Manual override. A manual means of opening is always kept, so the door is never stuck shut without power.

Examples of work we can quote for

Replacing an obsolete control panel with a modern unit, then re-testing the safety devices and closing forces.
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 Farnborough?

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

For busy sites in Hampshire 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.

Prices for door automation and controls in Farnborough

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 Farnborough: your questions

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

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

Can our door in Farnborough 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 Farnborough 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 Farnborough

Our teams cover Farnborough (GU14) and nearby Camberley, Aldershot, Fleet, along with the rest of Hampshire.

Other services in Farnborough

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