Door automation and controls in Market Harborough

In short

Door automation for warehouses, workshops and loading bays in Market Harborough. We convert manual doors to electric, fit motors and control panels, and add loops, radar, remotes and interlocks to suit how each door is used.

Town: Market Harborough
Postcode district: LE16
Area: Leicestershire
Survey: Free for new installations

What to specify

Matched motors. The motor type and size are chosen for the door's weight, space and cycle count.
Interlocks. Doors linked to each other, to levellers or to the alarm so they work in the right sequence.
Manual override. A manual means of opening is always kept, so the door is never stuck shut without power.
Safety devices. Safety edges, photocells and light curtains, force-tested to BS EN 12453.
Activation options. Buttons, key switches, remotes, pull cords, loops, radar and access control.

What this work can involve

Adding traffic lights and warning beacons to a yard door shared by lorries and pedestrians.
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.

Powered door rules that apply in Market Harborough

Market Harborough 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.

Access, phasing and timing

Before work starts we send a method statement and risk assessment, confirm who on site will be our contact and agree where materials and access equipment will go. On shared industrial estates that can mean booking yard space with the landlord.

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.

Your questions about door automation and controls

Do you take responsibility for the conformity paperwork in Market Harborough?

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.

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

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 Market Harborough follows a free survey.

Which activation would suit our Market Harborough 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 Market Harborough

Besides Market Harborough, we can survey and quote for sites in Corby, Kettering, Wigston and the rest of Leicestershire.

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