Door automation and controls in Grantham

In short

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

Town: Grantham
Postcode district: NG31
Area: Lincolnshire
Survey: Free for new installations

Options for door automation and controls in Grantham

Manual override. Chain or crank override so doors open during power cuts.
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.
Traffic lights. Signals show drivers when the door is fully open and warn when it moves.

Jobs we can carry out

Installing an airlock interlock between two high-speed doors so only one can be open at a time.
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.

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

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 Lincolnshire 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.

Budgeting for door automation and controls in Grantham

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 Grantham: your questions

Which activation would suit our Grantham 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 Grantham?

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 you add interlocks or traffic lights to doors around Lincolnshire?

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

Door automation and controls near Grantham

Grantham is in the NG31 postcode district in Lincolnshire. We also cover Newark-on-Trent, Melton Mowbray, Oakham.

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