Hangar and large-span doors in Lewisham

In short

Hangar and large-span doors for aviation, rail, marine and heavy plant buildings in Lewisham. We survey the opening and the structure, then design a door for its size and wind exposure before giving a fixed price.

Town: Lewisham
Postcode district: SE13
Area: Greater London
Survey: Free for new installations

What to specify

Wind resistance. Closed doors are designed to resist the wind pressure your site can see without jamming.
Multi-leaf sliding. Classic hangar doors with leaves that slide on parallel tracks and stack clear of the opening.
Load path. We decide with your structural engineer whether the slab or the structure carries the door's weight.
Vertical-lift fabric. Reinforced fabric curtains with wind bars that fold up beneath the lintel.
Safety systems. Edge protection, photocells, warning lights, sounders and interlocks.

Jobs we can carry out

Fitting a vertical-lift fabric door to a tall vehicle maintenance shed where adjoining buildings take up the side space.
Coordinating floor rail installation with the groundworks contractor before new large-span door leaves arrive on site.
Surveying and specifying a very wide sliding or folding door for a building that houses large plant and machinery.

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

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.

How the work is organised

For busy sites in Greater London 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 hangar and large-span doors in Lewisham

Hangar and large-span doors guide prices
Item	Guide price (ex VAT)
Hangar and large-span doors	on survey (typically from £39,995)

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 Lewisham

Can a large door at our Lewisham site be operated without power?

Most powered large doors include a manual or emergency means of operation for power failures. How it works depends on the door type and size, and we explain it at handover and in the user instructions.

Can you refurbish our existing hangar doors in Lewisham?

Often, yes. If the leaves are sound, we renew wheels, guides, drives, cladding and safety devices. Where distortion or corrosion is severe, we explain why replacement may be better value.

Do you work on hangar door projects with our engineer in Lewisham?

Yes. We coordinate loads, fixings, floor rails and steelwork with your structural engineer and main contractor so the door and the building are designed together, and we agree a programme before manufacture.

Hangar and large-span doors near Lewisham

Besides Lewisham, we can survey and quote for sites in Blackheath, Greenwich, Catford and the rest of Greater London.

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More about Hangar and large-span doors · industrial doors in Lewisham. Last updated 19 October 2026.