Hangar and large-span doors in Boston

The short version

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

Town: Boston
Postcode district: PE21
Area: Lincolnshire
Survey: Free for new installations

What we fit in Boston

Refurbishment. Older hangar doors renewed with new wheels, guides, drives and cladding.
Wind resistance. Closed doors are designed to resist the wind pressure your site can see without jamming.
Multi-leaf sliding. Leaves stacking to one or both sides, or into door pockets, with no headroom needed.
Load path. We decide with your structural engineer whether the slab or the structure carries the door's weight.
Designed per opening. No off-the-shelf sizes: every large door is designed for its building and location.

Typical scopes of work

Recladding the leaves of a large sliding door with a corrosion-resistant finish suited to an exposed site.
Adding warning beacons, sounders and photocells to an older powered large-span door as part of a site risk assessment review.
Designing multi-leaf sliding doors, with a tail-fin cut-out where needed, for a hangar or large-span maintenance building.

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

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

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 hangar and large-span doors

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.

Frequently asked questions

Can a large door at our Boston 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.

How long would a large-span door installation take in Boston?

After design and manufacture, installation typically takes from several days to a few weeks depending on the number of leaves and any structural work. The full programme is set out with the quote.

Which hangar door type would suit our building in Boston?

It depends on headroom, side space, structure and how often the door moves. Sliding doors need side space, vertical-lift fabric doors need headroom, and large sectional doors suit big but not extreme openings. We recommend after survey.

Hangar and large-span doors near Boston

Besides Boston, we can survey and quote for sites in Spalding, Skegness, Wisbech and the rest of Lincolnshire.

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