Hangar and large-span doors in Bicester

The short version

Large openings at sites in Bicester (OX26) need doors engineered for wind, weight and structure. We specify the running gear, drives and safety devices to suit, then install and commission the complete door.

Town: Bicester
Postcode district: OX26
Area: Oxfordshire
Survey: Free for new installations

Options that matter on site

Load path. We decide with your structural engineer whether the slab or the structure carries the door's weight.
Multi-leaf sliding. Classic hangar doors with leaves that slide on parallel tracks and stack clear of the opening.
Vertical-lift fabric. Reinforced fabric curtains with wind bars that fold up beneath the lintel.
Refurbishment. Older hangar doors renewed with new wheels, guides, drives and cladding.
Drives and controls. Powered leaves with controls to suit the site, plus a way to move the door if power is lost.

What this work can involve

Surveying and specifying a very wide sliding or folding door for a building that houses large plant and machinery.
Fitting a vertical-lift fabric door to a tall vehicle maintenance shed where adjoining buildings take up the side space.
Adding warning beacons, sounders and photocells to an older powered large-span door as part of a site risk assessment review.

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

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

Downtime matters on a working site, so the programme is set around your shifts. For a single door the opening is usually needed for a day; multi-door jobs are done one bay at a time so deliveries keep moving.

Guide prices

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.

Your questions about hangar and large-span doors

Can a large door at our Bicester 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.

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

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.

Which hangar door type would suit our building in Bicester?

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 Bicester

Besides Bicester, we can survey and quote for sites in Oxford, Banbury, Aylesbury and the rest of Oxfordshire.

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