Quick answer
If your sliding hangar doors in Gateshead have become heavy, noisy or hard to move, we can renew wheels, guides and drives, or replace the doors with a modern large-span system if refurbishment no longer makes sense.
- Town
- Gateshead
- Postcode district
- NE8
- Area
- Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free for new installations
Options that matter on site
- Safety systems. Large doors move a lot of mass, so warning and detection devices are built in from the start.
- Multi-leaf sliding. Classic hangar doors with leaves that slide on parallel tracks and stack clear of the opening.
- Wind resistance. Leaves, guides and fixings designed for the wind load on the closed door.
- Drives and controls. Electric drives per leaf or central, with manual or emergency operation.
- Refurbishment. Older hangar doors renewed with new wheels, guides, drives and cladding.
What this work can involve
- Adding warning beacons, sounders and photocells to an older powered large-span door as part of a site risk assessment review.
- Refurbishing manual large-span sliding doors with new bottom wheels, top guides and an electric drive unit on each leaf.
- Coordinating floor rail installation with the groundworks contractor before new large-span door leaves arrive on site.
Who is responsible for door safety at a site in Gateshead?
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.
Keeping your site running during the work
If your premises are leased, check whether the landlord needs to approve the work. We can provide drawings and product data for the landlord or managing agent before the order is placed.
Budgeting for hangar and large-span doors in Gateshead
| 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
Do you work on hangar door projects with our engineer in Gateshead?
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.
Can a large door at our Gateshead 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 Gateshead?
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.
Hangar and large-span doors near Gateshead
Working in Gateshead? We also take on jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne, Wallsend, Hebburn and across Tyne and Wear.
- Hangar and large-span doors in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Hangar and large-span doors in Wallsend
- Hangar and large-span doors in Hebburn
- Hangar and large-span doors in Jarrow
- Hangar and large-span doors in Washington
- Hangar and large-span doors in North Shields
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More about Hangar and large-span doors · industrial doors in Gateshead. Last updated 19 October 2026.