Complete loading bays in Westhoughton

At a glance

Ageing bays at your Westhoughton warehouse? Across Greater Manchester, loading bays can be refurbished one at a time, with doors, levellers and shelters replaced in turn so the site keeps trading throughout the work.

Town: Westhoughton
Postcode district: BL5
Area: Greater Manchester
Survey: Free for new installations

What we fit in Westhoughton

One package. Door, leveller, shelter, bumpers and lights specified together.
Impact protection. Trailers are stopped and centred so they do not damage the wall, shelter or door.
Interlocks. Linked controls stop the door closing on the leveller or the leveller deploying too early.
Traffic lights. Clear signals for drivers and forklift operators at every stage of loading.
Shelters and seals. A shelter or seal closes the gap around the vehicle during loading.

Examples of work we can quote for

Refurbishing bays one at a time with new sectional doors, levellers and inflatable shelters so loading continues.
Retrofitting traffic lights and door-leveller interlocks to a run of existing loading bays.
Repairing damaged pit edges and fitting new telescopic levellers, shelters and bumpers at a manufacturing site.

Loading bay safety in England

Dock levellers, shelters and restraints are work equipment, so in Westhoughton the business running the site must keep them in efficient working order under PUWER 1998, and keep traffic routes safe under the Workplace Regulations 1992. Dock levellers are built to BS EN 1398; powered loading bay doors are covered by the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and BS EN 12453.

Keeping your site running during the work

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

Complete loading bays guide prices
Item	Guide price (ex VAT)
Complete loading bay	on survey (typically £14,995 – £39,995 per bay)
Dock leveller, hydraulic swing-lip, into prepared pit	£6,495 – £10,995
Dock shelter (retractable)	£2,195 – £5,495

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.

Complete loading bays in Westhoughton: your questions

Can a loading bay be added to our Westhoughton unit without a pit?

Often, yes. A loading house built out in front of the door, or an edge-of-dock leveller for light use, avoids cutting a pit in the floor. We check which option suits the building and the traffic on survey.

Can you refurbish our loading bays in Westhoughton without closing the site?

Yes. Bays can be refurbished one at a time so the others stay in use, and work can be done out of hours where needed. Each bay is commissioned before we move on to the next.

What safety systems should our Westhoughton loading bays have?

That follows your risk assessment, but busy bays commonly have traffic lights, door-leveller interlocks, vehicle restraints or sensored chocks, dock lights and edge protection. We recommend a package after seeing how your bays are used.

Complete loading bays near Westhoughton

Besides Westhoughton, we can survey and quote for sites in Atherton, Hindley, Tyldesley and the rest of Greater Manchester.

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