Why is regular preventative maintenance for your automated doors so important?
Just like your car or central heating boiler, which need regular servicing to run smoothly and reduce the risk of unexpected breakdowns, all automated doors, gates, barriers, and shutters require the same level of attention. A preventative maintenance service should be carried out at least once a year to ensure they remain in good working order.
Given their general reliability, it’s easy to become complacent. However, consider the impact on your business if the main entrance to your premises suddenly malfunctioned, preventing entry or exit—perhaps even both!
This could lead to significant disruptions and, in the worst case, result in legal action if anyone were injured as a consequence.
Beyond minimizing the risk of sudden breakdowns, there are also crucial safety features that must be carefully maintained.
What should be checked during a preventative maintenance visit?
Preventative maintenance is essential to ensure the ongoing safety and functionality of automated doors, gates, barriers, and shutters. During a maintenance visit, the following should be checked:
- Are all safety sensors functioning properly?
- Will the door stop opening or closing if an obstruction is detected?
- Is the force and speed at which the door operates set correctly for its specific application?
- Is there sufficient guarding in place to prevent finger trapping?
Current UK regulations require employers and building managers to ensure that their buildings are “fit for purpose” and that both workers and visitors are protected from injury.
To meet these regulations and avoid the risk of invalid property insurance, all automated doors, roller shutters, gates, and barriers must undergo a preventative maintenance service at least once a year.
Just like a car or boiler, regularly maintained and serviced automated doors, gates, barriers, and shutters are less likely to experience sudden failures and will typically have a longer service life.
Achieve peace of mind with preventative maintenance from Door Care and Security
At Door Care and Security Ltd, our Preventative Maintenance Contracts are designed to help you meet your legal obligations and maintain ongoing compliance. During each visit, our fully qualified engineers will inspect your installed equipment for:
- Wear and tear
- Minor damage
- Sensor faults
- Programming errors
- Mandatory signage
Once the preventative maintenance visit is complete, Door Care and Security will provide a comprehensive documentary record for each piece of covered equipment. If any further remedial work is required, we will communicate with you directly.
In a world of ever-changing standards and evolving Health and Safety regulations, let us take the burden off your shoulders. With a tailored Preventative Maintenance programme designed to suit the specific needs of your business, we can help you achieve peace of mind and ensure your equipment stays compliant and functional.
Door Care and Security Ltd are proud to be a Living Wage Employer. Our commitment to the Real Living Wage will see everyone working at Door Care and Security receive a minimum hourly wage of at least £12.60 which is £1.14 per hour higher than the Government set minimum wage of £11.44 for employees over the age of 21.
The real Living Wage is the only rate calculated according to the costs of living. It provides a voluntary benchmark for employers that wish to ensure their staff earn a wage they can live on, not just the government minimum. Since 2011 the Living Wage movement has delivered a pay rise to over 450,000 people and put over £2 billion extra into the pockets of low paid workers.
“The Covid 19 pandemic really opened our eyes to ensuring that all of our staff were financially supported during extremely challenging trading conditions. Since then we have eradicated the use of zero hour contracts across the business and I’m delighted to announce our re-accreditation with the Living Wage Foundation. We passionately believe that a hard day’s work should be rewarded with a fair day’s wage with every employee of Door Care and Security now receiving rates of pay over and above the Real Living Wage.”
Ian Evans – Operations Director
Katherine Chapman, Director, Living Wage Foundation said: “We’re delighted that Door Care and Security continue to support the movement of over 12,000 responsible employers across the UK who voluntarily commit to go further than the government minimum to make sure all their staff earn enough to live on.
“They, along with thousands of small businesses, as well as household names such as Nationwide Building Society, IKEA, Aviva and many more. These businesses recognise that paying the real Living Wage is the mark of a responsible employer and they, like Door Care and Security, believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay.”