Vale Automation Ltd
Nottingham
Here at Vale Automation Ltd, we are a family run business that was established in 1976. We were originally a general building company, but we now specialise in...
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Gate maintenance contracts
Compare UK companies offering electric gate maintenance contracts. Check how many visits a year, what each visit tests, how quickly a fault is answered and what record you are given.
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Before the visit
Questions to ask.
Count the gates the contract will cover and note how often each one is used. Have the gate instructions, the last report and the declaration of conformity ready if you hold them. Know who on site can release a gate in an emergency.
- How many planned visits a year, and what does each one test?
- Will you measure the closing forces at every visit and give me the readings?
- How quickly do you attend a gate that has failed, and is that time written into the contract?
- What is excluded, and how are parts and extra visits charged?
What a contract should cover
The Health and Safety Executive issued a safety notice to landlords, commercial owners and facilities managers on 21 January 2011, after two children died in powered gates the previous summer. It lists what to check with whoever maintains your gate. Ask to be shown each of these.
- Closing force readings: HSE says the company should use measuring equipment to test the closing forces.
- Safety edges: Rubber strips, usually running the full height of the gate, that stop it on contact.
- Light beams: Beams that detect a person or object in the path of the closing gate.
- Force limitation: HSE says this is unlikely to be enough on its own to stop injury.
- Fixed guards: Covers for places where the bars of a gate slide close to the bars of a fence.
- Emergency release: Ask to be shown how to release the gate quickly, then tell your staff and other users.
- The maintenance log: HSE says to keep one. Ask who holds it and how you get a copy.
At the first visit, ask about:
- Closing force readings
- Safety edges
- Light beams
- Force limitation
- Fixed guards
- Emergency release
- The maintenance log
Between visits: check the response time written into the contract.
Source: Health and Safety Executive safety notice on powered perimeter gates. Issued 21 January 2011 to landlords, commercial owners and facilities managers, reference OPSTD 1-2011.
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The company list
Companies listing gate maintenance contracts.
102 listed companies across the UK. Services come from company information and have not been independently verified. This list is alphabetical; check coverage before booking.
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Wardour Fire & Security
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Wentworth Gates
Hook
Wentworth Gates offers new gate installations, gate repairs and also gate maintenance on all makes of gate automation. We provide Wooden Gates, Metal Gates, Wro...
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Wilsons Systems
Blackpool
Based in Lytham St Annes and covering the surrounding Fylde coast and North West areas. All aspects of electrical installations, security systems, smart homes a...
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