Automatic Door Repair Woodcote

Welcome to Automatic Door Repair UK, the leading specialist in **automatic door repair services for Woodcote**. In today's fast-paced commercial environment, a reliable, safe, and fully functional entrance is not just a convenience—it is a critical necessity. Whether you operate a busy retail store, a corporate headquarters, a healthcare facility, or a hospitality venue in Woodcote, a breakdown in your automatic door system can cause severe disruption, compromise security, and impact accessibility for your customers and staff.

Our team of highly skilled, **BS EN 16005 accredited engineers** is strategically positioned in and around Woodcote to provide rapid response times for all emergency repairs and scheduled maintenance. We specialise in the diagnosis, repair, and servicing of all major automatic door brands, including **Dorma, Record, Geze, Assa Abloy, and Tormax**. From sliding doors that fail to close to swing operators losing hydraulic pressure, we possess the deep technical expertise to resolve your issues quickly, safely, and cost-effectively.

BS EN 16005 Safety Compliance: Your Legal Duty in Woodcote

Safety is our absolute top priority. All automatic doors in Woodcote must strictly adhere to the **BS EN 16005** safety standard (formerly BS 7036). Operating a non-compliant door puts your staff and visitors at risk of impact or crushing injuries and exposes your business to significant liability. During every service visit to Woodcote, our engineers conduct a mandatory safety assessment.

We test the **static closing force** to ensure it does not exceed 150N, preventing injury to vulnerable users. We verify that all **safety sensors** (both activation radars and presence detection beams) are functioning correctly and cover the entire door travel area. If your door in Woodcote lacks essential safety features like finger guards or monitored safety beams, we can retrofit modern safety devices to bring your system up to current legal standards.

Detailed Technical Diagnostics & Motor Repair in Woodcote

Modern automatic doors are sophisticated electro-mechanical systems driven by complex logic controllers. When we attend a breakdown in Woodcote, we do not simply apply a quick patch; we perform a full **technical diagnostic audit**. This involves a granular inspection of the **brushless DC motor gearbox** for internal wear, testing the **drive belt tension** for signs of fatigue, and analysing the **control board error logs** for historical fault codes.

Common issues we encounter in Woodcote include worn carriage wheels causing doors to jump off their top tracks, and faulty encoder signals leading to erratic, jerky movement. Our technicians utilise specialist handheld programming terminals to recalibrate opening speeds, hold-open times, and braking forces, ensuring your door operates smoothly, silently, and efficiently.

Serving Woodcote's Retail Sector

For shops and supermarkets in Woodcote, a working door invites customers in. We prioritize retail repairs, offering out-of-hours service to minimize disruption to your trading. We handle heavy-duty sliding doors capable of withstanding constant footfall.

Diagnosing Intermittent Issues

Intermittent faults are frustrating. Our engineers in Woodcote are skilled at tracing loose connections and worn wiring looms that cause sporadic failures. We inspect the entire cable management system to ensure reliability.

Types of Automatic Doors We Repair in Woodcote

Our engineering expertise covers the full spectrum of automation technologies found in Woodcote. We regularly service and repair:

• Automatic Sliding Doors: Single and bi-parting sliders are common in Woodcote supermarkets and retail entrances. We fix worn carriage wheels, snapped drive belts, and misaligned bottom guide tracks.
• Automatic Swing Doors: Widely used in Woodcote offices and for disabled access (DDA) toilets. We repair the arm linkages, spring tensioners, and hydraulic damping systems.
• Telescopic Doors: Ideal for narrow entrances in Woodcote, these complex mechanisms require precise alignment of the multi-leaf drive belt system to function correctly.
• Revolving Doors: We service the speed control governors and collapsible wing mechanisms for high-prestige entrances.

The Value of Planned Maintenance in Woodcote

Reactive repair is often more costly than proactive care. We recommend our **Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)** service for all businesses in Woodcote. Regular servicing (typically twice a year) allows us to clean the bottom guides, tighten drive belt tension, and lubricate the gearbox. This prevents the common 'grinding' failures we see in Woodcote and significantly extends the lifespan of your expensive automatic door assets.

Frequently Asked Questions in Woodcote

Q: How quickly can you attend a breakdown in Woodcote?
A: We prioritise emergency calls in Woodcote and aim to be on-site within 4 hours for critical failures affecting security or access.

Q: My door is stuck open. What should I do?
A: Check for debris in the threshold and clean the sensor lenses. If it persists, switch the door to 'manual' or 'off' and call our Woodcote emergency line immediately.

Q: Can you upgrade my old sensors to meet new safety laws?
A: Yes. If your door in Woodcote has old 'activation only' sensors, we can install 'monitored presence' sensors (safety curtains) to comply with BS EN 16005.