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By Paul Shewry Automatic Doors • Design • Fire Doors • Maintenance • Tips and Tricks • • 0 Comments

How To Choose The Right Door For Your Warehouse

Choosing the right door for your warehouse will depend on a number of different aspects. It will depend on what you store inside, how people gain access within your facility, the kind of foot traffic you receive and much more. 

In this piece, we will discuss how these factors come together to influence how you choose the right door for your warehouse. 

Storage Aspects

In most cases, what you store within your warehouse won’t affect the type of business door you’ll need. However, in some cases, you might require a very specific type of door depending on the characteristics of the products stored within. 

For instance, if you store liquids or organic food products in your warehouse, then there’s a chance that the goods might either freeze or spoil. This is why maintaining a certain level of temperature to avoid the freezing of liquids and the spoiling of perishable items is essential. Here, automatic doors and steel doors would be the perfect option. 

Similarly, if you store highly flammable products in your warehouse, having fire doors installed is ideal. 

Weather and Location

If your warehouse is located in a residential area, a lot of noise emanating from your surroundings can be disturbing. This is why having insulated doors are perfect to keep the noise pollution at bay. 

Every time that your door opens and closes, you lose heat from within the facility. This can then result in more energy consumption to restore the temperature back to normal. If temperature is of great importance in your facility, consider installing high-speed automatic doors that’ll take less time to open and close, preventing loss of heat in the warehouse. 

With high-speed swing and slide doors, the products you store in the warehouse will be protected. Moreover, in the colder months, these doors can help maintain comfortable temperatures for working staff who rely on boilers and heaters to stay warm.

Ease of Accessibility

We have seen how high-speed automatic doors are great for preventing heat loss. At the same time, these industrial doors are ideal in warehouses where frequent regular access is required. For fast-paced businesses involving several deliveries and collection on a daily basis, time that’s spent waiting for doors to open and close can accumulate and waste hours over the course of the day. So having doors that provide speedy accessibility is of utmost importance for fast-moving businesses. 

If you house goods and products of high value, it will be worth installing high-security Dane shutters to avoid unwanted access. Additionally, you can have a separate pedestrian access.

Adopt a Bespoke Approach

With business doors, you can’t adopt a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Depending on the specifications of your facility, every warehouse door will be constructed in a manner that’s unique to the premises. At Doorway Services, we design and provide a range of options that are bespoke to your business needs that results in the perfect fit!

Our experienced team is hands-on in providing you with the best business door advice and service. We also provide business door repair and maintenance service to ensure that it performs well always!

So get in touch with us today and choose the right door for your warehouse!

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By Paul Shewry Fire Doors • Maintenance • Management • Renovation • Security • Tips and Tricks • 0 Comments

The Ultimate Fire Door Maintenance List For All Round Safety

Fire door maintenance is pretty straightforward. But when it comes to checking them over, its best to have a plan in place. This way, you can ensure that your fire-resistant doors will extend the maximum protection possible whenever the need arises.

To make this easier for you, we’ve compiled a list that’ll not only keep you up to date with the maintenance work of your fire doors but also ensure all-round safety round the clock!

Let’s take a look.

Legal Requirement for Fire Door Maintenance

In accordance with Article 17 of the Fire Safety Order, all fire doors must be properly installed and maintained. Failing to abide by this will be considered as a breach of the order. This could lead to your property being shut down while the necessary safety changes are made. In order to ensure that you’re in full compliance with the regulations, it is best to sign up for regular ‘Fire Door Inspection’ with Doorway Services.

Schedule Routine Maintenance Checks

Ideally, fire door checks should be carried out at least twice a year. But if the building is newly constructed, the safety checks conducted should be more frequent – preferably at least once every three months. Additionally, you need to keep an eye on the foot traffic that your building receives. Areas that experience the largest flow of people should have fire doors that are in top-notch condition and not damaged in any way. 

Here, fire door checks must be made as often as once every week.

Fire Door and Frame Set Checks

At the time of fire door inspection, be as thorough as possible and pay attention to the smallest details. To ensure that you comply with the regulations, you have to check the door frame and set. 

This includes:

  • Checking that appropriate gap between the door frame and the door is maintained.
  • The seals are intact and in place with no damage whatsoever.
  • Correct signage is being used.
  • There’s no blockage in the transfer grille.

You can refer to the fire door checklist readily available online as it highlights all the aspects that are to be inspected. Moreover, it is best to work through the maintenance checks systematically so as to not miss out on anything. 

Create and Maintain a Fire Door Register

If your building (s) has more than one fire door installed with varying inspection schedules, it’ll be best to create and maintain a fire door register to be on track with the inspections and their due dates. 

Your register will be the central source that’ll contain information regarding:

  • Door specifications
  • Different door components required
  • Maintenance work undertaken
  • Various checks required
  • Fire certificate numbers
  • Date of fire door installation (s).

In essence, your fire door register will have a firsthand record of all repair/maintenance-related aspects. Additionally, it’ll protect you in case of any legal actions and/or investigations.

Fire Door Repairs

If the maintenance checks bring to light any repair work that needs to be done, then you should get on top of it. Ensure that any components you replace are compatible with your fire door. Moreover, make sure that you have the right equipment and tools to carry out the repair work. 

If you’re not sure about the components to be used, then it is best to refer to the fire certificate datasheet to find out about their compatibility with your door model. While you can preside over these checks, it’s recommended that you call in door repair experts at Doorway Services for a professional and safe maintenance check. 

Our experienced door technicians are just a call away in case you need any advice on fire door maintenance. Our impressive track record with successful installations over the years speaks volumes about the quality we bring to the table. 

So, be it fire door installation or repair, give us a call today.