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Automatic Gate Installation & Maintenance

Guardian Edge installs, maintains and repairs automatic gates and barriers across the UK. Powered gates are machinery under UK law: they must be installed to be safe in use, force-tested, fitted with appropriate safety devices, and maintained — and we treat gate safety as a compliance matter rather than a servicing upsell.

Powered gates are machinery. They are maintained like machinery.

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Who this is for

Managing agents of gated residential developments
Industrial and logistics sites with vehicle access control
Commercial premises with car park barriers
Anyone who has inherited a gate with no maintenance history

Problems it solves

The gate has failed open and the site cannot be secured
There is no record of a force test ever being carried out
Safety edges and photocells are damaged or have been bypassed
Residents are propping the gate open because the fobs no longer work
The installer is gone and nobody can service the controller

What Guardian Edge provides

Our automatic gates scope

What we provide

Sliding, swing, bi-folding and telescopic gates
Rising arm barriers, bollards and road blockers
Motor, controller and safety device replacement on existing gates
Safety edges, photocells, induction loops and force limitation setup
Force testing and a written safety assessment
Access integration — fobs, keypads, intercom, ANPR and app control

Typical scope

Residential developments, commercial car parks, industrial yards and logistics sites
New installations and takeover of existing gates from unknown installers
Emergency repair and making safe

Before we price anything

Inspection & survey process

01
Safety assessment first
Crushing, shearing, drawing-in and impact hazards identified before anything else is discussed.
02
Force testing
Measured impact forces recorded against the limits in BS EN 12453 — not judged by feel.
03
Condition survey
Structure, running gear, motor, controller and safety devices assessed and recorded.

On site

How the work is delivered

01
Works agreed and programmed
Including how the site stays secure while the gate is out of service.
02
Installed and set up
Motor, controller, safety devices and access integration installed and configured.
03
Force tested and documented
Measured forces recorded, safety devices proven, and a written safety file issued.

Compliance

What the rules actually require

A powered gate is machinery. New installations fall under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, which requires a declaration of conformity, UKCA marking and a technical file.
Existing gates in a workplace or a communal residential setting must be maintained in a safe condition. Where the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 apply, there is a duty to inspect and maintain.
Safety devices are not optional extras. Force limitation, safety edges and photocells exist because powered gates have killed people in the UK.
A gate with bypassed or failed safety devices should be taken out of automatic operation until it is repaired. We will say so plainly rather than leave it running.

Standards & legislation

These are not all the same kind of obligation, and we do not present them as if they were. A statutory duty is law. A British Standard is the recognised way of demonstrating you have met one. Guidance and our own recommendations are neither.

Legal requirementSupply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
Duties on those placing machinery on the market
Applies to new powered gate installations, including the requirement for a declaration of conformity and technical file.
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British StandardBS EN 12453
Safety in use of power operated doors and gates
Sets out hazard protection requirements and the impact force limits used in force testing.
British StandardBS EN 12604
Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — mechanical aspects
Mechanical requirements including guarding of drawing-in and shearing points.

Ongoing support

Planned, reactive and multi-site.

Most providers do one of these well. The value of a single provider is that the schedule, the emergency and the portfolio all sit in the same place.

Planned maintenance

Scheduled servicing including force testing and safety device verification
Running gear, hinges and motor wear tracked between visits
Battery and controller lifecycle planned rather than reactive

Reactive support

24-hour attendance where a gate has failed open or closed
Emergency making safe and manual release setup

Multi-site & national portfolios

One maintenance contract across every gated site
Consistent safety documentation across the estate

Procurement, simplified

What happens next?

01
Tell us what you need
One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough to start.
02
We assess the requirement
We confirm scope, access, and whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.
03
You receive a clear quotation
Itemised, with what is included and what is not. No provisional sums that move later.
04
We arrange attendance
A confirmed date and window, with the engineer or trade named in advance.
05
Works are completed
Carried out by directly managed engineers or vetted specialist subcontractors.
06
Evidence is supplied
Certification, test records and photographic evidence where the work calls for it.

Answers

Automatic Gatesquestions.

How often should an automatic gate be serviced?

For gates in commercial or communal residential use, servicing is commonly carried out every six months, and more frequently on high-cycle installations such as busy car parks or logistics yards. Each service should include measured force testing and verification of every safety device, with the results recorded — a visual check is not a substitute.

We inherited a gate with no paperwork. What do we do?

Start with a safety assessment and force test. That tells you whether the gate is safe to keep in automatic operation now. From there we can usually build the missing safety file and bring the installation up to a defensible position, and where a gate cannot be made safe economically we will tell you that rather than sell you a service contract on it.

Get a quotation for automatic gates.

One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough for us to start — and we will tell you plainly whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.

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