Vigilance and regular maintenance can be vital to ensuring a roller or up and over garage door cannot fall and present a serious risk to safety to you or your family. Damage to garage doors through a car-strike, adverse weather conditions or impact of some kind can also lead to problems with garage door safety [...]
Various problems can arise from child safety with garage doors – particularly if the correct behaviour, product purchase and maintenance is not considered. Allowing children to play with manual or automatic garage doors can lead to a dangerous situation and put their safety at risk. Old, unmaintained or in fact any relatively new garage door [...]
We are delighted to talk customers through the various garage door options available for their homes. Here are some of the common questions we are asked and what we hope is some useful information. What types of garage door can you supply? We are able to supply, install and maintain all types of garage door. [...]
In the event of a fire being able to create a safe exit route is of paramount importance. Intelligent automatic fire curtains provide the ideal solution for a number of applications including: Commercial Kitchen Servery Hatches Fire containment within building areas including restaurants, cafeteria areas within a school or department stores. Invisible when not in [...]
Safety and security is never more important than in schools. Fire due to accidents and arson such as that at a Somerset school recently (July 14th 2011) is enormously destructive to buildings and property let alone the risk to the lives of the children and staff within. Proper closures between kitchens and other food preparation [...]
B & L Shutters Ltd were delighted to work on secure serving hatches at Twickenham Rugby Ground recently. Many of our clients work in trades where security, safety and client confidence are paramount. When you source new serving hatches, repairs and services you should ensure that like B & L Shutters, you assess and [...]
Fire doors may be the most important and effective part of your passive fire protection system. Automated fire-alarm systems had been lauded as a major contribution to the safety and security of industrial plants and business premises. Unfortunately this seems not to be the case. Statistics gathered between April 2009-June 2010 by Essex County Fire [...]
It's no surprise or secret that crime rates in the UK increase when times are hard. Burglaries are particularly prevalent in areas where thieves perceive easy pickings and high returns for their efforts. There's no better way to protect your home or business premises than to make entry and exit by unauthorised personnel difficult to [...]
Increasingly we are seeing our clients require secure doors for a variety of purposes. The durability, strength, safety and accoustic features of our steel doors make them an attractive prospect which could save lives as well as protecting premises and plant. We stocking standard sizes of steel door for quick supply to you from our [...]
Perfect for a host of applications where security is required, but air-flow or aesthetics are a consideration, steel louvre doors are often the most pleasing choice for the job. Steel louvre doors are often installed in transformer chambers, plant rooms, electrical utility rooms and substations or pump/rubbish storage facilities where a build up of heat [...]
