Planned Preventative Maintenance

Keeping up with regular door maintenance guarantees that your product is maintained and kept in excellent condition and helps to prevent the loss of potential income due to limited access.

Roller shutter maintenance & servicing is essential to ensuring reliable, safe and secure operation at all times, so whether used for industrial, commercial or domestic purposes, it is important to understand that the benefits of roller shutter maintenance far outweigh the risks of not meeting your responsibilities as a shutter owner.Additionally, roller shutters and doors that are kept in good condition will ensure that the premises are protected to their maximum capacity.

ACS Industrial Doors provide a range of maintenance options to maximize the life of the product and keep users safe.

Do i need to have my door, shutter or gate maintained?

Yes. you are legally obligated to have your roller shutters serviced at least once a year. We highly recommend increasing this to once every 6 months as a minimum.

Legislation

Applicable Legislation in England, Scotland & Wales

Regulations 5 and 18 of the Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992 require that doors, gates and barriers at workplaces are safe and subject to a system of maintenance (system manager responsibility).

Section 3 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 requires that employers and the self-employed, as part of their work, ensure that systems in their care are safe (e.g. landlords, workplace managers, owners, managing agents, facilities managers and maintenance contractors).

Applicable Legislation in Northern Ireland

Regulations 5 and 18 of the Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1993 require that doors, gates and barriers at workplaces are safe and subject to a system of maintenance (system manager responsibility).

Article 5 of the Health & Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 requires that employers and the self-employed, as part of their work, ensure that systems in their care are safe (e.g. landlords, workplace managers, owners, managing agents, facilities managers and maintenance contractors).

Applicable Legislation in the Republic of Ireland

If the premises are a workplace, there are specific duties to maintain the system in a safe condition under Safety, Health & Welfare (General Applications) Regulations 2007 (system manager responsibility). 

If the system is controlled by a person engaged in a trade, business or other undertaking (whether for profit or not), then that person will have duties under the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005.  This may, for example, include landlords, managing agents, workplace owners/managers, facilities managers and maintenance contractors.  Landlords of rented houses will additionally have duties under the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008.

In appropriate cases, a charge of reckless endangerment under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 may be considered.

Note: The lists of applicable legislation are not exhaustive; other criminal legislation may well apply at any given location dependent on the precise details of the system and its location.