Friday 18 September 2015

Amber Doors Complete Dock Leveller Repair in Northampton

Amber doors recently completed repair work for a swing lip dock leveller system for J Van Vliet Cash & Carry in Northampton, saving them a lot of money in the process.

Swing lip dock levellers are commonly used and are ideally suited to most docking stations, particularly when a trailer is to be loaded through the rear doors and must be reversed onto a loading bay. At our customer’s premises in Northampton, as a result of the area near the leveller having previously being used as a water station, the leveller had completely seized up.

Prior to our team visiting the site, our customer had been advised by several other companies that they would need to totally replace the leveller as it was beyond repair. However, Amber doors saw that a complete replacement was not necessary and devised a solution to make sure the dock leveller was fully operational again.
dock leveller

To bring our customer’s dock leveller back to working order, we replaced the following parts:

•    Power pack
•    Head board
•    Bright bar
•    Spools

The leveller is now back in working order, providing a safe and efficient loading bay area. We pride ourselves on always doing what we can to save our customers money. By simply replacing a few parts that were preventing it from working, rather than completely replacing the dock leveller, we were able to save our customer thousands of pounds in the process.

At Amber Doors, we can provide a wide variety of dock levellers to ensure that your loading bay areas are efficient and safe for deliveries and despatch. The main product features of our dock levellers include:

•    Electro hydraulic operation – built to BS EN 1398
•    Chequered plate platform surface
•    Safety maintenance prop
•    Gradient indicators
•    Green pilot lamp on the control panel that indicates when the leveller is safe to use
•    Protection toe guards with black and yellow warning stripes

To find out more about our range of dock levellers or for advice on which dock leveller solution would best suit your loading bay areas, please call the Amber Doors team on 0121 565 6161.



Thursday 3 September 2015

Amber Doors Complete the Installation of Industrial Roller Shutters in Aldridge



The Amber Doors team recently carried the installation of 2Nr industrial roller shutters at a customer’s site in Aldridge, West Midlands.



The existing openings of the premises held sectional doors that had been in use for a number of years and were badly in need of replacement. Along with replacing these sectional doors with industrial roller shutters, our team also increased the height of the openings in order to allow all company vehicles to enter and exit the building.

We increased the height of the openings for the newly installed roller shutter doors (left and right), compared to the existing sectional door (centre)
The newly installed steel roller shutter doors provide ahighly effective security solution for the premises, as well as well as helping to reduce energy bills by delivering an increased level of insulation. They also now meet legal safety requirements, as the old doors did not.

Further benefits of roller shutter doors are:
  • Roller shutters are highly durable and designed to last
  • Despite the initial cost of design, manufacture and installation, roller shutters are highly cost effective as they are low maintenance
  • Insulated shutters feature a high security twin/wall to prevent intruders from breaking and entering
  • Insulated steel roller shutter doors feature an insulation value of 0.69 w/m.sq.k and an acoustic insulation value of 18DB
  • Fire rated roller shutters offer protection for your premises and also ensure that the premises complies with building regulations

At Amber Doors, we manufacture all roller shutter door systems in house to suit each individual premises. Our highly trained fitters are able to install roller shutters to suit a client’s preferences, ensuring that all installations comply with electrical, mechanical and current health and safety requirements. We pride ourselves on our exceptionally high standard of workmanship for all projects.

To find out more about industrial roller shutter doors for your company premises, please call us on 0121 565 6161.