How much should I budget for door security gates in Clacton-on-Sea?
Our guide range for door security gates in Clacton-on-Sea is £714 to £1,554 including VAT (£595 to £1,295 plus VAT) per door, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
A door security gate is a steel grille fitted across a doorway, either as a retractable concertina gate or a hinged gate on its own frame. Locked, it holds the opening even if the door itself is forced or its glass is broken.
Specification at a glance
- Steel frames fixed into masonry with anti-tamper fixings
- Powder-coated finishes to match door frames
- Additional shoot bolts into the floor and head for wider gates
- Locks operable from inside, outside or both
- Low-profile floor track options to reduce trip hazards
- Can be combined with a letterbox gap or pet clearance where needed
Fitting in Clacton-on-Sea and nearby
Whether you are in central Clacton-on-Sea or at the edge of the CO15 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Harwich and Colchester are covered too.
Essex ranges from Victorian terraces in Southend and Colchester to new towns such as Harlow and Basildon and large commuter estates near London.
Where door security gates are most often used:
- Shop back doors and fire exits (with the right arrangements)
- Glazed kitchen and utility doors
- Flat entrance doors onto communal areas
- Back and side doors of houses
What to think about first
Fire exits
On business premises a gate across an exit must not obstruct escape while anyone is inside. We discuss how it will be managed before recommending one.
Retractable or hinged
Retractable gates need a parking space beside the door for the stack; hinged gates need clear swing space.
Consents and safety: England
Grilles across exits in business premises
In workplaces and other non-domestic premises, including the common parts of blocks of flats and HMOs, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 makes the responsible person keep escape routes and emergency exits available and easy to open while people are present. A grille across an exit should be unlocked and parked open whenever the building is occupied, and covered in the fire risk assessment.
Grilles in rented homes
Landlords in England must keep rented homes free from serious hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, which includes fire. A grille that stops a tenant using an escape window can create a hazard, so grilles in rented homes should have keyless internal releases.
How it works
- Postcode and a few photos
- On-site survey
- Fixed written price
- Fit, test and explain
Door security gates in Clacton-on-Sea: questions
Can you survey in Clacton-on-Sea and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Clacton-on-Sea, Harwich, Colchester and elsewhere in Essex are booked around installer availability.
Can a security gate go behind a fire exit door?
Only if it does not obstruct escape while the building is occupied. That normally means it is unlocked and parked open during opening hours and locked only when the premises are empty.
Can you fit a gate to a flat entrance door?
Yes, subject to the building owner's permission and any fire strategy for the block, as flat entrance doors in shared buildings often have a fire safety role.
Will a gate stop the door from opening?
No. The gate is measured so the door can open and close normally with the gate folded back or swung open.
Door security gates in nearby towns
Other grilles in Clacton-on-Sea
- Window security grilles
- Internal security grilles
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Roller security grilles
- Fixed window grilles and bars
- Hinged security gates
Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.