HAG Guide to servicing your Industrial Doors, Roller Shutters and Security Grilles - Part Two

 

We’ve already discussed what you need to be aware of, and what you can do, to keep your Industrial Doors, Roller Shutters and Security Grilles in great shape. This instalment of our guide details what your HAG Industrial Door Engineer will do to take that maintenance a step further and keep your Industrial Doors compliant under current legislation and ensure your industrial doors are safe and well.

 

Maintenance of your industrial doors is essential to ensure you comply with your responsibilities under Health and Safety Act 1974, and that your industrial doors are safe to use.

 

Generic Maintenance of all rolling shutters, grilles and industrial doors:

 

Rolling Shutters/Grilles

Level three maintenance – to be undertaken by your HAG Industrial Door Engineer

Your HAG Engineer will undertake certain initial inspections to check for immediate wear and tear:

 

Inspect the industrial door; hardware; guides; brackets and barrel assembly. They will pay particular attention to the bracket plates which hold the barrel and coiled curtain and report any damage for immediate and urgent repair.

Hardware and tracks

We will check all the fixings, nuts and bolts and will secure and tighten these where necessary and clean old grease from all the locking bolts and re-lubricate if required.

 

NOTE: Don’t use grease on securoglide shutters, your HAG Industrial Door Engineer will be able to advise you on what lubrication sprays are available and suitable for your Industrial Door set.

 

Checks will take place that the doorstops at the top of the guides are not twisted and are always secure and that the bottom rail is always in complete and proper contact with them.

Curtain

Maintenance of the curtain is essential and your HAG Engineer will conduct a number of checks:

 

• Endlocks – checking that these are present and secure
• Straighten and secure - where necessary
• Paying particular attention to windlocks
• Check that the curtain fixings attached to the barrel are safe and secure
• There is no damage to the top lath
• Check for free operation of the wicket door (if fitted)
• Clamping and locking mechanism
• Oil the hinges.

 

If you are concerned about any aspect of the operation of your industrial doors, call your HAG Engineer immediately.

Barrel and counterbalance assembly

The counterbalance is essential to the smooth operation of your industrial door, and we will check it by conducting the following checks:

 

• Lubricate barrel/shaft bearings; apply grease
• Grease hand chain gears
• Clean the hand chain
• Check the operation and balance of the industrial door through its full range of movement
• Gears should run free with no tight spots

 

If the tension needs altering, your HAG Engineer will be able to adjust this for you – please do not attempt to make any tension changes yourself, just give us a call and speak to an industrial door specialist.

Seals

We will check the reliability of all weatherseals and re-secure as necessary.

Electric operators and controls

On speed doors we will check the motor torque bolt assembly – you will need to make arrangement for this to be changed after every 80,000 operations – your HAG Engineer will be able to advise you.

 

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Your handy HAG Guide to servicing your Industrial Doors, Roller Shutters and Security Grilles - Part One

Maintenance of your industrial doors is essential; not only to keep them in tip top condition, but to ensure you comply with your responsibilities under Health and Safety Act 1974, and that your industrial doors are safe.

 

So, HAG UK Ltd has designed a guide to help you keep your Industrial Doors, Roller Shutters and Security Grilles in great shape.

 

Part One focuses on a general guide to maintaining your Industrial Doors, Roller Shutters and Security Grilles. Our next instalments will focus on individual products and the specialist treatment needed for each item.

 

GENERAL

How often do I need to service my industrial doors?

 

• This depends on how often the industrial doors get used and general wear and tear. Use the following table as a guide:

Door Cycles, per day	Recommended Maintenance
1 - 14	12 months
Up to 15	6 months
Up to 30	4 months
Up to 45	3 months
Over 45	2 months

 

• Industrial Doors designed for very high frequency use should be calculated to the individual requirements and your HAG surveyor/engineer can help you design a maintenance schedule to suit you.
• Although it is perfectly safe to conduct certain levels of maintenance on your industrial doors yourself, you should never interfere with any of the components of your product that are under tension – this should only ever be attempted by your HAG surveyor/engineer.

 

LEVEL ONE MAINTENANCE (BY THE USER)

 

• On a daily basis, you should ensure that:
  • There is no visible damage to the industrial door;
  • Excessive force is not required to operate the industrial door;
  • All accessible components of the industrial door are clean and free from dust;
  • Any bottom tracks are kept free from debris by regular cleaning;
  • You are fully aware of all the operating instructions and Safety Instructions supplied with your industrial door;
  • There are no strange noises when operating your industrial door.  
• Any unusual signs identified now, can help to avoid costly repairs later.

LEVEL TWO MAINTENANCE (BY YOUR HAG ENGINEER)

 

• Every two months, your HAG engineer should carry out the following checks on top on the Level One checks:
  • Check that all fixing bolts, screws and bolts are tight.
  • Generally clean the faces of the industrial doors.
  • Wipe any excess grease off the tracks.
  • Check operation of any shoot bolts and locks; also chains or hand chain wheels.
  • Clean any hand chains – do not grease or oil hand chains or hand chain wheels.

 

Further maintenance (LEVEL THREE MAINTENANCE) should only ever be conducted by a HAG Approved Installation team.

 

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Our next instalment will be on LEVEL THREE MAINTENANCE on our individual products.

 

 

New ways to make things easier. 31st March 2011

HAG UK Ltd is always looking for new ways to make things easier for our customers. So, we listened to your feedback and have revised the way you can interact and engage with our products to make choosing and buying the right HAG product even smoother.

 

Take our steel doors for example. Instead of looking for the door, thinking about the application and creating the whole spec yourselves, we’ve taken out the leg work and done it for you. By listing the different applications as separate products on our website, the bespoke spec is already there. So, instead of revising the spec from a basic industrial door to your application every time, you just click on the application, and hey presto – there it is!

 

We’ve also included new applications for our products. Our Alulink Range of roller shutters makes the perfect enclosure for Car Parks, and now, at the click of a button, you can get a bespoke spec with a whole host of optional extras – even an option to check the licence plates of the cars entering and exiting the car park.

 

Various features make it perfect for underground and shopping centre car parks, from its high degree of ventilation - nominally 80% free air – to its added strength supplied by its integrated ‘kick-zone’ lower section.

 

Click here to view the spec for the Alulink Range G1-HD to find out more about the options associated with our car parking products.

 

Have a look around our website and check out all the different applications for our products – you might just be surprised!

From industrial and commercial to the perfect domestic garage door, HAG’s Industrial Doors, Roller Shutters, Grilles and Garage Doors are designed and fitted to exceptionally high standards, so you can always be sure you are getting the best. 

 

New product news coming soon!

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Advice Line: 0800 072 3444

 

 

Jamie’s Italian in the heart of Bristol 11th February 2011

Having already opened a string of eight successful authentic Italian restaurants – including sites in Cardiff and Bath – Jamie Oliver is poised to take on Bristol’s diners with a new restaurant on Park Street.

Due to open very soon, there is already a full team in place in Bristol - all prepped and ready to start their training. The restaurant will be over three floors with an antipasti counter, fresh pasta machine and ‘bread station’, and a ground-floor delicatessen selling a whole range of exciting foods as well as (obviously!) Jamie Oliver cookbooks and kitchen products.

HAG UK Ltd was delighted to be given the job of providing a range of industrial doors and roller shutters to the premises, which has taken over half the site formerly occupied by Blackwells bookshop at 89 Park Street.

A corner location with large windows has meant that an attractive Alulink Grille was needed to protect the front and side of the ‘shop front’. This specialist grille is designed to offer high vision, ventilation and a stylish alternative to traditional products – perfect for one of Jamie’s restaurants.

HAG also fitted a C1 industrial door to the rear of the building and a grille to an internal cabinet within the shop area.

You can see HAG’s full range at www.hag.co.uk and click on products.

Paul Dunne, Managing Director of HAG said, "it’s been exciting to work on such high profile projects particularly one which really puts Bristol on the national ‘food’ map!"

Having already been involved in lots of exciting projects, including the Snowdon Visitor Centre and a unique venture with Lego Land Windsor, HAG was the natural choice for Jamie’s restaurant.

If you would like to find out more about this project or any of our products, please get in touch.

www.hag.co.uk
Email: info@hag.co.uk
Advice Line: 0800 072 3444

 

 

Graffiti: Vandalism or Art? 30th January 2011

With the recent rise of graffiti as an expressive art-form and ‘artists’ such as Banksy hailed as pop culture heroes – his short film ‘Exit through the Gift Shop’ has even been nominated for an Oscar this year – are we legitimising vandalism?

It costs around £850million to keep the country’s streets free from litter and graffiti, with whole communities being ‘terrorised’ by graffiti artists vandalising private property on every high street in Britain. In Brent, London, a ‘vandal’s’ work has cost tax payers more than £1800 and the ‘offender’ was given a three year ASBO – tough enough?

So it seems for every person who calls it art, there is a property owner scrubbing walls and calling it vandalism.

If you own commercial property which is ‘tagged’ – how can you protect yourself?

Security shutters, grilles and industrial doors are the perfect way to protect your shop fronts – they are secure, economical and look good. But if you’re the victim of a tagger, how do you protect your protection?

There are several solutions, one of the most effective being a range of high quality, high spec powder coatings you can use to treat your security shutters, grilles and industrial doors. In fact, these coatings have a wide outdoor use and can even be used for architectural applications, including street furniture.

Polyurethane powder coatings are specially formulated to have superior anti-graffiti properties and when combined with the correct cleaning practices can leave all your outdoor surfaces graffiti/art free – depending on your outlook!

Part of only a small group of companies that work with the top manufacturer of these coatings, HAG UK Ltd, is part of the ‘Service First’ team distributing and applying coatings manufactured by Akzo Nobel.

So, if you have a problem with vandals, graffiti artists, taggers or spray painters, maybe you should get in touch with HAG and discuss how Anti Graffiti Powder Coatings can help protect your business property and your bank balance.

 

 

Flexible Retail System Launches 15th July 2010

We are proud to launch our new "Flexible Retail System" retail system that allows vacant shopping units to be turned into secure trading shops overnight.

Vacant shopping units will portray a negative impression of any shopping precinct or mall. With long term lets at there lowest for several years the battle to cost effectively fill the space short term is essential.

The unique System flexibility means a choice of eleven grille designs available in standard powder coat colours, No maximum width span and heights up to 4500mm. This is all encased in a self supporting demountable portal frame structure in light weight aluminium with its fascia powder coated to any existing surroundings. Tenants signs are easily attached and removed with minimal disturbance.

Repositioning of the Flexible retail system unit to a new vacant unit can be completed with in a day or stored for later use.

Find out more about the Flexible Retail System.

 

 

Site Engineers CRB Checks 20th April 2010

Due to the recent change in the law, HAG is in the process of CRB checking Installation teams.

Specific HAG clients such as Schools and council’s require back ground checks on any works that may come into contact with young or vulnerable people.

 

 

New Specialist Door Brochure 10th April 2010

A new updated brochure is available on-line, with the addition of several new product lines:

• Additional new Industrial Doors will help secure and protect any size building
• Thermal Break products will prevent heat loss through the use of the latest technology in insulation products..

 

 

Snowdon Project Completed by HAG 8th October 2009

In 2009 HAG completed a two year design and installation project for the highest building in the UK.

This involved securing all entry and exits to the Summit Visitor Centre on Snowdon with Armourguard roller shutters and HAG Steel Door Sets.

This project faced many challenges from weather, access and altitude. HAG overcame all to design a bespoke security system for the Welsh National Park.

To find out more about this epic project please view our case studies.

 

 

Powder Coating Service First 12th October 2009

HAG has recently been awarded Service First Association.

Established in 2006, Service First is a U.K. network of quality industrial powder and wet paint coaters. Currently there are only 29 coaters in the UK with the AkzoNobel service first association and HAG is proud to be part of this elite network.

Regular audits are carried out by AkzoNobel, checking that our customers are receiving the highest quality of work with outstanding customer service.

Working to recognised and documented standards, the association offers comprehensive range of coating capabilities and expertise on a variety of substrates, pre-treatment and both powder and liquid systems.

 

 

Launch of Specialist Retail Security Systems 25th September 2009

HAG is proud to launch two new versatile product ranges for Retail Security.

Airports and Mall concessions are ideal businesses that can now be secured by HAG Clear Guard & Ali Glyde Systems.

HAG Clear Guard is ideal for shop fronts with 80% unrestricted view, electrically operated and coated to any colour requirement.

Ali Glyde System is fully flexible to support a curved layout and designed to cover large span's whilst providing excellent through vision to the shop displays

Both systems are perfect for you if you are looking for exceptional quality with the aesthetics of a high class security system for your premises.

 

 

St David Centre, Cardiff 5th September 2009

With only 2 weeks to plan, manufacture and install HAG has completed a prestige project in the welsh capital.

HAG has created a new "Pop'up" Shop front system for Mall's to secure and display shopping units prior to letting.

This has created an aesthetically acceptable appearance to temporarily vacant units all within an exceptionally quick schedule

Our Ali Glyde product range provides the perfect closure to give a flexible system to allow for the ability to re-position at a later date to the tenants requirements