Gate Installers
We encourage all professionals associated with the automated gate industry to take the Gate Safe training to improve their understanding of the required protocol to ensure a safe and compliant installation. Click HERE for further details on Gate Safe’s training
Automated Gate Safety: The Facts
- Anyone involved in the installation of a powered gate (whether it is a swing or sliding gate, a rising arm barrier, a bi folding or telescopic sliding gate) must ensure it complies with the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008.
- In order to achieve compliance the gate should have undergone a full risk assessment. The complex British Standards are used as a means to identify the various potential risks posed by an automated gate.
- A fully automatic gate should feature a minimum of two different types of safety device. Gate Safe advises that photocells (or light curtains / laser scanners) and pressure edges should be installed on every gate or barrier and would never support the idea that force limitation is an acceptable form of safety when not relying on safety edges.
- In addition to using the British Standards to guide the Risk Assessment process, Gate Safe provides further additional general recommendations to encourage a holistic approach to best practice in relation to the installation of gates.
- This includes guidance on the requirements to ensure the overall mechanical strength / stability of the installation and all aspects of gate safety by design.
Gate Safe Guidance
Gate Safe Guides
ARCHITECTS guide
INSTALLERS guide
ELECTRICIANS guide
AUTOMATIC RISING ARM BARRIERS guide
COMMERCIAL PREMISES guide
If you can’t find the information you are looking for in our guides, please contact us with any questions:
email info@gate-safe.org or call +01303 840117
Gate Safe MOT
To the untrained eye, there is no difference in the appearance of a safe or unsafe gate. The Gate Safe MOT provides a clear visual reference to indicate that a gate has been installed / maintained in line with best industry practice. Only Gate Safe installers are eligible to fit the Gate Safe MOT and the benefits include:
- Setting your business apart from the competition by demonstrating best practice and an over-riding commitment to the safety of any automated gate installation installed / maintained by your company
- The MOT needs to be renewed on a maximum of an annual basis maximum, so the scheme will help to boost customer loyalty and retention – no gate owner will be keen to have a gate which has a clear reference to the fact that the regular service has been overlooked
- The MOT offers a natural branding exercise for your business, providing a clear reference to your company to anyone that uses the gate
More details on the Gate Safe MOT can be found in the Members area.
Gate Safe Specification Tool
The Gate Safe Specification Tool is an online, interactive, visual guide or checklist for those involved in:
- Gate specification
- Gate design
- Gate installation
It is designed to navigate you through nine easy steps to help specify, design and install automated gates to the latest safety standards.
In addition, the Specification Tool provides guidance to the end user as to what they can expect from their automated gate.
Find out more about the Gate Safe Specification Tool here
Gate Tracker CRM system
The Gate Tracker CRM system is a CRM online tool which has been specifically designed by Gate Safe to improve the running of a gate and barrier installation business.
