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Automatic Sliding Entrance at a Northwich Retail Unit
A failed swing-door entrance replaced with new automatic sliding doors and hinged pocket doors as a safety upgrade, at a retail unit in Northwich, Cheshire.
Case study
Store entrance upgrade in Northwich
A retail unit in Northwich needed its main entrance upgraded — the existing swing doors had failed and needed replacing with a proper automatic sliding entrance. Avanti Doors removed the old doors and supplied and installed new full-height glazed screens, a sliding door leaf and automatic operators, with hinged pocket doors added as a safety upgrade for the high-traffic doorway. The work was carried out out of hours across three evenings so the store kept trading throughout.
- Location
- Northwich, Cheshire
- Setting
- High-traffic retail store
- Work
- Automatic sliding entrance + safety pocket doors
Scope of works
A safer automatic entrance for a high-traffic store
What we supplied and installed
- Existing failed swing doors removed and disposed of, out of hours across three evenings
- Full-height double-glazed screens with side panels and a full-height glazed sliding door leaf
- Non-thermal aluminium framing, toughened double-glazed units, 125mm transom header, heavy-duty top rail, flush pull and hook locks on a wide double-ramp threshold
- Single sliding automatic operators — motor, processor, drive belt, carriage wheels, EBU battery back-up, combi threshold safety sensors and a 5-position program switch
- Hinged pocket doors fitted as a safety upgrade for rear-edge impact protection
- Wired, set up and tested to EN16005, adjusted and left in full working order
Why it matters for the site
- A busy high-street store entrance upgraded with new automatic sliders in place of failed swing doors
- Hinged pocket doors chosen over side-screen safety sensors for this high-traffic setting — they remove the risk of the door making contact entirely, rather than just slowing it
- Installed out of hours across three evenings so the store kept trading throughout the works
- EN16005-tested with battery back-up so the entrance stays safe even if power is lost
How it was done
The installation process
- 1Existing failed swing doors removed out of hours across three evenings.
- 2New glazed screens and side panels installed, then the sliding door leaf and automatic operators fitted.
- 3Hinged pocket doors added for rear-edge impact protection in the high-traffic entrance.
- 4Wired, set up and tested to EN16005, then handed back with the store trading as normal.
The outcome
Results & benefits
New automatic sliding entrance live at a busy retail store.
Hinged pocket doors remove door-contact risk in a high-traffic doorway.
Installed out of hours with no disruption to trading.
EN16005-tested with battery back-up for safe, reliable operation.
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- New automatic sliding entrance live at a busy retail store.
- Hinged pocket doors remove door-contact risk in a high-traffic doorway.
- Installed out of hours with no disruption to trading.
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