In a hotel or an office beside an interchange, the entrance doors do several times the work of an ordinary commercial door, and they fail in a predictable sequence. Catching that sequence early is the difference between a morning's work and replacing a door, and on a building that cannot close it matters more than the cost.
The failure sequence on a door used all night
A floor spring weakens gradually rather than suddenly. First the door stops closing the last few inches, then it begins to sag, then the bottom patch fitting works loose and the glass starts to crack at the corner.
At the first stage it is a spring and a few hours.
At the last it is usually a new leaf and a much longer closure, which on a hotel entrance is genuinely disruptive. So a door that has stopped latching cleanly is worth acting on immediately rather than adding to a list.
Servicing rather than waiting for failure
On doors this heavily used, an adjustment twice a year prevents nearly everything we would otherwise attend as a call-out.
Closing speed, latch action and spring tension all drift, and none of them announces itself.
So we would rather book a scheduled visit for the entrance doors than respond to them failing. It costs very little, it happens when it suits the building, and it avoids the unplanned closure that reactive repair always brings.
Keeping a room or a unit out of use for hours, not days
In a hotel the real cost of a repair is the room-nights lost, which is usually far more than the work.
So the parts that commonly fail are worth keeping on site: a spare shower seal, a spare catch, a spare lock.
We supply those when we fit and show your maintenance person how to change them. It turns a two-day wait into an hour, it is less work for us later, and it keeps rooms lettable, which is what the building actually cares about.
How the job works
- Tell us about the jobSend a few photos, rough sizes and what you need. Use WhatsApp or the form. For a repair, a short video of the door moving helps a lot.
- We call you back in about 2 minutesWe confirm what you need and a time to visit. Where we can, we give you a rough price on the call.
- We come and measureWe measure the opening and check the walls, floor and ceiling around it. Anything made to size is made to these measurements, so they must be right.
- You get a written priceIt lists each item, with GST as its own line. If anything about the job changes, we tell you before we go ahead.
- We fit itYou approve the price and pay the advance. Our own team fits the work, checks that every door and window opens and closes properly, and clears up. Most jobs are done in 3 to 4 days.
