Access Control Hemel Hempstead
We design, install and repair access control, door entry systems, automatic gates, barriers and automatic doors across Hemel Hempstead and Dacorum. As approved Paxton installers with over 20 years in the trade, we handle everything from a keypad on a single door to a gated yard on Maylands, and jobs are booked in advance so you get a fixed date.
Access Control Systems in Hemel Hempstead
Keys are a weak point for any business. They get copied, lent out and never handed back when staff leave. Access control gives each person a fob, card or code instead, and cancelling one takes seconds.
Fob, card and keypad access
We fit everything from a single keypad on a back door to Paxton Net2 systems across offices, warehouses and multiple buildings. You can see who used which door and when, set access by shift or team, and change permissions from a PC.
One system for doors, gates and barriers
Units on Maylands often have a front door, a staff entrance, a barrier and a yard gate. A networked system puts them all on one set of fobs, so staff carry one credential and you manage the lot from one screen.
Automatic Gates in Hemel Hempstead
Electric gates keep cars in, stop people wandering up the drive and make arriving home in the rain far less of a hassle. Getting the design right matters, though, because a heavy gate moving under power can seriously hurt someone if it is not set up properly.
Swing gates
The classic driveway choice, with post mounted arms or hidden underground motors. A drive that slopes up from the road affects which way they can open.
Sliding gates
Tracked or cantilevered, and our usual pick for wide openings and busy commercial entrances.
Ways to open your gates
Fobs, keypads, proximity tags, video intercoms and phone apps, matched to how the gate gets used day to day.
Barriers and Bollards in Hemel Hempstead
On business sites the priorities change. Traffic flow, durability and control over who gets in matter more than looks.
Car park barriers
The most cost effective way to control a car park or yard entrance, operated by fobs, keypads, intercoms or your existing access control.
Bollards
Fixed, removable, telescopic and automatic rising bollards to protect buildings, shopfronts and parking spaces.
See our barriers and bollards
Automatic Doors in Hemel Hempstead
Automatic sliding and swing doors for shops, surgeries, offices and public buildings around Hemel Hempstead. They make entrances easier for everyone, and a suitable existing door can often be automated rather than replaced.
Door Entry Systems in Hemel Hempstead
For flats, offices and gated homes, a door entry system lets you see and speak to visitors before you let them in. We install audio and video intercoms from Videx, BPT, Bell and Urmet, including systems residents can answer on their phone, and they suit the new apartment blocks around the town centre as well as older converted buildings.
Access Control and Gates for Hemel Hempstead Schools
Most school security starts at reception. The Department for Education’s school security guidance says visitors should sign in at the office rather than wander the site, and a video entry panel with release from reception makes that easy. Staff carry fobs that can be cancelled the day someone leaves.
At the gate, we keep pupils on foot well away from vehicles, with a separate pedestrian gate and vehicle gates that open around drop off and pick up.
Martyn’s Law will add to that. Schools where 200 or more people can be expected on site at once will need evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication procedures under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, with the duties starting no earlier than April 2027. Access control that can lock controlled doors from one point makes a lockdown plan far easier to carry out.
- Door entry with release from reception
- Staff fobs, cancelled the day someone leaves
- Controlled doors locked down from a single point
- Separate pedestrian gates, away from vehicle routes
- Safety edges, photocells and force testing as standard
Gate safety and the standards we work to
This is the part that matters most, and it is the part cheaper installers sometimes skip. Powered gates and barriers fall under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, the recognised safety standard is BS EN 12453, and the DHF TS 011 code of practice sets out how they should be designed, installed and maintained.
Already have electric gates without safety edges or photocells? Please get them checked. We can bring existing gates up to the current standard.
- Risk assessment for every installation
- Safety edges and photocells that stop and reverse the gate
- Force testing with calibrated equipment
- Safety documentation at handover
Do electric gates need planning permission in Hemel Hempstead?
Often not, but height and position decide it. Next to a road used by vehicles, including the pavement, a new gate can be up to one metre high without planning permission. Anywhere else the limit is two metres. Listed buildings and some conservation areas are treated differently.
Most front driveway gates are taller than a metre, so check with Dacorum Borough Council before you commit.
Access control and gate repairs in Hemel Hempstead
Gates and doors are machines, and machines wear. Motors tire, hinges drop, photocells get knocked out of line and readers take a battering on busy doors. A regular service costs far less than an emergency call out, and we repair most major brands, including systems we did not fit.
Alarms and CCTV from the same team
We also fit burglar alarms and CCTV across Hemel Hempstead, so a camera can watch the gate while the alarm looks after the building, all designed together and maintained by one company.
Areas we cover around Hemel Hempstead
We fit access control, door entry and gates across Hemel Hempstead, including Adeyfield, Boxmoor, Apsley, Gadebridge, Leverstock Green and Warners End, and for businesses on Maylands.
Further out, we cover Berkhamsted, Tring, Kings Langley, Bovingdon and Redbourn.
- Berkhamsted
- Tring
- Kings Langley
- Bovingdon
- Redbourn
From first visit to handover
Site visit
Doors, gate openings, slopes, ground conditions and power all checked
Written quote
Itemised, with drawings where they help
Installation
Cabling, readers, locks, groundwork, motors and safety devices
Test and handover
Users set up, manual release shown, safety documents issued
What our customers say
Access control in Hemel Hempstead: your questions answered
How much does access control cost in Hemel Hempstead?
It depends on the number of doors, the locks they need and whether you want a standalone keypad or a networked system you manage from a PC. We give a fixed written quote after a site visit.
Can staff use one fob for every door?
Yes. With a networked system each person gets one fob or card, and you decide which doors and times it works for. Access can be changed or cancelled from a PC.
Do you install door entry systems for flats?
Yes. We fit audio and video door entry panels for apartment blocks and shared buildings across Hemel Hempstead, and we repair and upgrade older systems too.
How much do electric gates cost in Hemel Hempstead?
It depends on size, material, swing or slide, motor type, groundwork and how you want to open them. We quote after a site visit, so the figure you get is the figure you pay.
Can you automate my existing gates?
Often, yes. If the gates, posts and hinges are in good condition we can usually add motors and safety devices. Where they have dropped or are very heavy, we will tell you honestly whether repair or replacement makes more sense.
What happens to electric gates in a power cut?
Every system we install can be released by hand, so you are never locked in or out. Battery backup can also be added.
Do you fit barriers for business parks?
Yes. We install rising arm barriers and sliding gates for offices and units on Maylands and other business sites, usually worked by fobs or an intercom.
Talk to us about access control for your Hemel Hempstead property
Tell us what you have in mind, whether that is a keypad on a back door, an entry panel for a block of flats or new gates on the drive. Call 0116 236 6044 or email info@accesscontrolsolutions.co.uk to arrange a site visit.
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.30pm · Friday 8.30am to 5pm
