ServicesHigh Speed Doors
High Speed Doors in Mahanoy City
We sell, install and repair high speed doors for warehouses, manufacturers and cold storage. Each door goes in with photo eyes, reversing edges and a properly wired drive, plus the permit and inspection when your job needs one, so the opening stays fast and passes review.
Fast doors for openings that never stop moving
A high speed door opens and closes several times faster than a standard overhead door. An opening between the dock and the warehouse floor, or between a cooler and a staging area, spends far less time standing open. That means less heat or cold lost, less dust and fewer forklifts waiting on a slow curtain. We work with facilities in Mahanoy City and nearby towns like Shenandoah, Frackville, Pottsville and Hazleton.
Speed changes the safety picture. A curtain moving at several feet per second needs photo eyes or a light curtain, a reversing bottom edge and an operator that stops and backs off the instant something is in the path. We set those up to the UL 325 entrapment requirements and the manufacturer's instructions. When the new circuit or wall work calls for a permit, we pull it and meet the inspector.
Not every opening needs one. If a door cycles only a few times an hour, a standard sectional door usually costs less to buy and maintain, and our Overhead Doors page covers that option. We'll tell you plainly which one fits the traffic you actually have.
What our high speed door work covers
Fabric roll-up and rigid doors
PVC-coated polyester curtains suit interior forklift aisles. Many have a breakaway or self-reinserting bottom edge that pops free on impact instead of bending. Insulated rigid or spiral doors fit exterior walls and freezers, where they hold temperature and stand up to wind load.
Drive and control panel
Most high speed doors run on a motor with a variable frequency drive. The drive ramps speed up and down so the curtain, bearings and gearbox don't take a jolt every cycle. We set open and close speeds, limits and hold-open timers to match your traffic.
Activation that fits the traffic
Motion radar, floor loops, pull cords and push buttons each suit different openings. We place and aim them so the door opens for forklifts but doesn't cycle every time someone walks past, which is what wears drives out early.
Safety devices, tested and documented
Photo eyes, light curtains and wireless reversing edges are installed, aligned and tested before the door goes into service. You get a record of what was checked.
Electrical and code work
A new door often needs a dedicated circuit and a lockable disconnect within sight of the operator. Under Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code, permits go through your municipality or its third-party inspection agency, and we confirm the requirement before we schedule.
Repair on existing doors
We re-insert curtains, replace torn panels, straighten or swap damaged guides, and track down encoder, limit and drive faults on doors already in your building.
Signs your high speed door needs attention
The curtain keeps leaving the guides
Occasional reinsertion after a hit is normal. If it happens daily, the guides may be bent or the curtain edge worn, and each blowout adds wear.
It reverses or stops for no reason
Dirty or knocked photo eyes, a failing reversing edge or a loose wireless transmitter will cause phantom reversals. The fix is usually simple, but it should never be a jumper wire.
Limits are drifting
A door that stops short of the floor or lands hard often has an encoder or limit fault. Left alone, it leaks air and slams the bottom bar.
Torn fabric, drafts or ice
Patched panels, daylight at the guides or frost building on a cooler door mean the seal is gone and you're paying to condition the space twice. In a Schuylkill County winter, an exterior opening like that costs real heating money.
Safety devices bypassed
If anyone has jumpered out a photo eye or edge to keep the door running, call us before someone is hurt. That door no longer meets entrapment protection requirements.
How a high speed door job runs
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Phone call and site visit
We start with a call about the opening and how it's used. Then we measure the opening, headroom and side room, check the wall construction and find out where power is available.
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Written proposal
You get the door model, curtain or panel type, activation and safety devices, electrical scope and inspection needs in writing, line by line. Nothing is left vague for the install day.
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Installation
We lock out the old door, fence off the work area, set the guides plumb and anchor the head assembly to the structure. Then we wire the drive and control panel. Traffic can usually reroute to another door for the day.
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Testing, inspection and handoff
Every safety device is tested, speeds and timers are tuned, and we meet the code official when the job calls for an inspection. Before we leave, we show your staff how the door behaves and what a fault code means.
What sets the price of a high speed door
Price depends mostly on the door type and what the opening needs around it. A fabric interior door and an insulated freezer door are very different machines. We quote after seeing the opening, and the written proposal shows each piece so you can compare options.
- Door type and size
- Larger openings and exterior doors rated for wind load need heavier guides, stronger curtains or rigid panels, and bigger drives.
- Cold storage packages
- Freezer doors may need insulated panels, heated guides and seals to keep ice from forming and jamming the curtain.
- Activation and safety devices
- A light curtain costs more than a pair of photo eyes. Busy mixed pedestrian and forklift openings often justify it.
- Electrical and inspection scope
- Distance from the panel, a new circuit and disconnect, and any municipal review fees all add to the job. They vary by building and municipality.
- Removal and prep
- Tearing out an old door, patching the jambs or adding steel to carry the head assembly adds labor before the new door goes up.
High speed door questions
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Do I need a permit for a high speed door?
Often, yes, mainly for the electrical work. A new circuit, disconnect or wall change usually triggers one. In Pennsylvania the Uniform Construction Code is enforced by your municipality or the third-party agency it uses. We check with them before scheduling and pull the permit when one is required.
Can a high speed door serve as a required exit route?
Generally no. A power-operated high speed door shouldn't be your required means of egress, so most openings keep a separate man door nearby. Standard high speed doors also aren't fire-rated, so an opening in a fire-rated wall still needs its listed fire door. We'll flag either issue during the site visit.
What happens when a forklift hits the door?
Doors with a breakaway or self-reinserting bottom edge let the curtain pop out of the guides instead of bending steel. Many reset with the next cycle. If the guides or bottom bar are damaged, we repair or replace those parts.
What warranty comes with a new door?
New high speed door equipment we supply carries a 10-year manufacturer warranty. We register it at handoff and keep the model and serial details on file in case you ever need a claim.
How often does a high speed door need service?
Cycle count sets the schedule more than the calendar does. A door on a busy dock aisle running hundreds of times a shift wears bearings, belts and curtain edges much faster than one at a side opening used a few times an hour. A service visit checks the safety devices, guides, curtain and drive, and we can roll it into a Loading Dock Preventative Maintenance visit along with your levelers and restraints.
Put a faster door on your busiest opening
Tell us about the opening, the traffic and the temperature on each side. We'll recommend a door, explain the code requirements that apply and get you a written proposal.