Gates & Barriers
Service & Maintenance
Essential service & maintenance for safe & compliant Gates & Barriers
Powered gates and barriers require bi-annual servicing, an annual Force Test, and strict safety testing by a competent professional, to ensure that all safety devices and potential drawing in hazards are mitigated.
An audit trail for maintenance and repairs is essential under Workplace Health, Safety & Welfare legislation and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), and all service documentation must be retained.
Our maintenance and service contracts cover:
- Automatic Gates
- Traffic Barriers
- Sliding Gates
- Manual Gates and Barriers
- Pedestrian Turnstiles and Gates
- Related Access Control Pedestals
Our qualified technicians will check all mechanical and electrical components, gate safety features and controls.

What Happens During A Gate Service Visit?
Our fully qualified technician will check:
- Power supplies 230v/12-24v
- Motor mountings & brackets
- Output voltages from panel, fuses
- Photocell operation
- Safe Edge activation to panel
- Photocell condition
- Safe Edge condition
- Limit switch activation both direction
- Test motor drive both direction
- Drive arms/Rams’ condition
- Leaks Hydraulic fluid
- Maglocks condition/ working
- Manual release working
- Fluid level oil filled g/box
- Condition of wiring/ check all connections
- Loop detector operation
- Loop measurement Free Exit
- Loop measurementSafety1
- Loop measurementSafety2
- Loop condition (exposed, near steel)
- Signal from intercom/ Key switch
- Signal from card reader
- Remote control receiver operation
- Gate hinges condition/ linkages
- Gate physical limit open stop
- Gate physical limit close stop
- Sub box filled with water/drainage
- Play between gearbox and gate
- Gate condition (bent, damaged)
- Can gate be moved freely by hand
- Stones or tar fouling gate arc
- Check running torque/pressure
- External conduit condition
- Completed worksheet
- Service report
- Force Test documentation (annually)
If further works are necessary following our diagnostics, your powered gate or barrier will be left safe, and you will receive a report outlining cost for any additional works to bring the equipment back into safe working order.
If a repair is not possible, we can rapidly organise and install a replacement with minimal impact to your business operation.
Need assistance? Get in touch for a fast quote or free site survey

24/7 Service
When you enter into a maintenance agreement with MGS you have access to our
Out Of Hours service

Rapid Response
Quick response to attend and fix your doors

365 Days A Year
We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days per annum

Protecting Your Assets
We will protect your assets and ensure compliance checks are always carried out in the month that they are due
MGS UK Office
The Pensnett Estate
First Avenue
Building 83 Bay 4
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 7FL
MGS UK Office
The Pensnett Estate
First Avenue
Building 83 Bay 4
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 7FL