- Location
- Selby, North Yorkshire
- Main postcode district
- YO8
- Nearby (straight line)
- Goole (10 miles), Pontefract (12 miles) and York (12 miles)
- Visit pricing
- Agreed in writing before we attend
Loading bay servicing covers planned preventive maintenance of dock equipment at agreed intervals. An engineer checks, adjusts and lubricates doors, levellers, shelters, seals, restraints, traffic lights and lift tables, tests safety devices and records defects in a written report. Servicing supports, but is separate from, insurer inspections and the LOLER thorough examinations that some equipment needs.
How does this suit sites in Selby?
Food, chilled and pharmaceutical operations around Selby often prefer servicing outside loading peaks, which can be arranged with the price agreed beforehand. Property managers looking after several units around Selby can use one servicing schedule and reporting format across every building they manage.
Ahead of an insurer inspection, sites near Selby can line up a service visit so routine defects are dealt with before the inspector attends.
We do not turn up and then name a price. Every repair or service visit in Selby is agreed in writing first, including what the charge covers. Sending photos of the damage, error codes or leaks helps us diagnose the problem before travelling and bring the likely parts. Any additional work found on the day is quoted for your approval before it starts. You then get a written report for your records.
What happens on site during a service visit?
During a service visit the engineer works through the dock bay by bay, taking each item out of use only while it is being checked. Most of the dock keeps working throughout.
- Agree the order: the engineer meets the dock manager and agrees which bays are released when.
- Isolate: each item is isolated and locked off, and levellers are propped before anyone works underneath.
- Service and test: checks, adjustments and safety device tests are carried out.
- Hand back: each bay is returned to use once tested, with any unsafe item left out of use and reported straight away.
It helps if you can provide an equipment list with asset numbers, previous service and insurer reports, a contact on the day, and bays released as agreed. Out-of-hours visits can be arranged where daytime access is difficult, at a price agreed beforehand.
What inspections does the law require for loading bay equipment?
Loading bay equipment is work equipment under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), so it must be maintained in a safe condition and inspected where deterioration could lead to danger. In Northern Ireland the equivalent is PUWER (Northern Ireland) 1999.
- Insurer inspections: engineering insurers commonly inspect dock levellers under PUWER at 12-month intervals. This is separate from servicing.
- Lift tables: scissor lift tables fall under LOLER 1998, or LOLER (Northern Ireland) 1999, with thorough examination at least every 12 months, every 6 months if they lift people, or to a written examination scheme.
- Levellers and LOLER: most levellers are treated under PUWER, but one designed or used to lift people may fall under LOLER. This depends on the equipment and how it is used; your insurer or competent person will confirm.
- Doors: regulation 18 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and the Northern Ireland 1993 equivalent, require fall-back and anti-trap protection, so these devices are tested at every service.
Our guide to dock leveller inspections under PUWER and LOLER explains what applies.
The visit price is agreed before anyone attends. Parts and any extra work are quoted before they are fitted.
Bay checks on a repair or service visit
- Inflatable shelter fans, airbags and control function
- Track alignment, rollers and wall fixings
- Dock bumpers for missing rubber or loose fixings
- Anti-fall device on upward-opening doors
- Pit frame welds, platform cracks and structural damage
- Control panels, push buttons and emergency stops
Options to discuss
Annual service
One planned visit a year, suited to lightly used bays, covering checks, adjustment, lubrication, safety device testing and a written condition report for each item.
Lift table coordination
Servicing of scissor lift tables timed alongside the LOLER thorough examination regime set by your insurer or competent person, so defects are cleared before examination.
What do the rules in England mean for the work?
Powered doors and dock equipment installed in England may carry the UKCA or the CE mark, and doors are covered by the product standard BS EN 13241. We hand over the relevant documentation for each item fitted in Selby. Planning and Building Regulations questions are never assumed either way: we check what applies before any work starts, so you know before work is booked.
Questions about loading bay servicing in Selby
What information helps before a repair visit?
Photos or a short video of the fault are the most useful thing you can send, along with the make and model from the data plate, a description of what happens when the equipment is operated and any error codes. For a site in Selby, also tell us about access, parking and site rules. With that, we can price the visit and bring the likely parts.
What is the difference between servicing and a statutory inspection?
Servicing keeps equipment working: cleaning, adjusting, lubricating and replacing worn parts. A statutory inspection or thorough examination is a separate check by a competent person, often arranged through your engineering insurer. Dock levellers are commonly inspected under PUWER at 12-month intervals, and lift tables may need LOLER thorough examination, depending on the equipment and how it is used. Your insurer or competent person will confirm what applies.
Can you take over our existing loading bay maintenance arrangement?
Yes. Send us a list of the equipment at your Selby site, with makes, models and approximate ages if known, plus recent service or inspection reports. We will propose a planned maintenance schedule and price it per item per visit. The first visit records the condition of everything, so you have a clear starting point for future servicing.
Do you service equipment you did not install?
Yes. We service all the common types of loading bay door, leveller, shelter, seal, restraint and lift table, whoever installed them. The first visit records the condition of each item, which gives you a baseline for future planning. Older or obsolete items are flagged in the report so you can budget for them.
Are service visits chargeable?
Yes. Service visits are charged per item per visit, at a price agreed in writing before the first visit. Repairs found during a service are not included in that price; they are quoted separately and only carried out once you have approved them.
Loading bay servicing near Selby
Nearby places we cover, measured from Selby, include Goole (10 miles), Pontefract (12 miles) and York (12 miles). Ask if your own town is missing.
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