Argents Installations engineer installing a black steel roller shutter inside a commercial building

About us

Small Enough to Care,Big Enough to Cope,Industrial Door Specialists

You get a door that works, an engineer who knows why it stopped working, and a team that answers the phone. Seven years trading under our own name, over 60 years of combined trade experience behind every job, from Peterborough and London out across the country.

  • Free surveys and quotes
  • 12-month warranty
  • Nationwide coverage

7 years

Trading as Argents Installations Ltd

60+ years

Combined engineer trade experience

12 months

Warranty on all installations and repairs

£10m

Public & employers liability insurance

Our story

Small enough to care, big enough to cope

That's not just a line we like the sound of; it's how Argents Installations Ltd is run, day in and day out.

We're a family-run team, and it shows in the way we work. There's no call centre, no endless hold music, no being passed between departments. When you speak to us, you're speaking to someone who actually knows the job, often the same person who'll be turning up to do it.

Argents Installations has been trading for 7 years, but don't let that number fool you. Between our engineers, we bring over 60 years of hands-on trade experience to every job, knowledge that's been built up on real sites, fixing real problems, long before we set up under our own name. That combination is deliberate: the energy and personal touch of a young, family-run business, backed by the kind of experience you can't fake.

Being small enough to care means you deal directly with people who take pride in the work, not a script. Every job gets the attention it deserves, whether it's a single repair or an ongoing contract, and we tell you straight what needs doing and what doesn't.

Being big enough to cope means we operate nationwide, so location is never a barrier to getting the right engineer on site. We respond fast when things go wrong, because we understand that a stuck gate, shutter, or door is rarely convenient. And we have the capacity and reliability to take on larger contracts without losing the personal service that got us here.

Our engineers are trained, accredited, and fully insured, and that experience means faults get diagnosed properly the first time, not guessed at. We'd rather build long-term relationships with our customers than chase one-off jobs, which is why so much of our work comes from people who've called us before and simply call us again.

Small enough to care. Big enough to cope. That's Argents Installations.

Argents Installations engineer on a scissor lift servicing an internal roller shutter above a commercial entrance
Engineer adjusting a roller shutter barrel from an access platform

Who we help

Businesses, shops, warehouses, facilities managers and main contractors: direct for end clients and as subcontractor on larger packages.

What we specialise in

Automatic doors, roller shutters, high-speed doors, steel doors, aluminium shop fronts, fire doors, sectional doors, loading bay equipment, dock levellers, security grilles, barriers and gates.

Where we work

Based around Peterborough and London, regularly across Cambridgeshire, Bedford, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Hemel Hempstead and Watford, with nationwide coverage.

Mission and standards

Do the job properly, then stand behind it

Our aim is simple: keep your doors, shutters and gates working safely so your site keeps trading. That means honest advice, work carried out to the standards our accreditations demand, and a warranty that puts our name behind the result.

Diagnosed properly, first time

Experience means faults get diagnosed rather than guessed at. We tell you straight what needs doing and what doesn't, including when a repair is the sensible answer instead of a replacement.

Accredited, insured, documented

SafeContractor, ADSA, BM TRADA / FIRAS, Gate Safe and IPAF, with CSCS card holding engineers and £10m public and employers liability cover. RAMS and method statements issued on request.

Backed by a 12-month warranty

Every installation and every repair carries a 12-month warranty. If something isn't right, you call the same team that fitted it and we come back.

Enquiry-led, never pushy

Site surveys and quotes are always free. Commercial account terms are available; ask us and we'll talk it through rather than bury it in small print.

Accreditations and cover

  • SafeContractor
  • ADSA
  • BM TRADA / FIRAS
  • Gate Safe
  • IPAF
  • CSCS card holding engineers
  • RAMS on request

Specialists in Geze, Record, Dormakaba, Assa Abloy, and we work across all brands to suit what's already on your building.

Industrial high speed door at a loading bay lit at night

Talk to the team that will do the work

Free survey, straight answers and a written quote, no pressure, no pricing games. Planned maintenance contracts available if you'd rather stop problems before they start.

  • Free survey and quote
  • 12-month warranty
  • RAMS on request
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