Why are security door maintenance plans so important?

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In 2026, with so many advances in security measures emerging in the digital realm, it’s important to remember that physical security doors remain central to keeping all sorts of premises safe.

Whether that’s internal fire doors in residential blocks or roller shutters in industrial units, keeping up with maintenance is crucial to keeping these security systems running at their best. 

From the money-saving aspect of preventative maintenance to the positive impact these plans have in reducing administrative loads, here’s why having a maintenance plan in place is so important. 

Preventive maintenance saves money

One of the most important reasons to set up an effective security door maintenance plan is that it will save you money. Preventive maintenance can have an immense positive impact in terms of extending your doors’ life spans, not to mention avoiding the need for emergency callouts. 

This applies to both relatively simple fire doors and more complex industrial roller shutters from providers like LBS Group. You need to make sure that their mechanical components are greased and realigned before, not after, they become problematic. 

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Ensure regulatory compliance

Keeping your security doors up to scratch is also a regulatory responsibility. In some cases, such as with fire doors in larger residential buildings, there will be clearly established maintenance and check schedules that you have to adhere to. 

In other cases, there might not be a legally stated timeframe, but if the doors or shutters fail and it can be proven that you didn’t invest in adequate maintenance, you could still be held legally responsible.

Reduce operational delays

If a security door goes wrong unexpectedly, this can cause serious operational delays. For example, if the roller shutters in your warehouse fail to open, you could be left unable to access critical stock for at least half a day or so. 

Preventative maintenance makes it much less likely that these kinds of incidents will occur, in turn reducing the knock-on effects that door failures can have on the rest of your business.

Simplify the administrative process

Security doors will need to be maintained, there are no two ways around it. And even if you do manage to take care of this maintenance in a proactive manner without having a plan in place, having to set this up on an ad hoc basis adds an unnecessary administrative burden to your team. 

Putting a plan in place means that all non-reactive maintenance is already in the books and doesn’t need to be thought about. You just schedule a maintenance crew to attend regularly when you set up the plan, and then forget about it.

Maintenance plans are simple to put in place, and can have a big impact when it comes to preventing all sorts of easily avoidable door-related incidents. Make sure that you consult an expert about the exact doors your premises have before implementing a plan, so that you can be absolutely certain that the plan will be able to cater to your doors’ specific maintenance-related requirements.