Security doors and physical security in Leeds

Banking halls, law courts, shopping centres and hospital wards: Leeds concentrates high-value targets in a compact city centre. Our team supplies and installs rated security doors, windows, fire doors and entrance control across Leeds, serving architects, contractors, facilities teams and consultants.

• Security ratings SR2 to SR5Forced entry to LPS 1175
• LPS 1270Attack rated security glazing
• 30 to 120 minute fire ratingsEI doorsets to EN 1634-1
• HVM rated to PAS 68Tested to IWA 14-1 as well

Financial, legal and retail districts

Leeds has dense professional districts where offices, banks and legal practices occupy neighbouring buildings. Ground floor glazing and service entrances are the usual weak points, and LPS 1270 security glazing is made for attack-rated glass at street level. Banking and finance branches are typical users.

Retail centres need shutters and grilles that protect stock overnight without spoiling the shopfront by day. Retractable security grilles conceal into the head, while security shutters suit rear service yards. High-value retail units often need both.

Office service corridors and plant rooms take LPS 1175 security doors, with the rating set by the building’s risk assessment rather than its postcode.

Hospitals and universities

Hospital estates need fire rated steel doors on corridors and stairwells, security doors on pharmacies and plant rooms, and RF shielded rooms for MRI suites. Healthcare projects are a regular part of our work.

RF shielding and magnetic shielding are different things, and MRI rooms often need both. Our MRI shielded rooms page explains the distinction and how installed performance is verified.

University buildings mix teaching space, labs and accommodation. Communal entrance doors handle constant use in residences, while labs and stores take LPS 1175 doorsets matched to their contents. Education estates usually need several ratings at once.

Rating guide for Leeds sites

Start with this table, then let the threat assessment set the rating for every opening.

The table is a starting point. Threat assessments set the final rating, and hospital and campus estates usually need several ratings across their buildings.

Public spaces and the night-time economy

Squares, markets and leisure districts with crowds fall under Martyn’s Law, the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. The standard tier covers premises where 200 to 799 people may be present, and the enhanced tier covers 800 or more plus qualifying events.

Protection here is mostly about vehicles: PAS 68 tested security bollards and street furniture on approaches, with removable options where emergency access must be kept. Public spaces schemes are designed around this.

Hospitals cannot close for works. We plan installation around clinical operations, phasing the work and scheduling noisy tasks out of hours by agreement with the estates team.

Fire and security on mixed estates

Mixed estates in Leeds often need fire and security ratings on the same corridor. Dual rated fire and security doors carry an EI classification and an LPS 1175 rating in one doorset, which keeps the door schedule simple. Our fire ratings guide explains the E and EI classes.

Thermally broken doors add a third demand where external doors need low U-values as well as a security rating. They suit entrances that must meet thermal, fire and attack requirements at once.

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