Preventing damage to your perimeter fences, gates and detection systems during bad weather: part 1

The number of recent storms that have hit the UK – causing untold damage to properties, leaving households without electricity and leading to travel chaos – has prompted Heras to issue a few hints and tips to ensure that companies can prevent or minimise any disruption to their businesses during bad weather.

How do you prevent storm damage to your site security?

It’s important to keep the areas around your fences and your access and detection systems clear all year around. For example, prune overhanging branches that could fall onto your gate and/or fence. If your site security includes detection systems, it is wise to clear away any loose materials on your site. For example, if large plastic material repeatedly blows against your detection wires, the alarm may go off unintentionally. It may even trigger the security or alarm centre unnecessarily.

If you have regular maintenance carried out on your site security, you are probably already aware of the potential risks on site. Our technicians not only ensure that your security is in top condition and can therefore withstand a (wind) storm but they also always scan the terrain for possible dangers to your fences and your access and detection systems.

Heras is prepared

Did you know that whenever bad weather is forecast, we ensure that our Service Department is running at maximum capacity? This way, we can respond to damage reports and implement the necessary repairs as quickly as possible.

Contact Heras

Have your fences, access systems and/or detection systems sustained storm damage? Then contact the Heras Service Department. There are many ways to do so. Customers with a service contractincluding an agreed response time can even reach us 365 days a year and 24 hours a day.

Take photos of the damage

If your fences, access systems and/or detection systems have suffered damage, you will naturally want to know how quickly we can repair them. This depends to a large extent on the damage. Therefore, we would like to get the best possible picture of the situation. Take photos of the damage and share them with the Service Department. This way, we can send our mechanics out better prepared. It will also enable us to quickly send you a quote, which you will need to coordinate with your insurer.

Business continuity ensured

The speed of action also depends on your service contract and whether we have the necessary materials in stock. Heras has stock locations throughout the country with spare parts. If the damage is limited, it can often be repaired immediately. If the damage is too severe, we will provide a temporary emergency solution. This ensures that your site security is intact until we can carry out the full repair.

We hope you have found this useful.