A door entry system does one simple thing very well: it lets you decide. A caller presses the panel, you see and hear them, and the door releases only if you release it. On a video system you get a picture of who is actually standing there rather than a voice claiming to be a courier.
We fit weather-resistant entry panels suited to Gibraltar — surface or flush mounted, with a camera, a keypad, and either named buttons or a directory for larger blocks. Inside, residents answer on a handset, a screen or an app on their phone, and can release the door from any of them.
Most of the door entry work in Gibraltar is in multi-tenant buildings, and that brings problems a single front door never has. Every flat needs its own call button and its own handset. Tenants change. Managing agents need to add and remove people without recalling a locksmith or reprinting a panel. Deliveries and post need in without anyone handing out a key.
We design for that from the start: per-flat calling, a directory that can be updated rather than re-engraved, fobs or codes for residents, and timed trade access so post and deliveries can get through the outer door during set hours and not a minute outside them.
Because the same team maintains what we install, a broken handset or a failed panel is a call to a local engineer. We also take on existing systems — in many blocks the panel and handsets can be replaced while reusing the cabling already in the risers, which keeps the disruption and the cost down.
Door entry works best when it is not an island. The fob that lets a resident through the front door can be the same one that opens the car park gate and the bin store, managed from one place, and cancelled everywhere at once when it is lost.
Where there is CCTV, the camera in the entry panel becomes another view — so you have a record of who called and when, alongside the rest of your footage. If you later want to add cameras, gates or a full access control system, it joins what is already there instead of replacing it.
Yes. Most systems we install can call a handset, a wall screen, an app on your phone, or all three. That means you can see a caller and release the door whether you are in the flat, at work or away — useful for letting in a tradesman or a delivery when nobody is home.
Usually, yes. In many blocks the existing riser cabling can be reused with a new panel and handsets, which avoids the mess and cost of a full rewire. We survey the building first and tell you honestly whether the existing cabling is up to it or whether it needs replacing.
Their fob or code is cancelled and a new one issued — a couple of minutes, done from the system rather than by changing locks. On systems with a digital directory the name is updated on screen, so nothing needs re-engraving.
We can set a timed trade release so the outer door can be opened during agreed hours, or issue postal and courier services their own credential. Either way it is logged and can be withdrawn, unlike a key that has been handed out and copied.
Yes. We take on existing door entry systems in Gibraltar blocks and offices, whoever fitted them. We will look at what is there, tell you what is worth keeping, and quote for repair or replacement so you can decide.
