24/7 Emergency Response
Dublin & surrounding counties · 365 days a year
Emergency call-out · 365 days a year
Roller shutter jammed, stuck open, damaged or refusing to close? Access Opening Solutions provides emergency roller shutter and industrial door repairs for shops, warehouses, commercial premises and industrial sites.
Based in Donaghmede, Dublin 13 · Commercial and industrial specialists since 2018
Out of hours: 087 938 0902 · 086 819 0783
Breakdowns are taken by phone at any hour, day or night, and assessed for urgency straight away.
Weekends, bank holidays and out-of-hours trading periods included.
Our founders bring more than four decades of combined industrial and commercial door experience.
Retail units, warehouses, distribution centres, factories and managed estates.
One team for reactive repairs, planned maintenance and bespoke new installations.
Diagnose the fault
Describing the symptom accurately when you call means the engineer arrives with the right equipment. These are the faults we are called to most often on Dublin commercial and industrial premises.
The premises cannot be secured. Usually caused by motor or control failure, a broken chain or a curtain that has bound in the guides. Treat it as urgent — the opening is unsecured until the shutter closes or is made safe.
Request a repairTrading or deliveries stop entirely. Common causes are seized bearings, a snapped spring, damaged bottom rail or a locked-out motor after an overload. Repeated attempts to force it usually worsen the damage.
Request a repairSlats have come out of one or both guide rails, often after impact or long-term wear. The curtain is unstable and can drop. Keep people clear and do not operate the shutter.
Request a repairImpact from vehicles, trolleys or forklifts distorts individual slats so the curtain binds as it rolls. Individual slats can often be replaced rather than the full curtain.
Request a repairTypically a failed drive coupling, sheared key, stripped gear or a broken chain between motor and barrel. The sound of a working motor does not mean the drive train is intact.
Request a repairNo response from key switches, push-button stations, remotes or safety edges. Faults range from tripped supplies and failed contactors to burnt-out windings or a faulty control panel.
Request a repairBarrel springs and drive chains carry considerable stored energy. Failures make manual operation dangerous and require correct tooling to release safely.
Request a repairGrinding, squealing or shuddering signals dry bearings, worn gearing or misalignment. These are early warnings — attending at this stage is far cheaper than a full breakdown.
Request a repairGuide rails pulled from the wall, distorted bottom rails and twisted curtains are typical after a strike. Structural and safety checks are required before returning the door to service.
Request a repairFire shutters and rapid roll doors have additional safety and drop-test requirements. A failure can affect fire compartmentation or environmental separation and should be reported immediately.
Request a repairHow the service works
A straightforward four-step process. We do not quote an exact arrival time before we know the fault, the site and what the engineer needs to bring — but we will tell you honestly what to expect when you call.
Phone Access Opening Solutions on 01 877 5206 and tell us what the shutter is doing — stuck open, jammed closed, noisy or unresponsive — along with the site address and access details.
The team establishes whether the premises are insecure, whether anyone is at risk and what shutter type, size and controls are involved, so the engineer arrives prepared.
On site we identify the cause, isolate power where appropriate, secure or support the curtain and confirm whether the door can be safely operated.
Most faults are repaired on the visit. Where parts must be ordered or a section replaced, we explain what is required and recommend further work or replacement only where it is genuinely needed.
Useful emergency advice
A failed shutter is a security, safety and trading problem at the same time. These steps protect your people and usually reduce the cost of the repair. They are deliberately not DIY repair instructions — shutter mechanisms should only be worked on by trained engineers.
Premises we serve
Our work is concentrated on business premises where a failed shutter affects security, trading or production — not domestic garage doors.
Shopfront shutters and grilles that must open and secure reliably every trading day.
Large-span doors, rapid roll doors and loading bay equipment on high-cycle duty.
Doors providing separation between process areas, with hygiene and temperature considerations.
Security shutters, cellar access and steel doorsets in busy city and suburban locations.
Multi-tenant buildings where reporting and coordination matter as much as the repair.
Entrance shutters, grilles, barriers and automated gates with access control.
Why choose AOS
These are the facts about how Access Opening Solutions is set up and what we actually do.
Access Opening Solutions was formed in February 2018 by Garry Byrne and Noel Purtell, who between them bring over 40 years' combined experience in the industrial and commercial door industry.
Reactive repairs, scheduled repairs, planned maintenance and bespoke installation are all handled by the same team, so nothing falls between contractors.
The company is geared toward providing tailor-made solutions to customer needs rather than applying the same specification to every opening.
From single shopfront shutters to multi-bay distribution facilities, with work planned around trading and production hours.
Scheduled visits identify wear, damage and safety issues before they turn into a breakdown that stops trading.
Rapid roll doors, loading bay equipment, sectional doors, steel doorsets, gate automation, access control and bespoke fabrication are all within our scope.
Planned maintenance
Grinding bearings, a shutter that has become slower, an intermittent key switch — these are the symptoms that precede the call-outs we attend at 11pm. Scheduled servicing is how they get found while the door is still working.
Wider capability
Roller shutter repair is our main work, but the same team covers the rest of your powered openings — which usually means one contractor instead of four.
A shutter that is right for the opening, the traffic and the exposure will outlast a cheaper one several times over.
Read more High speed accessWhere a shutter would slow traffic and lose temperature, a high-speed door keeps the opening closed for most of the working day.
Read more Docks & baysA loading bay is a system. When one element fails, the whole bay becomes slower, less safe or unusable.
Read more Overhead doors & docksSectional doors save side room and insulate well — but their springs and cables are the components most likely to end a working day early.
Read more Steel doorsetsA steel doorset is only as good as its frame, its hardware and the way it was fitted.
Read more Perimeter accessAn automated gate is powered machinery on a public boundary. Safety devices are not an optional extra.
Read moreRepair services
Detailed information on each repair service, including common faults, causes, what to do immediately and how we diagnose the problem.
Our primary service: repairs to commercial and industrial roller shutters throughout Dublin.
Read more Emergency call-outA shutter that will not close leaves your premises unsecured; a shutter that will not open stops trading and deliveries. Both are treated as emergencies.
Read more Retail & commercialShopfront shutters are operated twice a day, every day. That duty cycle, plus street-level exposure, produces a predictable set of faults.
Read more Warehouse & industrialIndustrial doors are larger, heavier and cycled far more often than retail shutters — and when one fails, the yard, the line or the loading schedule stops with it.
Read more Fire protectionA fire shutter is part of the building's fire compartmentation. When it fails, the problem is not only access — it is life safety.
Read more Insulated curtainsInsulated shutters are chosen to hold temperature, cut noise and reduce draughts. When slats or seals are damaged, those benefits disappear long before the door stops working.
Read more High speed doorsRapid roll doors cycle hundreds of times a day. Small faults become breakdowns quickly, and a stopped high-speed door usually stops the traffic flow behind it.
Read more Steel doorsetsSteel personnel doors take constant use and are frequently the last thing on a maintenance list — until one will not lock, or will not close.
Read more Motors & controlsA shutter that does nothing is not always a failed motor. Around half the 'motor faults' we attend turn out to be controls, limits or supply.
Read more Planned maintenanceAlmost every emergency call-out we attend had warning signs. Planned maintenance is how those signs get found while the door is still working.
Read moreRecent work
Examples of the three distinct types of work we carry out: emergency repairs, planned maintenance and new or bespoke installation.
Emergency attendance to an industrial shutter that failed in the open position
Roller shutter motor, drive chain and control gear serviced during a planned visit
New commercial roller shutters installed to a row of retail units
Loading bay with sectional door, rapid roll door and dock leveller in daily use
Questions we are asked
Practical answers to the questions Dublin businesses ask us most often when a shutter has failed.
Yes. Access Opening Solutions operates a 24-hour emergency line on 01 877 5206, 365 days a year, for shutters that have failed in an insecure or unsafe position.
Stop operating the controls, keep people clear of the opening and call us. Tell us the site address, the shutter's position and whether the premises are currently occupied so we can assess urgency.
Many faults are corrected on the first attendance, but we do not promise a first-visit repair. Where a part must be ordered, we make the opening safe and agree the return visit with you.
It normally points to the drive train rather than the motor: a sheared key, failed coupling, stripped gear or a broken chain between motor and barrel. It needs inspection rather than repeated operation.
Yes. Most of our repair work is on shutters and industrial doors installed by others, across a wide range of makes and ages.
Yes — commercial and industrial premises are our core work, including warehouse shutters, rapid roll doors, sectional doors, dock equipment, steel doorsets and automated gates.
It cannot eliminate them, but most emergencies we attend were preceded by noise, slow travel or intermittent controls. Scheduled servicing finds those symptoms while the door is still working.
It depends on the fault, the door type and whether parts are required. We explain the charging basis when you call and confirm the cost of parts or further work before proceeding.
Service coverage
Access Opening Solutions works throughout Dublin city and county from our base at 50 Grangemore Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13. If you are unsure whether we cover your site, call and ask — we would rather tell you straight away than have you wait.
24/7 Emergency Response
Call Access Opening Solutions and describe the fault. We assess urgency immediately and arrange an engineer to attend, make the area safe and repair the shutter where possible.
Or email info@accessopeningsolutions.com with photographs of the shutter and its location.
