Access control installers in Kent
We design, install and maintain access control for offices, schools, blocks of flats, self storage sites and gates across Kent and East Sussex: keyless entry with fobs, cards, PINs, faces or number plates, managed from anywhere. We’re a Paxton Silver Partner and NSI Systems Silver approved.
- NSI approval
- Systems Silver: intruder, CCTV, access control
- Police response
- URN applications for intruder alarms
- Partners
- Hikvision Silver, Paxton Silver, Axis
- Experience
- 50+ years’ combined
- Google reviews
- 120+ five-star
What access control can do
- Keyless entry with fobs, proximity cards, PIN codes, fingerprints, faces or ANPR cameras
- Time zones and access levels, so people only get in where and when they should
- Arm and disarm your intruder alarm as you come and go
- Manage the whole system from anywhere
- A log of every door event, which can double as a fire roll call
Paxton Net2 specialists
We’re a Paxton Silver Partner with more than 15 years’ experience installing and integrating Paxton, from single doors to school sites with more than 100 doors on one Net2 system, and remote sites linked over secure VPNs. Paxton Net2 access control.
Linked to your fire alarm
Access-controlled doors on escape routes normally need to release when the fire alarm operates. The compliant way is in hardware: the fire alarm interface cuts the power to fail-safe locks directly, rather than relying on the access control software. We design that interface to BS 7273-4, and because we install fire alarms too, one company is responsible for both sides of it.
How much does access control cost?
Access control from Nova starts from £1,500 + VAT per door (£1,800 inc. VAT). Each door is different, so we survey first and give you a clear, fixed price.
What affects the price
- The door: timber, aluminium, glass, or a gate
- The lock it needs: magnetic lock, electric strike or motor lock, fail-safe or fail-secure
- A fire alarm interface on escape routes, and green emergency door release units
- How people get in: fobs, cards, PIN, phone, face or number plate
- Cable routes back to the controller and the network
- The system: standalone, Paxton Net2, or cloud-managed
Starting prices
- Access control
- from £1,500 + VAT per door (£1,800 inc. VAT)
Every job gets a clear, fixed price after a free site survey.
Book a free surveyWhich access control system?
We’ll recommend the system that suits your building and how you want to run it.
| System | Best for | Managed from |
|---|---|---|
| Standalone keypad or reader | One or two doors with a code or fob | At the door |
| Paxton Net2 | Offices, schools and multi-door or multi-site systems | Net2 software on a PC, with remote access |
| Cloud access control | Sites with no server, managed from a phone or browser, such as Akuvox SmartPlus | An app or web browser, anywhere |
| Biometrics and ANPR | Hands-free entry by face, fingerprint or number plate | Part of any of the above |
How we install access control
Free site survey
We look at every door, how your building is used and who needs to get where.
Design and fixed price
A proposal and specification, with a clear, fixed price.
Installation
Locks, readers, controllers and cabling fitted, and the fire alarm interface wired in where doors are on escape routes.
Handover and training
Handover documents, a full demonstration and training on adding users and fobs.
Warranty and support
A one-year equipment and labour warranty, then maintenance and support when you need it.
Access control installers across Kent and East Sussex
From our base at Shearway Business Park in Folkestone we cover the whole of Kent, and the east of East Sussex around Rye, Hastings and Bexhill. Approximate drive times:
- Folkestoneour base
- Hythe10 min
- Dover15 min
- New Romney25 min
- Ashford20 min
- Canterbury30 min
- Deal30 min
- Whitstable40 min
- Herne Bay40 min
- Tenterden40 min
- Faversham40 min
- Ramsgate40 min
- Rye, East Sussex45 min
- Broadstairs45 min
- Margate50 min
- Maidstone40 min
- Sittingbourne50 min
- Hastings and St Leonards, East Sussex65 min
Recent projects
Every system for Motis Cheriton Truck ParkAccess control, CCTV, fire, aspirating smoke detection, panic alarms, PA, network and bespoke driver information screens, all from NovaRead the case study
CCTV, door entry and access control for 50 apartmentsA Southwark Council development built by Guildmore: Uniview CCTV, video door entry and PAC access controlRead the case study
A 16 m cantilever and 10 m swing gates in ShorncliffeA pair of 16 m cantilever gates and a pair of 10 m swing gates, Feig and Fadini automation, BEA safety lasers and Paxton access control, with M&E contractor HendersonRead the case study
A members’ turnstile for Mind Muscle FitnessA tripod turnstile for members’ access at the gym’s expanded Folkestone High Street premisesRead the case study
Cloud access control and compliant escape doorsA Folkestone self storage facility: Shopline doors with a factory-fitted Abloy lock, Akuvox X912K entry and SmartPlus cloud managementRead the case study
Access control and video entry for Cheriton Primary SchoolCloud-connected Akuvox entry and Yealink phones, for safeguarding and staff roll callRead the case study
Access control questions
How much does access control cost per door?
Access control from Nova starts from £1,500 + VAT per door (£1,800 inc. VAT). The price for each door depends on the door, the lock it needs and the cable route back to the controller; we give you a clear, fixed price after a free site survey.
Can doors unlock automatically when the fire alarm goes off?
Yes. The fire alarm interface cuts the power to fail-safe locks on escape routes, so the doors release even if the access control system has failed. We design it to BS 7273-4.
What’s the difference between fail-safe and fail-secure locks?
A fail-safe lock, such as a magnetic lock, releases when its power is cut, so the door opens: that’s what escape routes released by the fire alarm need. A fail-secure lock stays locked without power, and people inside get out with the handle or exit hardware. We choose the right lock for each door.
What happens in a power cut?
Fail-safe doors release; fail-secure doors stay locked but still open from the inside. Power supplies with battery back-up keep the system running through a short power cut.
Can I manage access from my phone?
Yes. You can add and remove users, change access times and see who has come and gone from anywhere.
Can you add doors to our existing Paxton system?
Usually, yes. We’re a Paxton Silver Partner with more than 15 years’ experience, and we extend and maintain existing Paxton systems. See Paxton Net2.
Is face or fingerprint access allowed under data protection law?
Yes, with care. Biometric data used to identify people is special category data under UK GDPR, so you’ll usually need people’s explicit consent and should offer an alternative, such as a fob or PIN, to anyone who doesn’t want to use it. We’ll talk you through it.
Can access control open gates and barriers too?
Yes. Readers, keypads and ANPR cameras can open automatic gates and barriers as part of the same system, so one fob gets someone through the gate and the front door.
Get a quote for access control
Tell us what you need and we’ll reply within one working day. Or call 01303 720282.
Or talk to us
Our office and workshop are at Shearway Business Park, Folkestone.
- Phone01303 720282
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- Emailinfo@novasec.co.uk
- OfficeUnit 3 The Regent Centre, Pent Road, Shearway Business Park, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4FL. Directions
- HoursMonday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. 24/7 support line for contracted customers (call and choose option 1).