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Door entry in Stevenage blocks of flats.
Entrance panels, fobs, fire switches and a new handset in every flat: about 190 blocks, every flat tested and photographed.
New door entry is the part of the work residents notice most. In Stevenage Borough Council’s blocks we have fitted it in 147 blocks for Mulalley and more for Wates, about 190 blocks in all, from the entrance panel and fob readers to a new handset in every flat. Since 2023 we have photographed every handset as it went in: about 400 flats so far.
At the entrance
- A stainless entrance panel with a keypad, display and fob reader.
- A fire service switch beside the door, so the fire service can release the locks.
- Maglocks on the communal doors, push-to-exit buttons inside, and fob readers on rear and bin-store doors.
- The controller in a locked cupboard, on its own fused spur from the landlord board.
- Fobs registered and handed to the council’s resident liaison team for each flat.
In each flat
Every flat gets a new handset by the front door. The cable comes from the landing in small trunking around the door frame, held with fire-rated clips; the hole into the flat is fire sealed; the handset goes on level; and the call tone is set to suit the resident. Then the flat is left clean.
Testing every flat
Before a block is handed over we call every flat from the entrance panel, photograph the panel showing each flat number, and check the handset rings, speaks and releases the door. That photo record goes in the handover pack with the certificates, so the client can see each flat was tested.
For a block where we also put in the data cabling and containment for the door entry, read the Minehead Way case study.
Streets (Mulalley blocks)
- Wisden Road 20 blocks
- Hopton Road 12 blocks
- Torquay Crescent 12 blocks
- Grace Way 12 blocks
- Trumper Road 11 blocks
- Canterbury Way 12 blocks
- Durham Road 8 blocks
- Ingleside Drive (Cranbourne, Cavalier and Fovant Courts) 8 blocks
- York Road 7 blocks
- Yarmouth Road 6 blocks
- Skegness Road 5 blocks
- Scarborough Avenue 5 blocks
- Minehead Way 4 blocks
- Ansell Court 4 blocks
- Baron Court 4 blocks
- Salisbury Road 4 blocks
- Lincoln Road 3 blocks
- Hillside 2 blocks
- Vardon Road 2 blocks
- Runswick 1 block
- Barry Court 1 block
- Brixham Way 1 block
- Highfield Court 1 block
- Inskip Crescent 1 block
- Purcell Court 1 block
Questions we’re asked
Can you fit door entry while residents are living in the block?
Yes. Every Stevenage block was occupied. We book a short visit to each flat for the handset and keep the entrance working or secured while we change over.
What does the fire service switch do?
It lets the fire service release the door locks from outside so they can get in without waiting for a resident to buzz them in.
Do residents get new fobs?
Yes. We register the fobs for each flat and hand them to the landlord's resident liaison team, who give them out.
How do you prove every flat works?
We call every flat from the entrance panel, photograph the display for each one, and include the photos in the handover pack.
How many Stevenage blocks have you fitted door entry in?
147 for Mulalley and more for Wates, about 190 in all, with handsets photographed in about 400 flats since 2023.
More Stevenage case studies
- All 280+ Stevenage blocks – the full list, street by street
- Minehead Way – door entry and data cabling, 2026
- Sheltered housing lighting – 270+ Tamlite fittings on sensors in six schemes
- Communal electrical upgrades – boards, containment and lighting in 178 blocks
- Emergency lighting – 41-block retrofit, then every block since
- LD1 fire alarms in high-rise blocks – 452 flats in seven towers
- Designplan lighting – 1,985 Designplan fittings fitted, counted from our orders
- Zelos bollards at Silkin Court – 46 path bollards, featured by Designplan
- SHDF extractor fans – 440 homes for Wates
Written by SEGplc from our orders, job records, photo audits and certificates. Last updated 31 October 2026.
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