Bollard installation, done to the ground up

Most single fixed steel bollards cost around £195–£895 each supplied and installed (plus VAT), removable and telescopic posts roughly £245–£1,195, and automatic rising bollards from about £2,995 per bollard once controls, ducting and commissioning are included. Crash-rated systems cost more again. Ground, access and quantity make the biggest difference.

Yes for installation work: we visit, measure, scan for buried services where needed and send a fixed, itemised written quote with no obligation. Repairs, servicing and automatic-bollard fault visits are paid visits, and we tell you the price in writing before we come.

Installation crews working under our management. We survey, advise, quote, supervise and take responsibility for the job; the contract is with S&K Property Investments and Improvement Ltd, trading as Bollard Installers.

We cover England, Wales, mainland Scotland and Northern Ireland. We don't currently cover the Scottish islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

Simple fixed or removable posts usually take a few hours each, with concrete then left to cure. Automatic bollards take several days on site because of excavation, ducting, power and commissioning. We give a programme with the quote.

On your own land, usually only the owner's or landlord's agreement, although planning rules don't clearly cover bollards, so listed buildings, conservation areas and prominent frontages are worth checking with the council. On a public footway or road you need the highway or roads authority's written consent (DfI Roads in Northern Ireland).

Any strong steel post set in concrete is a security bollard. A crash-rated bollard has been impact-tested to a recognised standard, so its performance against a stated vehicle and speed is known — but only if installed exactly as tested.

Where bollards are there to stop vehicles, government guidance sets the clear gap at no more than 1,200 mm, measured 600 mm above the ground — still wide enough for wheelchairs and prams. On cycle routes, allow at least 1.5 m. Crash-rated systems use the spacing they were tested at. We set out every line on site before digging.

Yes. We remove posts and their footings, dispose of them and reinstate the surface to match.