Westmoor Engineering - Watertight, Weather-Tight, Spray-Tight and Gastight Doors and Hatches

Westmoor Engineering, part of the Renown Group and based in north-east England, has been providing watertight and weather-tight door and hatch solutions to various industries since 1898.

Westmoor is an established leader in the provision of bespoke access solutions to the oil and gas, marine, renewable energy and civil engineering markets. Areas of application include marine vessels, fixed offshore platform installations, FPSOs, equipment enclosures, wind turbines, and civil and environmental infrastructure projects – indeed any situation which requires an innovative engineering solution.

Weather-tight doors and hatches for the offshore industry

With a product portfolio encompassing simple yet effective weather-tight protection extending to high-integrity water and pressure-tight solutions, Westmoor will have a product to match your needs. Typically, our product range includes:

• Watertight doors
• Weather-tight doors
• Spray and gastight doors
• Watertight hatches

Watertight doors

Westmoor's Series 100 range of watertight doors offers an efficient and effective means of providing watertight protection to any entrance or compartment.

Westmoor Series 100 watertight doors provide watertight integrity against a head of water applied from either side. The progressive closing action through the turning of the handwheel, combined with an efficient, fully adjustable clamping mechanism ensures a leak-free seal with the minimum of effort.

Weather-tight doors with clip handles

Westmoor's Series 200 range of weather-tight doors offers a simple and effective means of providing weather-tight protection to any exposed entrance or compartment. These doors comprise a suitably designed door panel, secured in the closed position by six (or to suit) clip handles independently operated from either side of the door.

Weather-tight doors with single lever handles

Westmoor's Series 300 range of weather-tight doors offers a simple and effective means of providing weather-tight protection to any exposed entrance or compartment. The door comprises a suitably designed door panel secured in the closed position by six (or to suit) cleats linked together and operated from either side of the door by a single lever handle.

Spray-tight doors

Westmoor's Series 400 range of spray-tight doors meets all of your requirements for a door above the freeboard deck. Doors comprise a suitably designed door panel secured in the closed position by two clip handles independently operated from either side of the door.

Gastight doors

Westmoor's Series 500 range of gastight doors meets the requirements for a door which is required to contain a slight over-pressure. Doors comprise a suitably designed door panel that is secured in the closed position by either two or three clamping points, which are linked and operated by a single lever from either side of the door.

Watertight hatches

Westmoor's Series 600 range of hatches offers an efficient and effective means of providing watertight protection to any compartment or below-deck space. The range comprises:

• Type 610 escape hatch (central operation)
• Type 620 escape hatch (clip handle)
• Type 630 access hatch (toggle clamps)
• Type 640 flush hatch

Water, weather, spray and gastight doors for the offshore industry

The Westmoor range of doors has the following features:

• Made to order to suit your exact requirements
• Supplied as a ‘self contained’ unit mounted, suitably designed framework
• Ready for welding or bolting directly to your structure or, alternatively, can be supplied with welded ties to facilitate casting into concrete structures
• Available in ‘single’ leaf-hinged and ‘double’ leaf-hinged configurations
• Available in steel, stainless steel and aluminium materials
• Available in natural finish, primed or coated in accordance with client requirements
• Available with square, radii or semi-circular door and frame profiles
• Options include locking (hasp and eye for padlock, rimlock / latch), hold-back facilities and portlights