Installation

Two ways we install, depending on your site.

Homes on a standard driveway order online with a few photos and no site visit: we excavate about 40 × 50 cm and 90 cm deep, set the bollard in concrete flush with your drive and pair your key fobs in a single visit, and it is ready once the concrete cures after about 72 hours. Business and street schemes start with a free site review. We install across England, Wales and Scotland.

Homes

No site survey needed

Because Boliq Sentry and Sentry Max are battery powered as standard, we confirm a standard driveway is eligible from photos and a short questionnaire when you order online, rather than sending someone out. If your driveway turns out to be a specialist surface like resin bound or natural stone, we'll follow up with a bespoke quote instead.

Business and street schemes

Five stages for business sites and street schemes

These sites vary too much in scale, ground conditions and power requirements to price online, so we still survey them properly.

Site survey

We review ground conditions, existing services, power supply and access requirements, either on-site or from photos and drawings for smaller jobs.

Design & quote

You receive a recommended model, layout and fixed written quote, including groundworks, power and any integration with intercoms, access control or monitoring.

Ground works & foundation

Each position is excavated to about 40 × 50 cm and 90 cm deep, with a free-draining sand and gravel bed, with ducting laid where bollards are mains powered.

Bollard fit & electrical connection

The bollard housing is set in concrete flush with the surface, the bollard is fitted and connected, and each one is tested through a full rise and fall.

App pairing & handover

Key fobs are paired, bollards on the app subscription are added to your account with any schedules, and we walk you through it before we leave.

Before we arrive

What a site needs to be ready.

  • Battery power is standard, so no mains supply or trenching is needed unless you choose mains power
  • Clear access to the installation area for excavation equipment
  • Confirmation of any underground services in the area
  • Mobile signal at the bollard if you choose the app and SIM (no WiFi needed)
  • Street schemes: the traffic order and highway authority consent; homes: any planning consent your property needs, which we can apply for on your behalf

Typical installation timeframes

Home driveway, ordered onlineA single visit
Ready to useAbout 72 hours later
Commercial site, 2 to 6 bollards2 to 4 days
Highway or town centre schemeScoped per project
App pairing per deviceUnder 10 minutes

Timeframes are indicative. Business and street timings are confirmed after the site review.

After installation

Maintenance & support

A one year warranty on parts and workmanship comes with every bollard, and a service plan extends cover beyond it, up to 3 years in total.

Status and alerts

Bollards on the app subscription report their status, and you are alerted if one reports a fault or loses power.

Service plan

Extend cover beyond the first year, up to 3 years from installation, with the Boliq service plan, £395 a year per bollard, billed monthly. Check fixings and the bollard surface every six months, and charge a battery bollard at least every six months.

Priority fault response

A bollard stuck in the wrong position blocks access. Faults are triaged and prioritised accordingly.

Ready to get started

Order online for your driveway, or book a free site review for a business or street scheme.