SafeOpen can be fitted by any competent home improver, but is designed to be an industrial product. Read FAQs on technical,  ergonomic and safety advantages below.

At these times we would encourage you to spread the love around and help provide work for others - carpenters, builders, general maintenance people. Particularly if you have many SafeOpen units to install. As  professionals they might be able to solve a few other things while they're there. We've gone into places and done a quick installation, but in the process we've made a couple of expert adjustments that solved a problem that people had been living with for years (vastly over-tensioned door closers for example).

Load Distribution: SafeOpen is designed to work with the body. Just like door handles, it comes in Right and Left handed versions. The angled grip plate allows for efficient PUSHING with pressure distributed along its length. This means approximately 500% less pressure on the sole of a shoe than a single focused pressure point. Pushing uses the powerful Quadriceps muscles. Therefore SafeOpen is more forgiving for stiff or "heavy doors" - see FAQ on Heavy Doors below.

Material: Stainless steel is an extremely strong and durable material. It is resistant to powerful detergents and oxidising agents. The fixings are also stainless steel, ensuring that there is no danger of Galvanic corrosion (as there would be had we made SafeOpen out of aluminium).

Fixings: a good engineer would immediately grasp the mathematical principles by which SafeOpen is so advanced in its load-bearing characteristics. In simple terms, the further a fixing is from a pivot point, the greater the force required to dislodge it. And a good carpenter would also notice a couple of other little things we've done. We think that a few skilful innovations have increased load-bearing capacity by up to 250%. In addition, the Hollow Core Door fixing kit allows 300% to 500% greater compression force to be applied as compared to rudimentary solutions. See Hollow Core Door FAQ below.

Hygiene: Hands-free door opening is of course a major advantage in situations where infection can be spread by hands touching contaminated door handles and knobs. SafeOpen doesn't just protect against viruses, but also a host of other pathogens - whether they are bacterial, fungal or even parasitic.

Head and Body Clearance: SafeOpen is designed to allow users to approach the door from the side - staying clear of the opening swing of the door. This means that they are less likely to be caught unawares by the door opening suddenly. Contrast this with approaching face on and attempting to pull the door with one's foot. In this case, the user is within and opening swing of the door.

There are situations where this can't be helped, for example, an "Alcove Door" with a wall perpendicular to the opening edge. This prevents a user from approaching from the side. Even in this situation, the angled grip plate encourages the user to adjust their body and approach in a protective manner - rotating the hips and anchoring on the foot outside the opening circle.

Rotating the hips makes people stand side-on, thereby protecting their head Anchoring outside the opening circle naturally causes the body and head to lean in that direction too - any good cricketer will understand how the head and leading foot operate together! We'll upload some photos to show you - a picture paints a thousand words!

Foot and Ankle Clearance: SafeOpen is elevated above the bottom of the door, so that should the door open unexpectedly, there is little chance of impact on the foot. Indeed the risk of impact would be with the door, as if SafeOpen were not there at all. Even better, it is really difficult to bring any soft tissue into contact with SafeOpen, as a shoe will impact the underlying door before an ankle can get close. Nonetheless all angles have been softened with radii.

Generally yes

Pretty much anywhere DHL ship to -  current local, national AND international COVID-19 restrictions permitting. If you are in a remote location, contact us to arrange either a specific quotation or for your own hauliers to pick up.

These are automatically calculated once you select what you want to buy. We generally give you a choice of 2 or 3 delivery methods. Around Melbourne, you can pick them up if you're in a hurry. But whether you're in Sydney Australia or Sydenham in Kent, we can get your order to you.

Yes, if you're in Melbourne - the depot is in Clayton. We will be generating satellite stockists in different cities in Australia and other countries. Please contact us if you wish to participate.