How to Install a Guard Booth

Mardan Fabrication builds and ships your ready to install guard booth, security booth, parking booth, ticket booth, operator shelter, or custom guard booth to meet all your special requirements. All Mardan Fabrication booths are prefabricated and are shipped ready for installation. Mardan guard booths are preassembled with a welded aluminum fork liftable base, and there…

How to Off-load a Guard Booth

Shipment of the Mardan guard booth is coordinated between the factory, the trucking company and the customer’s appointed receiver so there are no delays once the aluminum security booth is shipped out. This communication ahead of time allows for the proper equipment to be ready during the time of the delivery window. When your Mardan…

How to adjust a top suspended sliding door of a guard booth

This page shows you how to adjust a top suspended sliding door of a guard booth to insure a positive weather tight seal. You will need two 9/16” open end wrenches to perform the adjustment for a top suspended sliding door of a guard booth, security booth, parking booth or ticket booth. The distance between…

How a Guard Booth is Shipped

All Mardan Fabrication guard booths are prefabricated with a welded aluminum fork-liftable base and are shipped ready for installation. This page shows you how a standard guard booth is delivered to your location. Mardan buildings are built to order, are fully factory-assembled and ship out on a flatbed truck to locations throughout the United States.…

Annual Guard Booth Inspection Before Winter

As they are exposed to the elements 24/7, Mardan guard booths, security booths, parking booths and ticket booths require some minimal maintenance. Additionally, wear and tear due to daily usage and occasional exposure to harsh weather (rain, snow, wind, sun and even hurricane) can lead to deterioration of the door rollers, weather stripping, any sliding…

How to Clean your Guard Booth Air Conditioner

We recommend that you clean your guard booth air conditioner regularly, especially during peak cooling season. To optimize the performance of your guard booth climate control unit, the unit manufacturers suggest you clean the air filters at least every 30 days. Make sure the fins on the air intake side of the guard booth air…

Guard Booth Operable Equipment Maintenance

The operable equipment in a Mardan Fabrication guard booth consists of sliding windows, sliding or swing doors, door and window weather stripping, light fixtures, fan forced heaters, air conditioners, and restroom fixtures. Just as in your own home, these items should be cleaned and checked regularly. Please note that the furnished equipment within your guard…

Guard Booth Painted Surface Maintenance

We recommend you to clean the painted surfaces of your Mardan guard booth regularly, especially to keep the brand-new appearance. This article will help you with the care and cleaning your guard booth’s painted surfaces. Dirt and Other Surface Contaminants As with any outdoor article, occasional cleaning is suggested and desirable. A simple solution of…

How to Care for & Clean your Guard Booth Glass

It is essential to care for and clean your guard booth glazing, since your guard booth for a gated community, an apartment complex, a condominium, a park, a school, campus community or hospital community can provide a visual focal point for visitors to check in. Additionally, the guard booth provides the facility with a secure…

How to Perform an Annual Guard Booth Inspections

Mardan Fabrication guard booths, security booths, parking booths, operator shelters and other guard booth applications are built by craftsmen using high quality, long lasting materials and are designed to last for decades with minimal maintenance. But just like anything else, a little TLC is required to make sure the booth is working at maximum efficiency…

How to Choose the Right Guard Booth

When you have need for a factory-assembled, prefabricated guard booth or security booth, you might wonder how to choose the best one for your situation. The three main things to consider are size, style (architectural design) and options / features. First of all, you need to choose the size of the guard booth. The size…

How to Choose the Type of Doors for your Guard Booth

With the most typical electrical package, a minimum Two-Pole, 30 Amp power supply will be required. The actual requirement will depend on the factory installed equipment and any additional equipment you will be connecting to the Electrical Load Center. Please consult with your Sales Representative for your specific requirements. The Two-Pole electrical power supply feeder…

How to Choose the Best Type of Glass for Your Guard Booth

When you are faced with the decision of of choosing the most appropriate glazing for your new security booth or guardhouse, the things that need to be considered are security, visibility, climate control, economy and sometimes even sound reduction. Typically, Mardan guard booth glazing options include tempered glass, different make ups of laminated glass, standard…

How to Customize the Exterior of your Guard Booth

Mardan Fabrication guard booths are all portable, prefabricated and factory-assembled with pre finished white aluminum construction. While Mardan guard booths come with the standard white finish, for a more customized look, designers and owners can specify from a wide variety of colors to be applied. Mardan Fabrication utilizes an automotive style spray booth and professional…

How to Design your Own Guard Booth

When you design your facility’s next guard booth, the following three things need to be considered: size, style and options/features. First, you need to determine what size guard booth will best suit your location. To do so, the following factors should to be considered: how many security officers will staff the guard booth & how…

What are the electrical requirements that my Electrician need to supply for the Guard Booth?

With the most typical electrical package, a minimum Two-Pole, 30 Amp power supply will be required. The actual requirement will depend on the factory installed equipment and any additional equipment you will be connecting to the Electrical Load Center. Please consult with your Sales Representative for your specific requirements. The Two-Pole electrical power supply feeder…