Roll-Up Garage Doors

• Insulated aluminium or galvanised slat
• Openings to 5 000mm wide
• Remote and battery backup available

A roll-up garage door curls into a drum above the opening rather than running back along the ceiling on tracks. That single difference is why most South African homes end up with one: the garage keeps its full roof space, there is nothing overhead to duck under, and there are no tracks running through your storage.

Aluminium or steel

Insulated aluminium is the usual choice for a home. It weighs far less on the motor, runs quietly, and holds a powder-coated finish in coastal air far better than painted steel. Galvanised steel slat is heavier and noisier but takes abuse, which makes it the right call for a workshop or a complex where the door cycles all day.

Sizes

• Single garage — typically 2 500mm wide
• Double garage — typically 4 800mm to 5 000mm wide
• Tandem and non-standard openings manufactured to the measured size

What we fit as standard

Manual override on every motorised door, so it opens during an outage. Battery backup where you ask for it at quoting stage. A powder-coated finish matched to your house or estate scheme rather than whatever colour was in stock.

How we build it

Every door is manufactured to your measured structural opening at our Sandton works in Tarlton, not cut down from a stock size. Slat is roll-formed on our own line, guides are cut and drilled to the opening height, and the springs are wound to balance the finished curtain weight. Powder coating is applied after fabrication so the colour holds across the whole assembly rather than just the visible slat.

What decides the specification

Two things: the width of the opening and how often the door moves. Spring life is measured in cycles rather than years, so a door opening forty times a day needs a different spring and drive to one opening twice, even at identical dimensions. After that it is environment — salt air, washdown, dust or forklift traffic each change the material and the hardware. That is why we survey before quoting.

Installation and handover

Fitted by our own teams, never subcontracted. Guides are set plumb and square, the curtain is hung and balanced, limits are set, and every safety device is tested and adjusted within safe closing force before we leave. You get a demonstration of normal operation and of the manual override, because the first time you need that override should not be during an outage.

Warranty and aftercare

Workmanship is covered for twelve months and motors carry their manufacturer warranty, which we register for you. Because we manufactured your door, we can tell you its exact specification years later and we hold the wear parts for it rather than ordering them in — which is the practical difference between a repair that happens this week and one that waits on a supplier.

Choosing between a roll-up and a sectional door

Headroom decides it more often than preference. A roll-up curls into a drum immediately above the opening and needs very little space above the lintel; a sectional door needs enough clear ceiling to stack its panels back horizontally. If your garage has services, a beam or a converted room above it, a roll-up is frequently the only option that fits.

Where headroom does exist, the trade-off is sealing against space. Sectional doors seal better on all four edges. Roll-ups keep the full roof volume of the garage free for storage, which in most South African homes is the deciding factor.

Operation and running costs

Insulated aluminium runs quieter and lighter than galvanised steel, which means a smaller operator, less current draw and a longer motor life. On a door cycling four to six times a day, that difference compounds over years — and it is the reason we specify aluminium on homes even where steel would technically do the job.