- Insulated aluminium or galvanised slat
- Openings to 5 000mm wide
- Remote and battery backup available
A roll-up door is the answer to a common Midrand garage problem: there is not enough ceiling room for a sectional door. The curtain rolls into a box directly above the opening instead of running back along the roof, so the garage interior stays clear and the structure is left alone.
When a roll-up garage door is the right choice
- Garages with low headroom or a beam close behind the opening, common in the older Halfway House and Noordwyk stock.
- Garages used as workshops or storage, where ceiling tracks would be in the way.
- Townhouse garages where the ceiling carries services.
- Properties wanting a security specification on the garage rather than a light panel door.
Measuring for a roll-up garage door
The measurement that decides everything is clear headroom above the opening, and it is the one most often assumed. We measure at the tightest point, along with side room and the floor across the threshold, and tell you plainly what will fit.
How we build roll-up garage doors
Curtains are made to your measured opening at our own works, galvanised and powder coated to a colour agreed with you. Gauge is chosen for whether the door is primarily convenience or primarily security, which on a Midrand property is worth discussing properly.
Roll-up garage door motors and backup power
Operator sized to the finished curtain weight, manual release within reach, travel limits set so the door is not driven into the slab. Battery backup is quoted and rated in cycles, and on the smallholdings out at Kyalami and Glen Austin it is usually worth having.
Roll-up or sectional garage doors
If you have the headroom and want the quietest, best-insulated door, a sectional is usually better and we will say so. If you do not have the headroom, want a security-gauge curtain, or need the ceiling clear, the roll-up wins. We price both where both are viable.
Roll-up garage doors in Midrand estates
Many Midrand schemes specify door type and colour. Send us the rules with the enquiry so the quotation complies and nothing is built that has to be removed.
Get a quote for a roll-up garage door in Midrand
Free survey, itemised written quotation, fixed price once approved, twelve-month workmanship warranty.
Common questions
About roll-up garage doors
Very little — the curtain coils into a barrel just above the opening rather than running back along the ceiling. Around 300mm to 400mm above the lintel is usually enough. This is why roll-up doors are the answer in garages with beams, storage racking or a flat roof.
Older ones are. A modern galvanised curtain with nylon guide inserts and a soft start-and-stop motor is much quieter than the rattling doors people remember. Most of the noise complaints we are called out for turn out to be dry guides or a worn barrel bearing.
Not to the standard of an insulated sectional door, because the slats have to curl. We improve it with foam-filled slats and heavier perimeter sealing, which helps with dust and noise more than heat. If the garage is attached to living space, a sectional door is the better answer.
Curtains jumping out of the guides, worn barrel bearings, broken springs inside the barrel, and rust along the bottom rail where the door stands in driveway water. All four are repairable, usually in a single visit.
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