- Insulated aluminium or galvanised slat
- Openings to 5 000mm wide
- Remote and battery backup available
A roll-up garage door coils into a barrel above the opening instead of running back along the ceiling. In Alberton that solves a very common problem: the older housing through Alberton North, Florentia, Raceview, New Redruth and Verwoerdpark has garages with almost no ceiling space, and a sectional door will not fit.
Roll-up garage doors we supply in Alberton
- Galvanised steel roll-up doors for durability and low maintenance.
- Aluminium roll-up doors where a lighter curtain suits the opening and the motor.
- Powder-coated finishes matched to the house or the complex specification.
- Single and double widths, built to the measured opening.
Roll-up garage doors for low-headroom garages
The barrel needs a few hundred millimetres above the opening and nothing behind it. That makes a roll-up door the practical answer in the older Alberton garages, and it leaves the ceiling free for storage, which is usually the second reason people choose one.
Manual or motorised
Most roll-up doors are motorised with a tube motor inside the barrel. It is a tidy installation with nothing hanging from the ceiling and it runs quietly. Every one we fit has a manual override, and we fit battery backup where the household cannot be caught out by an outage.
Security on a roll-up garage door
Guide depth, end locks and the bottom rail do the work. A motorised door with a locking drive position cannot be pushed up from outside. Manual doors get proper locking rather than a token catch.
Doors on sloped driveways
On the ridge at Meyersdal and Meyersig the ground falls or rises sharply at the opening. A roll-up curtain copes with that better than a rigid panelled door because it seals to a bottom rail rather than a flat panel face, but the threshold detail and the seal still need to be specified for the slope rather than assumed flat.
Insulation and weather
A single-skin roll-up curtain is not insulated, and we say so rather than implying otherwise. Where a garage is used as a room, an insulated sectional door is the better product. Where it is a garage, a roll-up door with good bottom seals is the sensible buy.
Replacing an old roll-up door
Old doors go heavy, the curtain edge wears, and the barrel assembly fatigues. We measure the opening as it is now, remove and dispose of the old door, and match the finish to whatever else is on the property.
What a roll-up garage door costs in Alberton
Priced on opening width and height, curtain material, finish and whether it is motorised. We measure on site and the quote is firm.
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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Trade counters and retail premises
Shutters for trade counters and shopfronts around Alberton, built for constant daily cycling and finished to a colour that suits the frontage.
- Sized to your actual cycle count
- Powder-coated to brand colour
Tip-Up and Up-and-Over Garage Doors
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- One-piece steel or timber panel
- Counterbalance spring mechanism
- Motorisable with the right operator
Residential Roller Shutter Doors
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- Insulated aluminium, quiet running
- Battery backup for load shedding