- Insulated aluminium or galvanised slat
- Openings to 5 000mm wide
- Remote and battery backup available
A roll-up door is the answer to the most common garage problem in the older parts of Pretoria: 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.
When a roll-up garage door is the right choice
- Garages with low headroom or a beam close behind the opening, common through Villieria, Queenswood and Gezina.
- Garages used as workshops or storage, where ceiling tracks would be in the way.
- Narrow single garages on the older Pretoria housing stock.
- 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. Where headroom is very tight a low-profile build usually solves it.
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 Pretoria property is worth discussing properly because the garage is often the weakest opening on the house.
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.
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 Pretoria estates
Many Pretoria 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 Pretoria
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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Also worth a look
Sliding Garage Doors
Where there is no headroom at all
Sliding doors run sideways along the wall instead of upward. The answer when a garage has no usable headroom and a roll-up or sectional door will…
- Runs sideways along the wall
- Manual or motorised
- Suits low-roof and basement garages
Galvanised Roller Shutter Doors
Hot-dip galvanised roller shutter doors that resist rust in coastal and washdown environments. Manufactured to your opening at our Pretoria works.
Fire-Rated Roller Shutter Doors
Certified separation for plants and centres
Fire-rated shutters with the certification your insurer and the fire officer will ask for, quoted as a rated product rather than a substitute.
- Fail-safe gravity descent, no power needed
- Fire panel integration and drop testing