- 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 Benoni that solves a very common problem: the older housing through Northmead, Westdene, Morehill and the streets around the CBD has garages with almost no ceiling space, and a sectional door will not fit.
Roll-up garage doors we supply in Benoni
- 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 Benoni garages, and it leaves the ceiling free for storage, which is usually the second reason people choose one.
Roll-up doors on plots and outbuildings
On the smallholdings around Benoni Small Farms, Brentwood Park and Putfontein, roll-up doors go on workshops, feed stores and single-bay sheds where a sectional door would be overkill and a hinged pair would foul the ground. Dust is the enemy on those buildings, so we specify guides and a service interval that account for it.
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.
Bottom rails and seals on damp ground
On the low-lying streets near the water the bottom rail is the part that decides the life of the door. We specify a heavier rail and a proper seal there, and we set the threshold so water runs away from the opening rather than into the guide feet.
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.
What a roll-up garage door costs in Benoni
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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Perforated Roller Shutter Doors
Ventilation for sheds and workshops
Perforated curtains that let heat out of a shed standing in full sun while the opening itself stays locked.
- Punched galvanised slat, mixed options
- Openings to 6 000mm wide
Aluminium Garage Doors
For coastal air and wide openings
Rust-free aluminium garage doors for coastal homes, wide double openings and full-view glazed designs. Powder-coated to any RAL, with stainless fixings throughout.
- Extruded aluminium, stainless fixings
- Powder-coated, anodised or woodgrain
- Sectional, tip-up or roll-up slat
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