- 40mm insulated panels
- Full perimeter weather seals
- Glazed panel options
A sectional garage door lifts in hinged panels and runs back along the ceiling, which is why it is the standard door on newer Benoni housing. The later developments through Rynfield, Crystal Park, Brentwood Park, Mackenzie Park and Norton Park were built with the headroom for it, and it gives the best seal and the best appearance of any garage door type.
Sectional garage doors we supply in Benoni
- Steel sectional doors in ribbed, panelled and flush profiles.
- Insulated sectional doors with a foam core for garages used as living or work space.
- Aluminium and glazed sections where the door is part of the elevation.
- Timber-look finishes for the appearance without the maintenance.
Headroom and side room
A standard sectional door needs around three hundred millimetres above the opening and clear space each side for the tracks. Where a Benoni garage does not have it, low-headroom track kits solve most cases and a roll-up door solves the rest. We check at survey rather than on installation day.
Sealing against damp and dust
Sectional doors seal better than any other type because the panel face sits against the frame all the way round. In a town where morning mist off the water is normal, a properly sealed door keeps the garage noticeably drier, and that matters if there is anything stored in it worth keeping.
Insulated sectional doors
An insulated door makes a real difference where the garage is a workshop, a gym, an office or a flatlet. Insulated panels are also stiffer and considerably quieter, and on the East Rand they dent less in a hailstorm than a single skin does.
Springs, balance and safety
A sectional door is balanced by torsion assemblies, and that balance is what protects the motor. We rate them to the door mass and the cycle count, fit cable safety devices where the design calls for them, and check the balance by hand at every service. In a damp position we watch the cables particularly, because that is where corrosion shows first.
Replacing a tip-up door with a sectional
This is common Benoni work. The old frame usually stays, the tracks are new, and the opening is measured as it is rather than as the plan says. We remove and dispose of the old door as part of the job.
Motorising a sectional garage door
Rail-mounted operators sized to door mass, with a manual release and battery backup where load shedding matters. Safety reversal is set and tested at handover, not left at factory default.
What a sectional garage door costs in Benoni
Priced on width and height, panel type, insulation, finish and automation. Single and double doors are quoted separately because the balance and operator specification changes with the mass.
Common questions
About sectional garage doors
Around 300mm to 450mm of clear space above the lintel for a standard track, though low-headroom kits recover part of that. Measure to the ceiling or the nearest beam, whichever is lower, and send us the figure before you order anything.
The panels are hinged and run on rollers in a track rather than curling around a barrel, and the section joints seal against each other. On an insulated door the foam core also damps the drumming that makes a single-skin door boom.
Yes. Glazed panels can go into any section, most often the second row down so daylight comes in at eye level. Toughened, frosted and tinted glass are all available, and an aluminium-framed full-view door is a step further again.
They have more moving parts than a tip-up door — rollers, hinges, cables and springs — so an annual service matters more. In exchange the wear is spread across many small parts that are cheap to replace individually.
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Steel Garage Doors
The workhorse, galvanised and coated
Galvanised steel garage doors in 0.5mm to 0.8mm sheet, Chromadek or powder-coated, built to your measured opening as roll-up, sectional or tip-up. Repairs on any make.
- 0.5mm to 0.8mm galvanised sheet
- Chromadek or powder-coated to any RAL
- Roll-up, sectional or tip-up
Residential Roller Shutter Doors
Rynfield, Farrarmere, Crystal Park
Garage doors for Benoni homes, from older single garages to the wide double openings on the newer Rynfield builds.
- Insulated aluminium, quiet running
- Battery backup for load shedding
Wooden Garage Doors
Meranti, cedar and saligna
Meranti, cedar and saligna garage doors built on a galvanised steel frame and sealed on all six faces before they are hung. Tip-up or sectional, manual…
- Timber on a galvanised steel frame
- Sealed all six faces before hanging
- Tip-up or sectional mechanism
