- 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 Centurion that solves two problems at once: the older housing through Lyttelton Manor, Valhalla, Zwartkop and Clubview has garages with almost no ceiling space, and on settled ground a curtain in guides copes with an out-of-square opening where a rigid panelled door will not.
Roll-up garage doors we supply in Centurion
- 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 estate 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 Centurion garages, and it leaves the ceiling free for storage, which is usually the second reason people choose one.
Doors for openings that have moved
Where a house has settled, a rigid door binds but a curtain running in guides will still track. That is why a roll-up door is often the sensible replacement on an older Centurion property rather than an upgrade to a sectional. We measure the reveal at top, middle and bottom before deciding.
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.
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 Centurion
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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