Sliding Garage Doors in Centurion

• Runs sideways along the wall
• Manual or motorised
• Suits low-roof and basement garages

A sliding garage door runs sideways on a track rather than lifting overhead. In Centurion it solves openings that defeat the usual doors: garages with no headroom at all, wide openings on the smallholdings around Irene, Raslouw and Knopjeslaagte, and workshop bays through Hennopspark where the ceiling is full of services.

Sliding garage doors we supply in Centurion

• Single-leaf sliding doors where there is wall space to one side.
• Bi-parting sliding doors that open from the centre on wide openings.
• Folding sliding doors where side room is limited.
• Steel, aluminium and timber-clad leaves depending on the building.

Where a sliding garage door makes sense

The requirement is wall space beside the opening for the leaf to park against. Where that exists, a sliding door needs no headroom whatever, leaves the ceiling completely clear, and handles very wide openings without the barrel and span problems an overhead door has.

Sliding doors on Irene and Raslouw smallholdings

The holdings around Irene, Raslouw and Knopjeslaagte run wide openings on stables, implement sheds, nurseries and workshops. There is usually plenty of wall to slide against, and a bi-parting sliding door covers those spans economically while coping with dust far better than a door that has to roll into a barrel.

Sliding doors in Centurion workshops

Workshop and trade buildings through Hennopspark and Zwartkop often run extraction, lighting or service runs across the ceiling, leaving an overhead door nowhere to go. A sliding leaf leaves all of that untouched and covers a wide bay without new steel above the opening.

Track, rollers and the ground

A sliding door is only as good as its track. Top-hung tracks need a lintel or steel that will carry the leaf; bottom-guided tracks need a level, drained threshold. On low-lying or dusty ground a bottom track that traps material will jam, and we specify accordingly.

Automating a sliding garage door

Sliding doors automate well with a rack-and-pinion or belt drive, the same principle as a sliding gate. Safety edges and photocells are fitted because a sliding leaf closes across a path people use. Manual release is standard.

Security on a sliding garage door

Multi-point locking on the leading edge, anti-lift on the rollers, and a track that cannot be jumped. A sliding door secured only at the centre catch is a door that can be levered.

What a sliding garage door costs in Centurion

Priced on opening width, leaf construction, track type and automation. We survey the side room and the threshold before quoting, because those decide whether the door is possible at all.