We install the roller shutter doors we manufacture, using our own teams. That matters on a Roodepoort site more than it sounds. When installation is subcontracted, nobody owns the result, and the warranty conversation a year later becomes an argument about whose fault it was.
How a roller shutter door installation runs
- Site survey. We measure the opening, check the headroom and side room, and look at the structure the guides will fix to.
- Specification and quote. Door, drive, safety devices and any structural work, priced as separate lines.
- Manufacture. Built to the measured opening, assembled and cycled in the workshop.
- Installation. Guides plumbed, barrel levelled, curtain tracked, drive set and tested.
- Handover. Operation, manual release and maintenance explained to whoever will use it.
Roller shutter door installation for Roodepoort industry
Loading bays through Stormill, Robertville, Technikon and the Delarey industrial belt need the guides fixed to steel or properly anchored into the surrounding structure, not into a face brick skin. Where the opening was formed for a different door we quote the steelwork rather than pretend the fixing will hold.
Shopfront and retail installations
Retail work around Clearwater Mall, Westgate, Ruimsig Boulevard and the Florida strips is usually done outside trading hours. We plan the install around the centre rules and the trading times, because a shop that cannot open loses more in a morning than the door costs.
Residential roller shutter door installation
Homes through Weltevredenpark, Allen’s Nek, Wilgeheuwel, Little Falls, Helderkruin and Constantia Kloof mostly want security shutters over patios, garages and side entrances. Those installs are neat work: cable runs hidden, boxes sized to the reveal, and finishes chosen to sit with the house rather than against it.
Replacing an existing roller shutter door
Most Roodepoort installations are replacements. We remove and dispose of the old door, correct the fixing points, and fit the new door to the opening as it actually is. Openings move over decades, particularly on the older stock, and a door built to the original drawing will not fit.
Preparation work before installation day
Power to the opening, a clear working area, and vehicles moved. On busy yards we agree the bay will be free for the day. Half a day lost waiting for a forklift to move is half a day charged to somebody.
Installation lead times in Roodepoort
Standard galvanised doors normally run two to three weeks from approved measurements to installation. Fire-rated, insulated and specially finished doors run longer, and we give you the real date rather than the hopeful one.
What installation costs
Manufacture, delivery, installation and any structural work are quoted as separate lines so you can see where the money goes. The survey is free and the quote is firm.
Common questions
About roller shutter door installation
A single standard door is usually a one-day fit. Multiple bays are phased so you never lose more than part of your dock or workshop capacity at once. The longer part is manufacture — roughly two to three weeks from accepted quote.
No. Our own teams install what we manufacture. It matters more than it sounds: when installation is subcontracted to whoever is nearest, nobody owns the result, and the warranty conversation a year later becomes an argument about whose fault it was.
A structurally sound opening and, for motorised doors, a power supply at the right side of it. The site survey checks both. If the opening needs steelwork or the power needs moving, that is itemised in the quote rather than discovered on installation day.
Yes, and it is included in most replacement quotes. Say so at survey stage so the team arrives with the right equipment, particularly on wide industrial openings.
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