- 40mm insulated panels
- Full perimeter weather seals
- Glazed panel options
A sectional garage door lifts in hinged panels and runs back along the ceiling, and in Fourways it is not just the most common door, it is frequently the only one the estate will allow. Almost the entire area was built out from the 1990s onward with the headroom for sectional doors, and the architectural guidelines were written around them.
Sectional garage doors we supply in Fourways
- 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 and timber-look finishes, which the larger estates often specify.
Matching an estate specification
On estates through Dainfern, Cedar Lakes, Fourways Gardens, Lonehill and Broadacres the door profile and colour are usually fixed by the architectural guidelines, and a replacement that does not match will not be approved. We identify what is currently fitted, source or build the matching profile, and provide the written specification for the committee before manufacture.
Replacing a twenty-year-old sectional door
This is the bulk of our Fourways sectional work. Doors installed when these suburbs were built are now reaching the end of their service life, and the panels, the tracks, the tension components and the operator tend to arrive there together. We will tell you honestly whether the door needs renewing or only its wearing parts.
Headroom, side room and tandem garages
A standard sectional door needs around three hundred millimetres above the opening and clear space each side for the tracks. In tandem garages where the ceiling already carries a geyser or ducting, a low-headroom track kit usually solves it and a roll-up door solves the rest. We check at survey rather than on installation day.
Insulated sectional doors
An insulated door makes a real difference where the garage is a workshop, a gym, an office or a flatlet, which is common here. Insulated panels are also stiffer and considerably quieter, which matters where the garage shares a wall with a bedroom in a cluster.
Sealing, and keeping the garage clean
Sectional doors seal better than any other type because the panel face sits against the frame all the way round. Bottom, side and head seals keep out dust, leaves and driven rain, which is the complaint that brings most people to replace a door that still opens perfectly well.
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.
What a sectional garage door costs in Fourways
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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Roll-Up Garage Doors
Single, double and tandem
Roll-up garage doors curl into a drum above the opening instead of running back along the ceiling, so the garage keeps its full roof space and…
- Insulated aluminium or galvanised slat
- Openings to 5 000mm wide
- Remote and battery backup available
Side-Hinged Garage Doors
Two leaves, nothing overhead
Side-hinged garage doors swing outward on two leaves, like an oversized pair of gates. They suit workshops, storerooms and low garages where nothing can run overhead.
- Steel, timber or aluminium leaves
- Welded steel subframe, adjustable hinges
- No headroom required
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