Suburbs we cover here: Clairwood, Mobeni, Bayhead, Umbilo
Jacobs is established heavy industrial. Manufacturing, engineering, chemical and food plants, much of it running shifts around the clock.
What we see in Jacobs
A door on a 24-hour plant is a production asset. When it stops, the line or the loading bay stops with it, and the cost of the downtime is far more than the door. That changes what you should specify at install and how fast you need someone on site afterwards.
We build these to a genuine industrial duty rating and we would rather fit a service contract than sell you an emergency callout every quarter. Where uptime is critical we will also spec a manual override that a shift supervisor can actually operate.
Getting on site
Industrial sites have their own induction, permits and traffic rules, and we work to them. We confirm site access, whether hot work is permitted and what the bay can be taken out of service for before we commit to a date, because a loading bay closed unexpectedly costs more than the door. Where the work has to happen outside production hours we schedule it that way and price it that way from the start.
Motors, backup and load shedding
Industrial doors need industrial gear. We spec three-phase where the supply allows and a heavy-duty single-phase where it does not, with a control box rated for the environment rather than a domestic unit in a steel enclosure. Every install gets a manual override that a shift supervisor can operate without a technician, because at two in the morning that is the difference between a delay and a stoppage.
Repairs on any make
We repair any make, and on industrial doors that usually means getting the bay working first and doing the proper repair second. We carry common slat profiles, bearings and bottom rails, so a strike is often a same-day fix rather than a week of waiting for parts. Where a door is genuinely at end of life we will say so, and we will quote a replacement built to the duty cycle the bay actually runs.
What it costs
We quote Jacobs jobs off a free measured survey, itemised so you can see what the door, the motor and the installation each cost, and fixed in writing before anything is manufactured. We do not quote a range over the phone and then adjust it on site, because that is not a price, it is a deposit.
How soon we can be there
Surveys in Jacobs are normally within one working day and quotes follow the same day the survey is done. Manufacture depends on the door, and we give you a real date rather than an optimistic one. Breakdowns are attended same-day wherever we can reach you.
Getting a quote
Send us the opening, or ask for a survey and we will come and measure it. Either way you get an itemised written price for your Jacobs door, valid as quoted, with no charge for the visit.
Roller shutter and industrial door services in Jacobs
Roller Shutter Doors in Jacobs
We build roller shutter doors for Jacobs openings of every size, from small shopfront curtains to wide vehicle bays, each one made to the surveyed opening.
Roller Shutter Door Installation in Jacobs
Our own teams install in Jacobs — we do not subcontract, which is why the people who fit the door are the people who come back to it.
Roller Shutter Door Repairs in Jacobs
We repair roller shutter doors throughout Jacobs on any make — bent slats, seized guides, failed bearings and motors that have given up.
Roller Door Repairs in Jacobs
Roller door repairs in Jacobs are usually a fraction of a replacement, and we will tell you plainly when a curtain has gone past economic repair.
Industrial Roller Shutter Doors in Jacobs
Industrial roller shutter doors for the wide vehicle openings in Jacobs, built to the measured span with commercial-duty gear.
Industrial Roller Shutter Door Repairs in Jacobs
Industrial doors in Jacobs fail from impact and duty cycle more than age, and both are repairable — we carry bearings, guides, springs and cables on the van.
Roller Shutter Door Manufacturers in Jacobs
Because we manufacture rather than import and resell, Jacobs customers get doors made to their opening and spares that still fit a decade on.
Industrial Door Manufacturers in Jacobs
Industrial doors for Jacobs are cut, rolled and assembled at our own works, which is why we can tell you exactly what went into one three years later.
Industrial Door Repairs in Jacobs
We repair industrial doors of any make in Jacobs, and will quote a repair against a replacement honestly rather than defaulting to the bigger invoice.
Roller Shutter Door Servicing in Jacobs
Scheduled servicing in Jacobs covers guides, bearings, spring tension, seals, fixings and the motor safety systems, with a written report per door.
Emergency Roller Shutter Door Repairs in Jacobs
Emergency callouts in Jacobs are attended around the clock — our teams are local, so it is a short run rather than a scheduled visit.
Need a door in Jacobs?
Send the opening size and your suburb. A consultant calls you back, usually within two working hours — or call the standby number if the door has already stopped.
What customers say
Reviews from Jacobs and nearby
Handled professionally from start to finish
Excellent service from start to finish. RDSA installed our new roller shutter door and the whole process was handled professionally. The door looks great and works perfectly.
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They clearly knew what they were doing
RDSA fitted roller shutter doors at our commercial property. The team was professional, efficient and clearly knew what they were doing.
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Noisy door fixed properly
Highly recommended for garage door repairs. Our door was making a terrible noise and struggling to open. RDSA identified the issue and fixed it properly.
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Our work
Doors we have built and fitted
Common questions
Roller doors in Jacobs
Almost always because the door was specified for a lighter duty than the bay actually runs. A unit rated for domestic or light commercial use will not survive the cycle count of a working Jacobs loading bay, and the motor is the part that shows it first. We ask what the bay does per day and spec the motor and barrel to that number, which costs a little more once and stops the pattern.
Not if it was built properly. On our industrial doors the bottom rail and individual slat sections are replaceable, so a strike is usually a same-day repair rather than a full recurtain. We hold the common profiles, bearings and rails. If someone has told you the whole curtain must go, it is worth a second opinion before you spend it.
Yes, and on most Jacobs sites that is the sensible way to do it. A loading bay out of service during production costs far more than the door, so we schedule around your shift pattern and price it that way from the start. We also work to site induction, permits and traffic rules, and we confirm all of that before committing to a date.
Significantly, and it is the main thing that changes our specification here. Salt-laden air attacks painted steel at the cut edges and fixing points first, then spreads under the coating. On the KwaZulu-Natal coast we default to galvanised slat with marine-grade fixings and sealed bearings.
On the coast, yes. Repainting treats the symptom — the zinc in galvanised steel is bonded to the metal rather than sitting on top of it. Customers who repaint every two years usually stop once the door is replaced properly.
We manufacture in Tarlton and travel to install. For Jacobs we schedule the survey and the installation together so you are not paying for two trips, and we give you a realistic date rather than a comfortable one.
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