Phoning around for security doors in Newcastle takes time, and every company asks the same questions. Send one measuring sheet instead and we pass it to security door manufacturers and installers who serve Newcastle and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal. They quote on the steel, the lock, the finish, fitting and how soon they can start.
Security Doors in Newcastle
Security doors in Newcastle are mostly ordered for front and kitchen doors of houses, for flats and townhouses with a single entrance, and for shops that need a steel back door. Give the opening sizes, the style and the finish so manufacturers and installers serving Newcastle and the rest of KwaZulu-Natal can quote accurately.
Want to know more first? Our security doors guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Security doors, gates and bars in Newcastle
Newcastle serves northern KwaZulu-Natal with a mix of face-brick homes in Fernwood, Lennoxton and Pioneer Park, townhouses, and large township areas such as Madadeni and Osizweni. Many older houses still have steel windows with simple trellis doors, and newer builds use aluminium frames. Summers are hot with heavy thunderstorms, while winter frosts and dry air are tougher on paint than rust, though a zinc primer is still worth having. Shops in the town centre order folding gates and steel back doors, and factories in the industrial area need heavy slamlock gates. Fabricators work from the Newcastle industrial area and also serve Dannhauser and Utrecht.
Typical security doors requests in the area come from:
- Houses: a security door at the front and kitchen doors, burglar bars on the windows and a gate on the patio slider
- Shops and restaurants: folding gates over the shopfront, a steel back door and bars on the storeroom window
- Factories and warehouses: double steel doors, slamlock gates on stores and heavy bars on offices and ablutions
- Townhouses and complexes: a trellis or slamlock gate in the colour the body corporate allows, and clear bars on ground-floor windows
- Schools, clinics and churches: bulk doors, gates and bars for classrooms, clinics and halls, often to a tender specification
- Farms and smallholdings: heavy steel doors on the house and store rooms, and strong bars on windows far from the neighbours
- Flats and apartments: one strong gate at the front door and bars on windows that face a walkway or balcony
Local tips for Newcastle
Common here: trellis doors and bars for houses, folding gates and steel doors for shops. Ask each installer to allow for this: ask for the bars to be fixed through the brick and not only into plaster. Work usually comes from here: fabricators in the Newcastle industrial area and Madadeni.
Security Doors are usually made in mild steel tube, 16 mm bars, steel kick panel, most doors 813 to 1,000 mm x 2,100 mm, with lock box with a 3-lever or cylinder lock and powder coat, galvanised underneath on the coast. Locally: hot storms and cold dry winters: paint needs a proper zinc primer.
What to include in your request
- Width and height of each opening in mm, smallest of three measurements
- Style: hinged steel, trellis, slamlock or sliding
- Inside the reveal or fixed to the face of the wall
- Colour and finish, and whether you are near the sea
- Wall type and whether an old gate must be removed
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Newcastle and surrounds
Manufacturers, installers and locksmiths on our network work in Newcastle and surrounding areas, including Madadeni, Osizweni, Blaauwbosch, Utrecht, Dannhauser, Charlestown. Give the suburb so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need the work done.