Retractable security barriers are one of the most practical, cost-effective forms of protection for any South African business. When fitted to doors and windows in commercial buildings, folding security gates protect customers, employees, technical equipment, and merchandise. Here are the reasons why Trellidor retractable gates are a must-have investment.
Enhanced Security
Security experts usually recommend that a business is protected by several layers of deterrents. One of those layers needs to be effective barriers on doors, windows, and any other opening that criminals could use to break inside. Barriers can actually stop criminals in their tracks because they require physical effort to attack.
This is how steel or aluminium trellis-style barriers help to stop a break-in attempt. Barriers surrounding a building are a visual deterrent to criminals. Well-made security gates are difficult to attack to get inside the building unlawfully. Criminals who try this run the risk of being caught in the act because it is a noisy, lengthy process that will often fail.
Folding security gates fitted to doors and windows are an essential security layer for South African businesses such as:
- Small businesses
This could be an entrepreneur working from a home office or a small team in a business park. Without protection on windows and doors they could be easy targets for robbery. With security gates closed and locked, people inside are kept safe at all times.
- Retail outlets
Retailers usually open up the security gates during the day so that customers can easily see their window displays. At night, however, these premises are vulnerable to a break-in, and this is where closed and locked sliding gates are a major help in preventing this happening.
- Factories and Industry
These premises often have roller shutters or sectional overhead doors on their loading bays. To keep staff safe in the administrative offices, they need protection on doors and windows. Sliding security gates are a reliable and cost-effective option.
- Pharmaceutical and Other Stores
Retractable gates are a good security format for stock that needs to be accessed easily during working hours. The gates can be closed and locked quickly when necessary and are just as simple to open for authorised access.
Trellidor retractable security gates are manufactured in different strengths, so there is one to suit each location. Our sales consultants will match the most suitable strength security gate design to the crime risk profile of the building location and within the budget available. So there is no need for commercial buildings to be unprotected from the scourge of crime.
Cost-effective Protection
Retractable security gates are the best form of protection for commercial entities because they tick several important boxes. They are easy to use, affordable, space efficient, and customisable. Let’s look at each of these benefits.
- Easy to Use
Trellidor gates are designed to work smoothly and easily. The gates are top-hung and have a t-shaped bottom track to make sliding them open and closed a smooth process. Locking them is simply a matter of turning the key in a single keyhole to lock the gate at several points inside the lock stile. Even the reinforced Trojan S3 gates are easily operated by the average person.
- Affordable
There is a Trellidor folding security gate to suit every price range. There are differences in strength, but even the entry level model is stronger than most other similar security gates on the market. It makes most sense to fit the strongest gates possible within the budget. And to make sure that the chosen gates are suitable for the crime risks within the area.
- Space Efficient
Sliding gates open horizontally along a track, which means they don’t require additional space to swing open. This is ideal for businesses with limited space such as narrow entrance doors. In a retail setting, the gates can be stacked to the sides of the windows and doors and hidden out of sight until closing time.
- Customisable
Trellidor retractable security gates are custom-made. Customers can specify the colour they want, the material they’re made from (steel or aluminium), and in some cases, the type of lock they require. Special designs like curved units, recessed tracks, and hinges that lift up can all be catered for so that the commercial building is protected by the ideal physical barrier solution.
Specialised Deterrent
Some commercial buildings require specialised protection. These are often government buildings and other key points where strict security rules apply. Trellidor is the only South African company that has developed high strength, certified sliding security gates specially to suit these requirements.
Certified sliding security gates have unique features that set them apart from ordinary look-alikes. They are made from specialised steel, are reinforced, and have emergency escape locks. These gates have been fitted to protect commercial buildings around the world such as:
- Airports
- Foreign embassies
- Government properties
- Banks
- Shipping ports
- Railway stations
- Sports stadia
The security specifications for these areas sometimes require independent verification that the gates are suitable protection. In South Africa there are no recognised authorities that are qualified to test retractable security gates. This means there are no reliable local standards to use to judge whether a retractable security door can do what is expected of it.
This is why Trellidor went overseas to get its commercial folding security gates tested and certified. These tests are carried out by internationally respected third-party experts according to standards accepted as the bench mark worldwide. Testing is rigorous and involves the gates being attacked using various weapons favoured by criminals everywhere.
Trellidor has several security gate models that have been certified in this way. Certified products give South African customers the assurance that they are buying the best sliding security gates possible for the protection of their businesses. This is why Trellidor retractable gates are often the product of choice for the protection of key points around the country.
Personal Service
Making a building safe for all users and doing this within a budget needs expert planning. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a small business or a multi-national. It is important to choose the right folding security gates for commercial buildings to avoid wasting.
Trellidor has outlets throughout South Africa with security experts to assist with the decision making. They help to assess what is needed to stop criminals from causing harm to people and stealing valuable merchandise and equipment. The Trellidor team takes care of all the measuring, product recommendation, manufacturing and installing. The service includes a detailed hand-over and after-sales assistance. All it takes to get the process moving is a phone call.
To summarise, Trellidor retractable gates are a must-have to protect South African businesses. They are a strong, efficient, cost-effective security solution for any premises.
Retractable security barriers are one of the most practical, cost-effective forms of protection for any South African business. When fitted to doors and windows in commercial buildings, folding security gates protect customers, employees, technical equipment, and merchandise.
