From shopping malls to clinics, electric sliding doors South Africa businesses rely on keep people moving hands-free, safely and in comfort. Coetz supplies, installs and services electric sliding doors South Africa wide – the powered glass entrances you walk through every day. This 2026 guide explains how they work, the types available, and why Coetz is the team behind so many of them.
What are electric sliding doors?
Electric sliding doors – also called automatic sliding doors – use an overhead operator, motion sensors and a controller to slide glass panels open as people approach and close them again behind. Set up to recognised automatic door technology safety principles, they open hands-free and close safely, improving accessibility and keeping conditioned air inside.
Types of electric sliding doors we supply
We build electric sliding doors to suit the opening and traffic:
- Single-slide doors – one moving panel for standard shopfronts.
- Bi-parting doors – two panels for wide, busy entrances.
- Telescopic doors – a wide opening within a narrow wall.
- Heavy-duty doors – large glass and high-traffic sites.
Where electric sliding doors are used
Electric sliding doors suit almost any busy entrance – shopping centres, hospitals and clinics, offices, hotels and guest houses, and retail stores. Explore our full automatic doors range and sliding-door installation for detail.
Why choose Coetz for electric sliding doors
Coetz is behind electric sliding doors South Africa businesses trust because we handle the whole job – supply, installation, commissioning and service – under one roof. We fit compliant sensors and rated operators, install to standard, and back every entrance with repairs and genuine spare parts.
Supply, installation and service across South Africa
As a Gauteng-based team we install and service electric sliding doors across the region, and supply nationwide. Whether it is a single shopfront or a multi-door development, the electric sliding doors South Africa projects need are supplied, installed and maintained by Coetz – with fast local response and load-shedding-ready battery backup options.
Coetz has years of experience with automatic entrances across South Africa, from single shopfronts to multi-door developments. We match the operator, sensors and glass to your traffic and building, install to standard, and back every entrance with service and genuine spare parts – so the door keeps working long after the invoice is paid.
Getting an accurate quote
Because every opening differs, the best way to price an electric sliding door is a site assessment. Tell us the opening size and traffic level and browse our automatic doors range, and we will specify the right door and quote supply and installation.
Tips for choosing electric sliding doors
Confirm the opening size, traffic level and power supply early, and add battery backup for load-shedding. Ask about safety sensors, warranty on the operator, and whether a service plan is included. Because Coetz is Gauteng-based with nationwide supply, we respond fast for both installation and service.
What are electric sliding doors South Africa businesses use?
Electric sliding doors South Africa businesses use are automatic glass sliding doors – single, bi-parting or telescopic – that open hands-free on sensors for shops, clinics, offices and public buildings.
Do electric sliding doors work during load-shedding?
Yes – with a battery backup fitted, electric sliding doors keep opening and closing safely through power outages.
Can you automate an existing entrance?
Yes – we can supply and install a new electric sliding door, or upgrade many existing entrances with an automatic operator and sensors.
Does Coetz install nationwide?
Coetz installs and services across Gauteng directly and supplies electric sliding doors nationwide, with fast local response in the home region.
Questions about electric sliding doors in South Africa? Call 010 412 0062 or WhatsApp 076 613 4418 and our team will help. Before quoting electric sliding doors in South Africa, we check the opening, the power supply and the traffic, then give a fixed price.
For electric sliding doors in South Africa, MC Automations, our parent company, handles installation and servicing, with installation included in Gauteng.
Working with Coetz Glazing
Every electric sliding door project in South Africa starts with a free site measure, so we can confirm the opening, the power supply and the traffic flow before quoting a fixed price.
We build each entrance around a durable aluminium frame, glaze it with 6.38mm laminated safety glass, and set the operator to safe opening and closing speeds during commissioning.
Because we supply, install and service every electric sliding door in South Africa ourselves, one accountable team handles the job from quote to aftercare, with operators, sensors and spares kept in stock for fast repairs.
Servicing, spares and call-outs
We recommend a professional service every six months, with more frequent visits for very busy entrances such as malls. A visit checks and realigns the sensors, inspects the belt, rollers and guides, re-checks opening and closing force, and replaces wear parts before they strand the door. Wear items are replaced as part of servicing rather than under warranty.
We stock the operators, sensors, drive belts and control boards we fit, so a repair does not wait on an imported part. Automatic doors are installed and serviced nationwide, with call-outs within 24 hours in Gauteng.
How electric sliding doors South Africa is priced
Four things move the number: how wide the opening is, what glass it carries, how many sensors the layout needs, and whether access control is included. That is why we confirm the opening, the power supply and the traffic flow at a free site measure and then quote a fixed price. Standard glazing is 6.38 mm laminated safety glass, powder-coated framing to match the frontage.
Sensors, safety and commissioning
An entrance is only as good as its sensors. Motion sensors open the door as somebody approaches and see movement rather than a standing person; presence sensors hold it open while somebody is in the opening, which is what stops a door closing on a person who has paused. Safety beams and a force limit reverse the leaf if something is in the way.
Commissioning sets opening and closing speed, hold-open time, force and the safety zones either side, and the settings are written down at handover so anyone adjusting the door later can see what it was signed off at.
Which glass comes as standard?
6.38 mm laminated safety glass, with powder-coated framing in the finish that suits the frontage.
What happens when the power goes off?
With the optional battery backup the door keeps running through a slot. Without it, the door parks in the fail-open or fail-secure state you chose, and can be released by hand.
What the entrance is made of
Glass and frame decide how electric sliding doors South Africa looks and how it behaves in use. The standard is 6.38 mm laminated safety glass; performance and tinted glass are options, quoted separately, where heat or privacy are a factor. Frames are powder-coated to the building colour, and slim sightlines keep more of the opening as daylight rather than aluminium.
Upgrading an existing entrance
An existing doorway can usually be automated without rebuilding the frontage. A swing operator suits a hinged door that is staying put; a sliding installation replaces a tired frontage and gives a wider, cleaner opening. The deciding factors are the strength of the head, the squareness of the opening and the route for power.
When something goes wrong
Describe what the door is doing and a technician can usually name the cause before travelling: held open points to sensors or a detection zone problem, reversing points to an obstruction or force limit, and noise points to rollers, belt or guides. Because the operators, sensors, belts and control boards we fit are held in stock, most of those are fixed on the first visit.
Can the door be set to stay open at busy times?
Yes. Hold-open time is adjustable, and many sites run a longer setting during deliveries or peak trading and a shorter one the rest of the day.
Can we add card readers or an intercom?
Yes. They are far cheaper included with the original installation than retro-fitted, because the cable route is open while the header is being fitted.
Electric sliding doors South Africa in short
If you are pricing electric sliding doors South Africa, send the structural opening sizes and a photograph and we will specify the system, the sensors and the glass against the traffic the doorway really carries. Electric sliding doors South Africa are supplied, installed and serviced by one team, with spares held locally.
Ask us about electric sliding doors in South Africa and we will confirm the opening, the power supply and the traffic flow before quoting a fixed price.
Electric sliding doors South Africa at a glance
- Pricing for electric sliding doors South Africa follows the opening width, the glass and the sensor layout.
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