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Who Is Coetz Glazing? Aluminium & Automatic Door Supplier SA

18 August 2026·6 min read·By Marcel Coetzee

Coetz window hardware being fitted during manufacturing
Coetz Glazing is a South African supplier of standard-size aluminium windows and doors, sold online with transparent pricing and laminated safety glass. If you have found our products and wondered who is behind them, this is the short version: Coetz Glazing exists to make buying quality aluminium simple, honest and fast — for homeowners, builders, contractors and developers right across the country.
Coetz Glazing manufacturing — window hardware being fitted at the Roodepoort branch

What Coetz Glazing Does

The company supplies a fixed range of standard-size aluminium windows and doors direct to the public and the trade. Everything is sold online at clear, published prices, so you order with confidence — no drawn-out quotes, no hidden extras and no cheap float glass. Because the range is standardised, orders move fast instead of waiting on a bespoke production run.

Why Coetz Glazing Exists

The aluminium industry is full of confusing quotations, inconsistent quality and hidden costs. Coetz Glazing was created to fix exactly that: premium aluminium profiles, genuine hardware and laminated safety glass, offered online at a fair, upfront price. It is a simpler way to buy — you see the size, colour, glass and price before you commit.

What Coetz Glazing Supplies

The company carries a complete standard range for South African homes and businesses: Standard glazing is 6.38mm clear laminated safety glass, so every product ships with proper, certified glass as standard.

Coetz Glazing and MC Automations

While the aluminium range is supply-only, the company also offers automatic entrances through its parent business, MC Automations Entrance Systems. Together they supply and install automatic doors — sliding and swing systems like the MC-125 and MCW-100 — installed in Gauteng, with installation elsewhere quoted per project. It means one trusted team for both your glazing and your automated entrances.

Quality, Membership and standards

Coetz Glazing is a proud member of the South African Glass and Glazing Association (SAGGA), reflecting a commitment to responsible glazing, quality workmanship and applicable South African industry standards. Combined with laminated safety glass and genuine aluminium profiles, that membership is part of why builders and homeowners buy with confidence.

Where Coetz Glazing Is Based

Coetz Glazing is based at Unit 2, 84 Ridge Road, Laser Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng. You can collect from the branch, arrange delivery across Gauteng, or order for nationwide supply. The team is happy to help you choose the right size, colour and glass before you order.

Who Coetz Glazing Serves

The team works with everyone from a homeowner replacing a single window to a developer fitting out a whole building:
  • Homeowners — a simple, honest way to buy quality aluminium online.
  • Builders and contractors — reliable stock and fast turnaround to keep sites moving.
  • Developers — bulk pricing and trade accounts for larger projects.

How Ordering Works

Buying online should be the easy part. Browse the standard range, pick your size, colour and glass, and see the price before you add to cart — no waiting days for a quotation. Orders are confirmed quickly, and because the range is held to fixed specifications, you know exactly what will arrive. For anything bespoke, the cut-to-size service covers glass and aluminium for repairs and once-off projects. It is a straightforward, modern way to buy that removes the guesswork from a traditionally opaque industry.

Our Commitment to Quality

Every product is built from genuine aluminium profiles and finished with proper hardware, then glazed with laminated safety glass rather than cheap float glass. That focus on real materials means windows and doors that seal well, operate smoothly and last for years. The standard range is chosen to cover the sizes South African homes and builders actually use, so you get quality without paying for a custom run you do not need.

Help When You Need It

Choosing the right window or door is easier with a hand. The team is happy to guide you on sizes, opening directions, colours and glass before you order, and to point trade buyers toward bulk pricing and account terms. After your order, delivery across Gauteng and nationwide supply keep things moving, and the same people support the automated-entrance side through MC Automations.

Why Choose Coetz Glazing?

In short: transparent online pricing, genuine materials, laminated safety glass, quick turnaround and one team for both aluminium and automated entrances. Learn more about Coetz, browse the full range of automatic door systems, or contact the team to order with confidence.
Coetz Glazing - Coetz automatic door installation detail

Coetz Glazing FAQ

Does Coetz Glazing install windows and doors? The aluminium range is supply-only. Automatic doors, however, are supplied and installed through the parent company, MC Automations, with installation included in Gauteng and quoted per project elsewhere. Where is Coetz Glazing based? In Laser Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, with collection, Gauteng delivery and nationwide supply. Is Coetz Glazing accredited? Yes — Coetz Glazing is a member of the South African Glass and Glazing Association (SAGGA).
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Budgeting for Who Is Coetz Glazing? aluminium & automatic door supplier SA

Opening width, glass specification, sensor layout and access control are what separate one quotation from another, so compare them line by line rather than on the total alone. A free site measure confirms the opening, the power supply and the traffic before we commit to a fixed price, and the standard glazing is 6.38 mm laminated safety glass.

Commissioning and safe operation

Hardware alone does not make an entrance safe. Commissioning is where opening and closing speed, hold-open time, force and the detection zones are set for the way the doorway is really used, then demonstrated and written down. Motion sensors open the door, presence sensors hold it open for somebody standing still, and beams with a force limit stop it closing onto an obstruction.

What maintenance on Who Is Coetz Glazing? aluminium & automatic door supplier SA involves

We recommend a service every six months, with more frequent visits for very busy entrances. Each visit realigns sensors, inspects belt, rollers and guides, re-checks opening and closing force and swaps wear parts before they fail. Because we hold operators, sensors, belts and control boards in stock, most repairs happen on the visit rather than waiting on an import.

Servicing runs nationwide, and Gauteng call-outs are attended within 24 hours.

How often should the door be serviced?

Every six months as standard. A supermarket door doing thousands of cycles a day may need more frequent visits than a quiet office entrance.

What glass is used?

6.38 mm laminated safety glass as standard, with the framing powder-coated to suit the building.

Glass, frames and finishes

Standard glazing is 6.38 mm clear laminated safety glass, which holds together if it is ever broken and takes the edge off outside noise. Tinted and performance glass are available, quoted separately, where solar gain or privacy matters, and toughened glass suits frameless and low-level applications. The framing is powder-coated in the colour that suits the building, so an entrance reads as part of the frontage rather than something bolted on afterwards.

Retrofit or new installation

Automating an opening that already exists is usually possible, and it is often the cheaper route. The questions are whether the head can carry an operator, whether the opening is square enough to run true, and whether power can reach the header. Where a hinged door is staying, a swing operator automates it; where the frontage is being replaced anyway, a new sliding installation is generally the better long-term answer.

Common faults and what they mean

Doors that stay open usually have a sensor seeing something that is not there — a reflection, a banner moving in the draught, or a unit knocked out of alignment. Doors that stop short are often reacting to an obstruction or a force limit set too tight. Grinding or juddering points at the rollers or the guide rather than the motor. None of those need a new operator; they need a technician with the right spares in the van.

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.

Planning an automatic entrance?

Tell us about the opening and we will prepare a proper quotation.

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