Garage door motor prices: installed kits and shop prices

Every kit includes standard installation on a door that already runs freely: the motor fitted, its limits and safety force set, the battery connected and the remotes coded. 1-year guarantee on every motor kit we supply and install. Prices checked October 2026.

• A roll-up door takes the Centurion RDO Digital roll-up kit or the ET DC Blue Advanced roll-up kit. Centurion's manual gives the RDO Digital doors up to 2.8 m wide and 10 m² in area, and ET rates its DC Blue Advanced roll-up for doors of 8 m², so both cover a standard single garage. The choice comes down to the brand and the remotes: the RDO uses Centurion's NOVA remotes, and the DC Blue Advanced roll-up reads ET's BLU MIX remotes and the older ET Blue ones.
• A sectional or trackless tip-up door takes the ET DC Blue Advanced sectional / tip-up kit, which ET makes for doors under 10 m² single width and under 15 m² double width.

Each motor has a size limit for a reason: every one assumes a door that's balanced and runs freely. Which door needs which motor, and what the fitting involves, is on garage door motor installation.

For comparison, typical South African shop prices for the motor or kit alone, without installation:

Prices checked October 2026. Shop prices move from week to week, so treat these as a guide to the market rather than a quote.

Bought from a shop, a motor still has to be fitted. Published cost guides put the labour alone at:

So a shop kit plus a fitter's labour can come to more than the same kit installed by us. Prices checked October 2026.

A kit price covers a standard installation. Anything beyond it is priced before any work starts:

• No plug point near the motor. Garage motors plug into a socket rather than being wired in, and adding one is a job for a registered electrician.
• A door that isn't balanced. Weak springs, frayed cables or a door that binds in its tracks are put right before a motor goes on, or the new motor struggles against them. See garage door springs.
• A bigger door. A double-width sectional door or an unusually wide roll-up needs a motor sized for it.
• Extras. More remotes, a wall keypad or safety beams, which Centurion lists as optional but recommended on its sectional motor.

Your exact price is set in a free quote before any work starts. No call-out fee when we do the work. If no work is done, a R650 call-out fee applies.

Call-out fees for garage doors in the wider market typically run R350–R800 (Kandua); R450–R750 (published price lists of Gauteng installers), before any work is done. With us, the rule is simple. No call-out fee when we do the work. If no work is done, a R650 call-out fee applies. Prices checked October 2026.

A garage motor that has stopped doesn't always need replacing. Batteries, control cards, receivers and remotes can usually be repaired or replaced on their own, and cost guides put a spring, cable or motor component repair at R1 200–R4 000 (Handld), typically about R2 200. Prices checked October 2026.

When the door is sound and the motor still fails, a technician can tell you whether a repair or a new kit makes more sense. Weighing the two up is in garage door repairs, and the repairs themselves are on garage door repairs.

The three kit prices are ours, set against the fitted prices Gauteng installers advertise for the same garage motors. Every other figure on this page is a market price, taken in October 2026 from these South African shops and cost guides:

• Takealot: Takealot listings
• NeonSales: NeonSales listings
• Kandua: Gate and garage motor installation costs
• Kandua: Garage door installation prices
• ProCompare: Garage door motor prices