The details make the quote: what you are protecting, from what, how wide the opening is and how people and cars use it. Send one request with them and we pass it to bollard suppliers and installers working in towns and cities across KwaZulu-Natal.
Security Bollards in KwaZulu-Natal
Need security bollards in KwaZulu-Natal? Say what you want to protect (a shopfront, an ATM, an entrance or a walkway), how long the line is, what the ground or slab is like and whether vehicles must still pass at times. Bollard suppliers and installers around KwaZulu-Natal can then quote.
New to this? Read the security bollards guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you order.
KwaZulu-Natal notes on security & access
Warehouses and container depots in Prospecton, Bayhead and Westmead want forklift posts and barriers at doors and racking. Ram raids and smash and grabs on shops and ATMs keep security posts in demand along the Durban CBD, Pinetown and Umhlanga Ridge. Estates on the north coast run gatehouses with boom gates and spikes, and homeowners in Durban North and Westville ask for fold-down posts to keep driveways clear.
Sites and streets in KwaZulu-Natal
Salt air is the first thing to plan for in coastal KwaZulu-Natal. From the Durban beachfront to Umhlanga, Ballito and the South Coast, mild steel rusts quickly unless it is galvanised and well coated, and many specifiers choose 316 stainless for promenades and office forecourts. The port of Durban and Richards Bay bring container yards, warehouses in Prospecton, Jacobs, Mobeni and Pinetown, and truck traffic that hits posts and guardrails. Inland, Pietermaritzburg has a university, government offices and industrial areas, and Newcastle has steel and textile plants. Complexes and estates along the north coast run boom gates and speed humps. Heavy summer rain and sandy coastal soils make footings and drainage important. Most fabricators and precast yards are in the Durban industrial south and Pinetown.
The requests we see from KwaZulu-Natal usually come from:
- Warehouses, factories and depots: gas meters, fuel lines and transformer kiosks kept clear of trucks
- Estates, complexes and body corporates: posts around a gatehouse, clubhouse entrance and visitor parking edge
- Shops, malls and petrol stations: shopfronts, ATMs and mall entrances shielded from smash and grabs and ram raids
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Asked for most in KwaZulu-Natal: 316 stainless on the coast, port and warehouse posts, estate boom gates on the north coast. Where the installers and yards are: prospecton, Jacobs, Mobeni, Pinetown, New Germany and Cato Ridge. A useful tip: ask which grade of stainless or what coating is quoted if the site is near the sea.
Sizes vary: 900 to 1,200 mm high, about 1.2 m clear gap. Here, warehouses, factories and depots lead the requests, typically for gas meters, fuel lines and transformer kiosks kept clear of trucks. One local point to raise: N2 up and down the coast, N3 inland to Pietermaritzburg; crane trucks from the south basin.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
Across KwaZulu-Natal our network reaches Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether units come from a regional yard or a metro, and how delivery is charged.