Roller door costs in Scotland — 2026 prices
This page collects current Scottish pricing for the three roller door categories most buyers are looking at: insulated domestic roller garage doors, single-skin commercial shutters, and insulated industrial shutters. Figures are supply-and-installed ranges, drawn from quotes our readers shared through late 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, cross-checked against published trade list pricing.
Domestic roller garage doors
Domestic roller garage doors use 55 mm or 77 mm foam-filled aluminium slats with an insulated barrel housed in a compact head box above the opening. They are the default choice for integral garages because they don't need tracks running across the ceiling.
| Door & size | Supply only | Supply & fit |
|---|---|---|
| Compact single, 2.1 × 2.1 m, manual chain | £450 – £650 | £850 – £1,100 |
| Standard single, 2.4 × 2.1 m, electric | £700 – £950 | £1,200 – £1,600 |
| Wide single, 3.0 × 2.1 m, electric, insulated | £900 – £1,250 | £1,500 – £2,000 |
| Double, 4.2 × 2.1 m, electric, insulated | £1,350 – £1,800 | £2,100 – £2,800 |
| Smart / Wi-Fi motor upgrade | + £120 – £220 | + £150 – £280 |
Trade-quality brands you will see quoted in the Highlands include SeceuroGlide, Garador Rolamatic, Hörmann RollMatic, and Gliderol. Budget builders' merchants' own-label doors sit £200–£400 below trade pricing but use thinner 0.45 mm curtain skins and shorter motor warranties (one to two years versus five).
Commercial roller shutters
Commercial shutters are single-skin galvanised steel lath, typically 75 mm pitch, with the barrel and motor exposed above the opening. They are rated for security and duty cycle rather than thermal performance.
| Shutter & size | Supply only | Supply & fit |
|---|---|---|
| Shopfront, 3 × 2.5 m, galvanised lath | £700 – £1,000 | £1,200 – £1,700 |
| Lock-up unit, 4 × 3 m, punched lath (ventilation) | £1,000 – £1,450 | £1,700 – £2,400 |
| Warehouse, 5 × 5 m, three-phase motor | £2,200 – £3,200 | £3,800 – £5,200 |
| Loading-bay, 6 × 5 m, insulated lath | £3,400 – £4,800 | £5,000 – £6,500 |
If a commercial shutter is specified for insurance purposes, the LPS 1175 security rating drives the price. LPS 1175 Issue 8 SR1 is roughly equivalent to the old "Security-rated Grade A" and adds 15–25% versus a standard galvanised shutter. SR2 and above are rarely fitted outside cash-in-transit or pharmacy applications.
The Highland and Island premium
Quotes north of the Great Glen, on Skye, or on the Western Isles tend to sit 10–20% above equivalent Central Belt prices. The drivers are consistent across the installers we surveyed:
- Travel time and subsistence. Installers based in Inverness will price a day on Skye with 3–4 hours travel included; a two-person crew from further south adds an overnight.
- Delivery surcharges. Pallet haulage beyond the A82 and onto ferries adds £60–£200 per consignment, and some lath manufacturers treat the Western Isles and Northern Isles as "offshore" with their own tariff.
- Lead times. Standard colour galvanised stock ships in a week; coloured, punched, or marine-grade lath is 3–5 weeks from order to delivery in Inverness, longer to the Isles.
- Weather windows. Fitting in exposed Lochaber or Sutherland in a gale is genuinely unsafe, and a cancelled day has to be priced in somewhere.
What is usually included — and what isn't
Read any quote against this list and query anything missing:
- Door curtain, guides, barrel, end plates, fascia.
- Motor, control box, and a pair of remotes (for domestic). Internal push-button station (for commercial).
- Manual override — a chain hoist on commercial, a manual winder handle on domestic.
- Basic removal and disposal of the existing up-and-over or timber door.
- Making good to brickwork or blockwork immediately around the guides.
Commonly excluded: electrical supply to the motor (allow £120–£250 for an electrician), photo-cell safety edges if the door opens onto a public footpath, any steel lintel replacement, and re-plastering beyond the immediate reveal. Insulated doors into heated garages sometimes need a new seal kit — worth £40–£80 — and it is reasonable to ask for it to be priced in.
Ongoing costs: servicing and repairs
Budget £90–£140 for an annual domestic service and £180–£260 for a commercial service. A well-specified door goes roughly ten years before the motor or spring assembly needs attention; the typical out-of-warranty repair is £250–£450 for a motor replacement and £150–£300 for a new bottom slat. Curtain replacement after coastal salt damage is a £600–£1,100 job and is the point at which most domestic owners simply re-quote the whole door.
How to sanity-check a quote
- Ask for the brand and slat specification in writing — "77 mm foam-filled, 0.6 mm skin" is a useful thing to see.
- Confirm the motor warranty. Five years is standard for SeceuroGlide and Hörmann; anything less is a budget motor.
- Check whether the price includes VAT. Small rural installers quote ex-VAT more often than Central Belt firms.
- Request a written method statement for remote-site jobs. You want to see how the crew is getting to the site and how materials are being delivered.
- Read our installer-vetting guide before signing.