Translucent polycarbonate roof sheets flooding a covered patio with soft daylight

Cover without the cave

Polycarbonate

Roofing that keeps the weather out and lets the daylight through. Lightweight yet seriously strong, polycarbonate is the answer for patios, carports and walkways in Cape Town and Johannesburg that shouldn't go dark.

Clear polycarbonate awning over a doorway, rain beading on the sheet UV-stabilised sheets

The material

One of the wonder materials of the age

Polycarbonate earns the title: it contains UV stabilisers, resists heat, and has far greater tensile strength than other plastic sheeting. The same family of material shows up in car headlamps, medical components and safety lenses — it's built to take punishment.

Its non-crystalline structure makes it naturally transparent, or we can supply it tinted — clear, bronze or opal — to control glare while keeping the light.

  • UV-protected — shields people and furniture below
  • Lightweight yet strong — shrugs off hail and wind
  • Naturally bright — daylight without the weather
Patio roof combining aluminium IBR sheeting with translucent polycarbonate panels IBR + polycarb combination

How we fit it

On its own, or married to aluminium IBR

We install polycarbonate as a complete roof, or integrate sheets into a fixed aluminium IBR roof — solid cover where you want deep shade, translucent panels where the light should fall.

It's a favourite trick for covered patios, exterior laundries and walkways that sit against the house: the polycarbonate panel bounces daylight into the adjacent room instead of stealing it.

See IBR + polycarb installations

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Nationwide, since 1988

We service all areas in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria and on the Garden Route

Local teams measure, manufacture and fit from four branches — head office in Cape Town, plus Johannesburg, Pretoria and Wilderness.

Cape Town areas

Johannesburg areas

Pretoria areas

Garden Route areas