Prospecton, Durban·Designed & cut in-house
Architectural screens,Cut to your
millimetre.
Laser-cut aluminium screens, gas cages, aircon covers, shading and gates — drawn, cut and finished on our own machines in Durban.
Drawn before it is cut
Every panel is drawn to your opening, at full scale, before a single cut is made.
You approve the CAD. Changes at that stage cost nothing — changes after cutting cost a sheet of aluminium. It is the least glamorous part of the job and the reason panels fit.
One workshop, no middleman
Cut, coated and packed under one roof in Prospecton.
Nothing is subcontracted, so nothing waits in a queue at a third supplier and no margin is stacked at each handover.
- Step 01
Request a quote
- Step 02
Approve the CAD
- Step 03
We cut it in-house
- Step 04
Flat-pack or fitted
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- Pedros
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- Galleria Mall
- Ocean Basket
- Pedros
- Honchos
01 — The range
What we make
Thirteen products, one method: your opening measured, the panel drawn, then cut and finished here. Scroll on.
Privacy screens
A privacy screen is a light calculation. Too closed and you get a wall; too open and you get a fence. We set the aperture so you keep the breeze and lose the neighbours.
Room dividers
Open plan is wonderful until you need somewhere for the front door to stop. A cut screen separates without closing — you keep the daylight and the sense of space.
Fence panels
Boundary walls are the biggest, dullest surface on most properties. Cut panels turn that run of face brick into the reason people slow down outside.
Window screens
Most window screening in South Africa looks like security first and architecture never. A cut panel does the same job for privacy and shade, and looks like it was meant to be there.
Mosque screens
We have designed, cut and installed screens for mosques across KwaZulu-Natal — partitions, mashrabiya, light fittings and interior detail in Turkish and Moroccan geometry.
Aircon covers
A condenser needs air more than it needs hiding. We size the open area for the unit first, then make it look like it belongs on the wall.
Gas cages
Gas bottles have to be outside, upright, ventilated and secure. That is a safety requirement, not a styling one — so the only question left is whether it has to look like a cage.
Geyser enclosures
External geysers and heat pumps are the least attractive thing on most walls, and they are only getting more common. An enclosure fixes the look without trapping heat.
Inverter & battery screens
Load shedding put an inverter and a stack of batteries on a lot of South African walls. They are rarely in a cupboard and almost never pretty.
Pergolas
A pergola is only as good as its blade spacing. Get it right and you sit in dappled shade all afternoon; get it wrong and you have built a sculpture you never use.
Sun shading louvres
Shading a facade from the outside beats any blind on the inside. Stop the heat before it reaches the glass and the room never has to be cooled back down.
Gates
The gate is the first thing anyone sees and usually the last thing anyone designs. A cut facing turns a standard sliding frame into the front door of the property.
Balustrade infills
Glass shows every fingerprint and vertical bars have been done to death. A cut infill panel gives you a balustrade that is actually designed.
02 — Try it
Spec a panel right here
Size, pattern, density, finish. The open area is calculated from the real geometry — not picked off a chart.
Live preview · 1200 × 900 mm · Charcoal matt
Open area
0%
Blocks a direct sightline from a few metres. Still passes air.
These are samples, not a menu. Khatim, Najdi, Seljuk and Mashrabiya are traditional geometries we cut often — but any drawable pattern can be cut, including your own artwork or a motif from a building you like. Send us a design.
Indicative geometry · exact open area confirmed on your CAD
03 — Pattern
Open area is a number, not a mood
How much light, air and view gets through is a specification. We quote it, then cut to it.
Reed
25 – 40%Vertical slots of varying width. The safest seller and the easiest to live with.
Perforation gradient
15 – 55%Aperture size eases across the sheet. Privacy where you need it, light where you do not.
Contour
30 – 45%Topographic bands that read as landscape. Works well across long horizontal runs.
Mashrabiya
20 – 40%Interlocking geometry with an exact repeat. The traditional screening pattern, cut to tolerance.
Khatim
25 – 45%The eight-pointed seal — two overlapping squares, with a small rotated square between. The geometry behind most contemporary Gulf and Saudi screening.
Najdi
30 – 50%The stepped triangular perforation of Diriyah and old Riyadh. Reads as strong horizontal rhythm across a long run.
Seljuk
25 – 42%The interlaced twelve-point star of Anatolia, with hexagonal fillers. The Turkish tradition, cut to modern tolerance.
04 — Recent work
Panels already standing
Durban North, KwaZulu-NatalPrayer hall screens and mashrabiya
Interlocking geometric partitions and cut light fittings for a prayer hall in northern Durban.
March 2026
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-NatalCourtyard privacy screening
Four bays of reed-pattern screening between a townhouse courtyard and the neighbouring stair.
February 2026
Ballito, KwaZulu-NatalCondenser covers, six units
Perforation-gradient covers for six outdoor units on a coastal apartment block.
January 2026
05 — What people say
“They drew it before they cut it, and the drawing matched what arrived to the millimetre. That is rarer than it should be.”
Nadia P.
Homeowner · Umhlanga
“Six condensers hidden and not one resident complaining that their aircon got worse. They worked the airflow out properly instead of guessing.”
Trustee · Ballito
“The repeat is exact across every panel. Anyone who works with geometric pattern knows how hard that is to hold.”
Committee member · Durban North
“Ordered on the Monday, fitted it myself the following Saturday. The drill template did all the thinking.”
Sipho M. · Pietermaritzburg
5days
Small orders leave in about five days.
Aircon covers and compact screens are usually out of the workshop within a week, because cutting, coating and packing all happen in the same building. Larger custom work takes longer and we quote the real date with the CAD — not an optimistic one.
I’m specifying a project
CAD issued for approval before cutting, honest scope boundaries, and one supplier from drawing to delivery. Work directly against your elevations.
I’m buying for my home
Flat-packed with the fixings and a one-page fitting guide. At 2 mm it is light enough to lift and fit yourself, and it ships anywhere in South Africa.
06 — Before you ask
Common questions
Do you deliver outside Durban?
Yes. We flat-pack and ship anywhere in South Africa. Delivery is quoted on weight and destination, and you are welcome to arrange your own courier. Installation is our own team in Durban and approved partner installers in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
How long does an order take?
Small DIY items such as aircon covers and compact screens usually leave the workshop in about five days. Larger custom projects take longer, and we quote a real date with the CAD rather than an optimistic one.
Can I send you my own design?
Yes. Send a drawing, a logo, a DXF or even a photo of something you saw. We redraw it for cutting and confirm the CAD with you before anything is cut.
What material do you use?
Aluminium and ACM composite up to 2 mm, powder coated or spray painted to any colour. Aluminium does not rust, which matters a great deal on the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
Tell us the opening. We’ll draw the panel.
Rough dimensions are fine — we confirm every measurement on the CAD before cutting. No obligation, and no pushy follow-up.