Polar / freezer grade clear
From £7.00For freezers and cold rooms. Stays flexible at low temperature, where standard PVC would stiffen and crack.
Shop now
Buy online
PVC Strip Curtains
Nine grades of strip. One for the job you have.
A strip curtain is only as good as the PVC in it. Polar for the freezer, ribbed for the forklift door, yellow for the kitchen, anti-static for the cleanroom. Every strip below is 200 mm wide, sold by length from 2 m to 5 m, and comes fitted with a stainless steel hanging plate.
- Nine grades in stock
- Hanging plate on every strip
- Same-day dispatch before 12pm
- Family-run since 1996
Every strip, and what it does
Which grade is your doorway asking for?
Each strip is 200 mm wide and supplied fitted with a stainless steel hanging plate, in lengths from 2 m to 5 m. Mix grades on one rail if the doorway needs it.
Chiller grade clear
From £6.00For chillers and cool rooms: cold-room flexibility on an everyday clear strip.
Shop now
Chiller grade ribbed
From £8.75The ribbed surface takes the wear from forklift and trolley contact, so a busy chilled doorway stays clearer for longer.
Shop now
Anti-insect yellow
From £7.00Translucent yellow, infused with citronella. The colour filters the light flying insects navigate by, making kitchen, food prep and delivery doors less attractive to them.
Shop now
Anti-static
From £7.00Electrostatic dissipative PVC with a slight blue tint, for electronics assembly, cleanrooms, server rooms and data centres.
Shop now
Perforated clear
From £7.00Precision-cut holes let air move through the doorway while the strip still screens dust and debris. Good where condensation or air pressure is the problem.
Shop now
Opaque white
From £7.00Blocks the view while still passing light. Used for privacy zones, hygiene separation and cleanroom areas where a neutral finish is wanted.
Shop now
Translucent blue
From £7.00Colour-zones a workspace and marks walkways and vehicle lanes, while still letting light through.
Shop now
Translucent red
From £7.00Marks hazards and safety-critical zones. The red tint increases spatial awareness without blocking the light.
Shop nowWant it done for you?
Buy the whole doorway as a kit.
If you are fitting a doorway from scratch, a door kit is faster: strips pre-cut to your height, the stainless steel rail to hang them from, and your choice of 50% or 100% overlap. Widths from 1000 to 2500 mm, heights from 2100 to 3000 mm.
Ready-to-hang door kits
Complete kits in standard, double-ribbed and polar grades, plus the insulated Koolshield curtain for cold stores.
200 × 2 Standard Grade
From £66.00The everyday choice for pedestrian doors and internal partitions.
Shop kit
Koolshield™ thermal curtain
From £320.66Insulated panels rather than plain PVC, for cold stores where energy and condensation are the cost.
See Koolshield
Grade, strip width, overlap and measuring, worked through step by step, with every kit size and price.
Open the kit guideOr build it from scratch
Rolls, hanging plates and rail.
For large, unusual or multiple doorways: buy the PVC by the 50 metre roll, cut your own strips, fit your own plates and hang them on our rail.
The three parts of a curtain
PVC by the 50 m roll
From £41.00Clear, polar, ribbed, anti-static, anti-insect and coloured PVC in 50 metre rolls, in a choice of widths and thicknesses.
See all rolls
Stainless steel hanging plates
From £70.00430 grade stainless steel plate sets in packs of 50, for 100, 200, 300 and 400 mm strip.
Choose plates
Stainless steel suspension rail
From £12.95The rail the plates hook onto, in three lengths. Join rails for wider openings.
Choose railChoosing and counting
Which grade, and how many strips?
Pick the grade for the problem you have, then work out how many strips the opening needs. For a complete doorway with the rail included, the kit guide walks through grade, width, overlap and measuring in four steps.
- 1
Pick the grade
Cold, insects, static, airflow, screening or zoning: the problem picks the PVC.
- 2
Pick the length
Strips come in 2 m, 2.5 m, 3 m, 3.5 m, 4 m and 5 m. Choose the next length up from your opening height and trim.
- 3
Count the strips
Work from the curtain width and the overlap you want.
- 4
Add the rail
Each strip hooks onto a stainless steel suspension rail, sold separately by length.
Which grade for which problem
All nine are 200 mm wide and supplied with a hanging plate, so they hang on the same rail and can be mixed.
| The problem | The grade | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A freezer or cold room | Polar / freezer grade | Stays flexible at low temperature, where standard PVC stiffens and cracks |
| A chiller or cool room | Chiller grade clear | Cold-room flexibility on an everyday clear strip |
| A chilled doorway that takes forklifts | Chiller grade ribbed | Ribs take the wear from repeated forklift and trolley contact |
| Flying insects in a food area | Anti-insect yellow | Yellow, and infused with citronella, to make the doorway less attractive to them |
| Static around electronics | Anti-static | Electrostatic dissipative PVC for cleanrooms, server rooms and assembly lines |
| Air that still needs to move | Perforated clear | Precision-cut holes let air through while the strip screens dust |
| Privacy or hygiene separation | Opaque white | Blocks the view while still passing light |
| Marking a route or a lane | Translucent blue | Colour-zones the space without blocking light |
| Marking a hazard | Translucent red | High-visibility red increases spatial awareness |
| Energy and condensation in a cold store | Koolshield™ thermal curtain | An insulated panel rather than a PVC strip: a tested R-value, and no strips to drip |
Ask us to confirm the specification for any formal requirement — cold-store temperature range, static dissipation or food contact.
How many strips do I need?
Overlap is how much of each strip its neighbour covers. At 50% overlap a 200 mm strip adds 100 mm of new width, so the count follows from the curtain width.
| Overlap | Sealing | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| 50% (standard) | Good | Internal pedestrian and light-traffic doors at ambient temperature |
| 100% (full) | Best | External doors, cold stores, windy locations and openings over about 3.5 m |
Send us the opening size and the overlap you want and we will confirm the strip count before you order.
Measuring the opening
Measure the clear opening in millimetres, then add an allowance depending on how the rail is fixed.
| Fixing | Curtain width | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Face-fixed (rail on the wall) | Opening width + 100–150 mm, so it overhangs 50–100 mm each side | Opening height plus an allowance so the rail sits above the door |
| In-reveal (rail inside the opening) | The exact opening width | Opening height, with strips finishing just above the floor |
Strips should just skim the floor. New strips are often curled from the roll and straighten out over a few days once hung.
Strips, a kit, or a roll?
Three ways to buy, depending on whether you are fitting a doorway from scratch or maintaining one.
| If you want to | Buy | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Replace worn strips, or pick a specialist grade | Individual strips with hanging plates | Nine grades, each fitted with a plate: swap one strip or build a whole curtain |
| Fit a complete doorway | A door kit | Pre-cut strips and a stainless steel rail, ready to hang in your size and overlap |
| Cut your own, or fit a large or non-standard opening | A 50 m roll | Trim to length yourself for bulk and bespoke installations |
Worked example: a 1000 mm wide opening, face-fixed, 50% overlap
A 1000 mm clear opening plus 50 mm of overhang each side gives a curtain 1100 mm wide. The first 200 mm strip covers 200 mm, and at 50% overlap each strip after it adds 100 mm — so 200 + (9 × 100) = 1100 mm, which is 10 strips. For a 2100 mm high door, order 2.5 m strips and trim them to skim the floor. Prefer it all in one box? The 200 × 2 Standard door kit covers this exact opening.
See the door kitsShop online
All PVC strip curtains and fittings.
- 9 grades
- Polar, chiller, ribbed, anti-insect, anti-static, perforated, white, blue and red
- 200mm
- Every strip, in lengths from 2 m to 5 m
- From £6
- Individual strips, each with a stainless steel hanging plate
- Since 1996
- Family-run and trusted by UK businesses
Why buy your strips from Crystal Rubber
The right grade, on the plate, ready to hang.
Hanging plate on every strip
Each strip arrives fitted to a slotted stainless steel hanging plate, so it hooks straight onto the rail. Replace one strip or build a whole curtain.
Grades for cold stores
Polar and chiller grades stay flexible where standard PVC would stiffen and crack, so a cold doorway keeps a barrier that still works at temperature.
Expert knowledge
Not sure whether you need ribbed, perforated or polar? Tell us what the doorway has to cope with and we will specify it.
How ordering works
Three simple steps, with help whenever you need it.
- 1
Step 1
Pick the grade and length
Nine grades, all 200 mm wide, in lengths from 2 m to 5 m.
- 2
Step 2
Order online securely
Add to basket and pay with secure checkout. Delivery is calculated at checkout.
- 3
Step 3
Hook them on
Each plate hooks onto the suspension rail. Space them to your overlap and trim so they just skim the floor.
Need a width we do not stock, or a whole doorway in one box? Our experts are a call or message away.
Ask our expertsNot sure which grade?
Tell us about the doorway.
Send the opening size and what the curtain has to cope with, and a specialist will come back to you within 3 hours during opening hours with the grade, the length and the number of strips.
Helpful to include
- Opening width and height in millimetres
- Ambient, chiller or freezer
- What the curtain has to deal with: insects, static, dust, airflow or light
- Whether you already have a rail
What our customers say
Trusted by businesses across the UK.
“Just wanted to say thanks for the excellent service you and your team have provided with this order, it is very much appreciated. Please thank all who made it possible and I look forward to giving you future orders and of course recommending your company to others. Thanks again.”
Catercool NW Ltd
Verified customer
Questions
Frequently asked.
How wide are the strips?
Every strip on this page is 200 mm wide. For 300 mm or 400 mm strip, see our door kits and PVC rolls, or ask us and we will quote.
What lengths can I get?
Strips are sold in 2 m, 2.5 m, 3 m, 3.5 m, 4 m and 5 m. Choose the next length up from your opening height and trim them so they just skim the floor.
Do the strips come with fixings?
Yes. Every strip is supplied fitted with a stainless steel hanging plate, compatible with recognised curtain hanging systems. The suspension rail is sold separately.
Can I mix grades on one curtain?
Yes. All nine grades are the same 200 mm width on the same plate, so you can mix them on one rail — a line of clear with a coloured strip each side to mark the edges, for example.
Which grade for a cold room or freezer?
Polar or freezer grade for a freezer, chiller grade for a chiller or cool room. Both stay flexible at low temperature, where standard PVC stiffens and can crack. Tell us the temperature you are working at and we will confirm.
Do yellow anti-insect strips work?
They help. The yellow pigment filters the short-wavelength light that many flying insects navigate by, which makes the doorway less attractive to them, and the PVC is infused with citronella. Treat a strip curtain as one part of a pest-control routine rather than a barrier on its own.
Are PVC strip curtains food safe?
PVC strip curtains are widely used in food environments to separate zones and help keep pests out. For anything requiring certified food-contact material, ask us to confirm the grade before you order.
What is the difference between ribbed and plain?
The ribbed surface stands slightly proud, so repeated forklift and trolley contact wears the ribs rather than the flat face. In a busy doorway it stays clearer for longer; in a quiet one it is unnecessary.
Should I buy strips or a complete kit?
Buy strips to replace worn ones, to pick a specialist grade, or when you already have a rail. Buy a door kit when you are fitting a doorway from scratch and want the strips pre-cut with the rail included.
How do I clean them?
Wipe both faces with a soft cloth, mild detergent and warm water, then rinse and dry. Avoid abrasive pads, bleach and strong solvents, which can cloud or degrade PVC.
When should I replace a strip?
Replace strips that have cracked or torn, especially at the top near the fixings, gone brittle, yellowed heavily or shifted so they no longer overlap correctly. Because each strip has its own plate, you can replace one without touching the rest.
Why are new strips curled?
They have been rolled for storage and transport. Once hung they straighten out over a few days.
Talk to our experts
Can't find what you're looking for?
Send the opening size and what the curtain has to cope with, and a specialist will come back to you within 3 hours during opening hours with the grade, the length and the number of strips.
Helpful to include
- Opening width and height in millimetres
- Ambient, chiller or freezer
- What the curtain has to deal with: insects, static, dust, airflow or light
- Whether you already have a rail