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Cape Reed Thatch in Mpumalanga
Want Cape reed in Mpumalanga? Say whether it is for a roof or a ceiling, the size, and whether old reed or grass must come off first. Suppliers and thatchers who work with reed in Mpumalanga and around Mpumalanga can then quote, with transport shown separately where the reed travels far.
New to this? Read the Cape reed guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you agree to a quote.
Mpumalanga notes on materials & supplies
Grass is cut on the eastern Highveld from late autumn into winter, and buyers in the province are often close to the source, so delivery costs less than in Cape provinces. Ask suppliers about the length and cleanness of their <a href="/thatch-grass/">bundles</a>. Treated gum poles are easy to find with plantations around Sabie and Graskop nearby. In the humid Lowveld, a <a href="/thatch-sealer/">sealer</a> or anti-fungal treatment is worth asking about for shaded roofs.
Who builds with thatch in Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga both grows thatch and uses a great deal of it. Much of the country's thatching grass is cut on the grasslands of the eastern Highveld in winter, around Ermelo, Carolina, Badplaas and Lydenburg, and bundles leave on trucks for Gauteng and beyond. Down the escarpment, the Lowveld around White River, Hazyview, Sabie and the Kruger gates is lodge and guesthouse country, with thatched chalets, bomas and rondavels everywhere. The two halves wear thatch differently: Lowveld summers are hot and humid, so shaded roofs grow moss and rot faster, while the Highveld side gets cold, dry winters, grass fires and strong summer lightning. Mining towns such as eMalahleni and Secunda have less thatch, mostly garden lapas and smallholdings.
Typical Cape reed requests in the area come from:
- Game lodges and bush camps: reed ceilings in chalets and a dense reed roof on a main lodge building
- Guesthouses and B&Bs: reed ceilings and roofs on winelands cottages that guests come to see
- Homeowners: a reed roof on a Cape style home or a reed ceiling in the living room or lapa
Local tips for Mpumalanga
Asked for most in Mpumalanga: lodge chalets and bomas, guesthouse re-thatching, grass bundles for other provinces. Where the thatchers are: mbombela, White River and Hazyview for thatchers; Ermelo and Lydenburg for grass. A useful tip: ask the grass supplier when the next harvest is cut and how bundles are stored.
Sizes vary: A reed ceiling to a full homestead roof. Here, game lodges and bush camps lead the requests, typically for reed ceilings in chalets and a dense reed roof on a main lodge building. One local point to raise: grass is close by; crews from Mbombela and White River reach most lodges.
Service area: Mpumalanga and surrounds
We pass Mpumalanga requests to thatchers and suppliers based in or regularly working in Mbombela, eMalahleni, Middelburg, Secunda, White River, Hazyview, Ermelo. Rural requests should give the nearest town, so travel is quoted honestly.