Whether it is a few bundles for a patch or a truckload for a new roof, our free service makes it easy to price gum poles and laths in Pretoria. Your request goes to a pole yard serving Pretoria and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Gum Poles and Thatching Laths in Pretoria
Need gum poles or laths in Pretoria? List the diameters, lengths and numbers, say what they are for (a thatch roof, lapa, carport or fence), and give the delivery address. Pole yards that deliver to Pretoria and across Gauteng can then quote per pole with transport.
The main gum poles and laths page explains the options, the materials and the costs in more detail.
Materials & supplies in Pretoria: local notes
Grass for Pretoria roofs mostly comes from Mpumalanga and the eastern Free State, a short haul up the N4 or N1, and it is cut in winter. <a href="/gum-poles/">Gum poles</a> and laths are easy to find on the city edges toward Bronkhorstspruit and Hammanskraal. Treated poles should suit their use: a pole set in the ground needs a higher treatment class than a rafter under the roof, so ask the yard.
Thatch in Pretoria
Few cities in the country have as much thatch as the eastern side of Pretoria. Moreleta Park, Faerie Glen, Garsfontein and the estates around Silver Lakes are full of thatched homes and pool lapas built from the 1980s onward, and the Mooikloof smallholdings add big entertainment lapas, stables and cottages on acre plots. Many thatchers have their base in and around the city, so there is real choice and you can visit past roofs before you sign. The catch is age: a lot of these roofs are now due for a ridge, a top up or a full re-thatch. Storms here drop hail and strike the Bronberg ridge often, so masts are worth discussing.
Typical gum poles and laths requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: poles for a new garden lapa, a carport or replacing rotten rafters before a re-thatch
- Wedding venues, schools and churches: poles for a large thatched hall or wedding lapa with long spans
- Estate homes and HOAs: poles sized to approved plans for estate homes, lapas and boundary features
Local tips for Pretoria
Asked for most in Pretoria: re-thatching older Pretoria East roofs, lapas on Mooikloof plots. Where the thatchers are: thatchers across Pretoria East and the north; pole yards on the city edges. A useful tip: ask to see a roof the same crew did ten or more years ago.
Around Pretoria the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means poles for a new garden lapa, a carport or replacing rotten rafters before a re-thatch. Before you agree to anything: treatment class, straightness and cracks. Getting a crew there: local crews cover the city; grass usually trucked in from Mpumalanga.
Service area: Pretoria and surrounds
Thatchers, suppliers and specialists on our network work in Pretoria and surrounding areas, including Centurion, Hatfield, Waterkloof, Montana, Silver Lakes, Mooikloof, Akasia. Give your suburb or the farm's nearest town, so travel and delivery can be quoted honestly.