Whether it is one leaking ridge or a lodge full of chalets, our free service makes it easy to price re-thatching in Bloemfontein. Your request goes to a thatcher serving Bloemfontein and nearby areas of Free State.
Re-thatching in Bloemfontein
Re-thatching in Bloemfontein? Send the roof size, photos of the worn areas and a view of the frame from inside if you can, so thatchers who work in Bloemfontein and around Free State can quote the strip, the new thatch, the ridge and the travel.
Want to know more first? Our re-thatching guide covers the options, what to ask for and what affects the price.
Bloemfontein notes on repairs & protection
Hail and lightning are the big risks on the Free State Highveld. A free-standing <a href="/lightning-protection/">lightning mast</a> installed to the SANS standard is common for lapas and thatched homes, and insurers often ask for it. After hail, get torn patches and the ridge repaired quickly. On farms and smallholdings, keep firebreaks cut before the dry winter. Rodents and birds get into roofs on farms.
Bloemfontein: the buildings, the weather and the thatchers
Bloemfontein sits in the middle of the Free State, the country's grassland heart, and the province's grassland farms are one of the country's main sources of thatching grass. That makes it a natural base for thatchers and grass suppliers. In Langenhoven Park, Brandwag and the newer suburbs, garden lapas and thatched entertainment areas are common, and the smallholdings of Bainsvlei have lapas, cottages and venues. Farms across the province ask for lapas and rondavels for guests and workers. Summer brings sharp Highveld thunderstorms with lightning and hail, and winters are cold and dry, with frost and grass fires. Crews from here travel widely across the Free State and into the Northern Cape.
Typical re-thatching requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a worn family home roof stripped and re-laid in one dry season
- Builders, architects and developers: a re-thatch priced as part of renovating an older thatched house
- Farms and smallholdings: an old farmhouse or workers' rondavels re-thatched with grass from nearby
Local tips for Bloemfontein
Asked for most in Bloemfontein: suburban lapas, venues and lapas in Bainsvlei, farm rondavels, grass supply. Where the thatchers are: thatchers and grass suppliers in and around the city, serving the whole province. A useful tip: ask which season's harvest the grass is from and how it was stored.
Around Bloemfontein the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a worn family home roof stripped and re-laid in one dry season. Before you agree to anything: frame condition, grass and thickness. Getting a crew there: local crews cover the city and travel out along the N1 and N8.
Service area: Bloemfontein and surrounds
Requests from Bloemfontein go to thatchers and suppliers that already serve Botshabelo, Thaba Nchu, Langenhoven Park, Brandwag, Heidedal, Mangaung, Bainsvlei and the rest of the area. Say whether you want supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.