Whether it is one leaking ridge or a lodge full of chalets, our free service makes it easy to price re-thatching in Kimberley. Your request goes to a thatcher serving Kimberley and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Re-thatching in Kimberley
Re-thatching in Kimberley? 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 Kimberley and around Northern Cape can quote the strip, the new thatch, the ridge and the travel.
The main re-thatching page explains the options, the materials and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Kimberley
In the dry Northern Cape, veld fires and wind are the main risks to farm thatch: cut firebreaks before winter and ask about <a href="/thatch-fire-protection/">fire protection</a>. Summer storms bring lightning to an open landscape, so masts are worth pricing. Termites can attack poles, and rodents and birds get into lapas left unused. An inspection checks the timber as well as the grass.
Who builds with thatch in Kimberley
Kimberley, the old diamond city, sits on flat dry plains where summers are very hot and winters frosty, and rain falls mostly in short summer storms. Thatch here is usually a garden lapa in Hadison Park or Beaconsfield, a lapa at a sports or social club, or a farm lapa and rondavel out on the cattle farms. Along the Vaal River near Barkly West and toward Ritchie on the Riet and Modder side, river plots and weekend spots use thatch on lapas and cottages. The dry air helps roofs last, but sun, wind and veld fires take their toll. Thatchers are few, and many jobs are done by crews from Bloemfontein or further.
The requests we see from Kimberley usually come from:
- Homeowners: a worn family home roof stripped and re-laid in one dry season
- Guesthouses and B&Bs: the oldest guest rooms re-thatched first and the rest planned over years
- Resorts and holiday parks: rows of thatched units re-thatched in phases with a fire barrier added
Local tips for Kimberley
Thatchers serving Kimberley mostly work from here: few local thatchers; crews and materials from Bloemfontein and further afield. The jobs that come up most: garden and club lapas, river plot lapas near Barkly West, farm rondavels. When you ask for quotes, ask how long the crew will be on site and how travel is priced.
Around Kimberley 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: crews come on the N8 from Bloemfontein or the N12; grass trucked in long distance.
Service area: Kimberley and surrounds
Requests from Kimberley go to thatchers and suppliers that already serve Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie, Barkly West, Hadison Park, Beaconsfield and the rest of the area. Say whether you want supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.