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Re-thatching in Northern Cape
Re-thatching in Northern Cape? 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 Northern Cape and around Northern Cape can quote the strip, the new thatch, the ridge and the travel.
New to this? Read the re-thatching guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you agree to a quote.
What to know locally in Northern Cape
Repairs here are more often about wind and sun than rot: loose courses at the edges, a cracked cement ridge, grass bleached and thinned on the north side. Farm lapas surrounded by dry veld need a firebreak and <a href="/thatch-fire-protection/">fire protection</a>. The eastern side around Kimberley gets summer thunderstorms, so ask about a lightning mast. Rats, wasps and birds nesting in lapas are common, and inspections usually need a visiting inspector.
Northern Cape: the buildings, the weather and the thatchers
The Northern Cape is the driest province, and that is good for thatch: a roof here dries quickly after rain and rarely grows moss. What wears it down instead is strong sun, hot wind and dust, and on farms and game ranches the risk of a veld fire. Thatch is not everywhere: most of it is on guest farms and lodges around the Kalahari and the Green Kalahari along the Orange River near Upington, on hunting farms near Kuruman and Kathu, and in garden lapas in Kimberley, Kathu and Upington. Distances are huge. Many towns have no thatcher of their own, so crews come from Kimberley, the Free State or Gauteng, and grass and poles are trucked a long way.
The requests we see from Northern Cape usually come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: an old farmhouse or workers' rondavels re-thatched with grass from nearby
- Resorts and holiday parks: rows of thatched units re-thatched in phases with a fire barrier added
- Game lodges and bush camps: chalets re-thatched in turn in the quiet months so the lodge stays open
Local tips for Northern Cape
Thatchers serving Northern Cape mostly work from here: kimberley, Upington and Kathu; many crews travel from the Free State or Gauteng. The jobs that come up most: guest farm lapas, hunting lodge bomas, shade lapas in town gardens. When you ask for quotes, ask whether travel, accommodation and delivery are quoted separately.
Around Northern Cape the largest group asking is farms and smallholdings, which usually means an old farmhouse or workers' rondavels re-thatched with grass from nearby. Before you agree to anything: frame condition, grass and thickness. Getting a crew there: long trips for crews and grass trucks; ask how travel is charged.
Service area: Northern Cape and surrounds
Thatchers and suppliers on our network work throughout Northern Cape, including Kimberley, Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Springbok, De Aar, Postmasburg. For farms, lodges and small towns, ask how travel, accommodation for the crew and deliveries are charged.