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Re-thatching in Randburg
Re-thatching in Randburg? 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 Randburg and around Gauteng 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.
Repairs & protection in Randburg: local notes
Homes on the slopes of Northcliff and Bromhof have an exposed outlook, and a thatched lapa there is a candidate for a <a href="/lightning-protection/">free-standing mast</a>. For older lapas, the usual repairs are a cracked ridge, holes from birds pulling grass for nests, and thin spots over the braai. Ask whether bird netting is worth adding once the holes are patched.
Thatch in Randburg
Randburg's thatch is mostly at a garden scale. Ferndale, Linden and Blairgowrie are settled suburbs with family homes on medium stands, and the usual thatched structure is a braai lapa or a carport style roof beside the house rather than a full thatched home. That brings one issue to the front: boundary distances. On a smaller stand a lapa can end up too close to the neighbour's wall or to the house itself, so check with the municipality before you build. Northcliff Hill is one of the highest points in the city, and homes on its slopes see their share of lightning. Crews come in from Fourways and the West Rand.
The requests we see from Randburg usually come from:
- Homeowners: a worn family home roof stripped and re-laid in one dry season
- Restaurants, pubs and beach bars: a worn dining area roof stripped and re-laid in the slow season
- Builders, architects and developers: a re-thatch priced as part of renovating an older thatched house
Local tips for Randburg
Asked for most in Randburg: braai lapas on medium stands, repairs to older garden lapas. Where the thatchers are: crews from Fourways, Honeydew and the West Rand smallholdings. A useful tip: ask the thatcher to check fire distances to your boundary wall first.
Re-thatching usually suit worn house, lodge, lapa and rondavel roofs. How it works: old thatch stripped, frame checked, re-laid. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a worn family home roof stripped and re-laid in one dry season. On the weather: exposed slopes near Northcliff Hill see frequent summer strikes.
Service area: Randburg and surrounds
Our network covers Randburg together with Ferndale, Linden, Blairgowrie, Northcliff, Bromhof, Northgate, Strijdom Park. The building's size, photos and the address help a thatcher work out the job, the materials and the travel before quoting.