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Thatch Roof Repairs in Mpumalanga
A leak in Mpumalanga? Send photos of the wet spot and the ridge, say roughly how big the roof is and when it was last thatched, so thatchers who work in Mpumalanga and around Mpumalanga can quote the patch, the ridge and the travel.
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Mpumalanga notes on repairs & protection
Under big trees in the Lowveld, moss, algae and leaf build-up in valleys are the usual complaints, and cleaning followed by treatment is a common job. Lodges in the bushveld also plan for veld fires with firebreaks, retardant and sometimes a drencher system. On the Highveld side, <a href="/lightning-protection/">lightning masts</a> matter as much as they do in Gauteng. Birds, rats and borer beetles in old poles turn up on many lodge inspections.
Mpumalanga: the buildings, the weather and the thatchers
Mpumalanga both grows thatch and uses a great deal of it. Much of the country's thatching grass is cut on the grasslands of the eastern Highveld in winter, around Ermelo, Carolina, Badplaas and Lydenburg, and bundles leave on trucks for Gauteng and beyond. Down the escarpment, the Lowveld around White River, Hazyview, Sabie and the Kruger gates is lodge and guesthouse country, with thatched chalets, bomas and rondavels everywhere. The two halves wear thatch differently: Lowveld summers are hot and humid, so shaded roofs grow moss and rot faster, while the Highveld side gets cold, dry winters, grass fires and strong summer lightning. Mining towns such as eMalahleni and Secunda have less thatch, mostly garden lapas and smallholdings.
Typical thatch roof repairs requests in the area come from:
- Game lodges and bush camps: chalet roofs patched one at a time between bookings, before the rainy season
- Homeowners: a leak at the ridge or a worn valley on the family home patched before the summer rain
- Farms and smallholdings: an older farm lapa or rondavel re-ridged and patched after a hail storm
Local tips for Mpumalanga
Asked for most in Mpumalanga: lodge chalets and bomas, guesthouse re-thatching, grass bundles for other provinces. Where the thatchers are: mbombela, White River and Hazyview for thatchers; Ermelo and Lydenburg for grass. A useful tip: ask the grass supplier when the next harvest is cut and how bundles are stored.
Thatch Roof Repairs usually suit homes, lapas, lodges and rondavels. How it works: worn thatch pulled, new courses sewn in. For game lodges and bush camps, the biggest group here, that usually means chalet roofs patched one at a time between bookings, before the rainy season. On the weather: humid Lowveld summers grow moss; Highveld lightning, frost and winter fires.
Service area: Mpumalanga and surrounds
We pass Mpumalanga requests to thatchers and suppliers based in or regularly working in Mbombela, eMalahleni, Middelburg, Secunda, White River, Hazyview, Ermelo. Rural requests should give the nearest town, so travel is quoted honestly.