Phoning around Gauteng for the right part, cylinder or call out at a fair price takes time. Send one request instead, with what you need and how many, and we pass it to gas suppliers and installers who supply towns and cities across Gauteng.
Empty Gas Cylinders in Gauteng
Need an empty gas cylinder in Gauteng? Gas dealers and refill stations in and around Gauteng sell new empty cylinders from 2 kg to 48 kg, and some take old cylinders back for scrapping. Ask which refill stations in Gauteng will fill the cylinder before you buy, and check the test date.
The main empty gas cylinders page explains the equipment, the rules and the costs in more detail.
Cylinders, safety & special gases in Gauteng: local notes
Cylinder theft from yards in Edenvale, Alberton and Boksburg makes lockable cages a common request. Warehouses in Isando, Jet Park and Wadeville run LPG forklifts on an exchange cage, and fabrication shops in Germiston, Benrose and Rosslyn rent argon, CO2 and oxygen from industrial gas suppliers. Party shops in Northcliff and Hatfield hire out helium cylinders. Replace cracked or hard hoses and test fittings with soapy water, never a flame.
Cooking, heating and working on gas in Gauteng
Gauteng gets its LPG by road, from filling plants and depots on the East Rand and around the metros, out to gas dealers, refill stations, hardware stores and delivery bakkies in nearly every suburb. Many households moved their cooking and water heating to gas during load shedding and kept it, so 9 kg and 48 kg cylinders now stand beside townhouses and family homes alike. Highveld winters are cold and dry, which brings out the indoor heaters: use them in a ventilated room and never leave one on overnight. Estates and body corporates often set rules on where cylinders may stand, and theft from open yards is common enough that a lockable, ventilated cage is worth pricing.
The requests we see from Gauteng usually come from:
- Homeowners: a second empty 9 kg so one is full while the other goes for refilling
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a 9 kg cylinder of their own for a flat or townhouse braai and heater
- Restaurants, takeaways and bakeries: spare owned cylinders so a food truck or takeaway is never caught empty
Local tips for Gauteng
Most asked for in Gauteng: 9 kg exchanges, gas geyser and hob installs in estates, heaters in winter. Where dealers and installers work from: dealers and installers in Midrand, Randburg, Centurion, Kempton Park and Germiston. A useful tip: ask whether the cage, the changeover valve and the CoC are in the installation price.
Requests range widely: 1 kg and 2 kg up to 48 kg and 50 kg. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a second empty 9 kg so one is full while the other goes for refilling. One local point to raise: filling plants and depots close by; refill stations and delivery in most suburbs.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
We pass Gauteng requests to dealers and installers based in or regularly working in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion. Farm and rural orders should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.