Phoning around Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Empty Gas Cylinders in Johannesburg
Need an empty gas cylinder in Johannesburg? Gas dealers and refill stations in and around Johannesburg sell new empty cylinders from 2 kg to 48 kg, and some take old cylinders back for scrapping. Ask which refill stations in Johannesburg will fill the cylinder before you buy, and check the test date.
New to this? Read the empty gas cylinders guide for the choices and the safety points worth checking before you pay.
What to know locally in Johannesburg
Cylinder theft is a worry in Troyeville, Bertrams and parts of the south, so lockable cages bolted to a wall or slab are a common request. Workshops and fabricators in City Deep, Selby and Booysens rent argon, argon CO2 mixes and oxygen and acetylene sets from industrial gas suppliers. Warehouses in Industria and Crown Mines run LPG forklifts on an exchange cage. Party shops in Fordsburg ask about rented helium cylinders.
Gas in Johannesburg
Johannesburg gets its LPG by road from filling plants and depots on the East Rand and in the south, then through dealers, refill stations, hardware stores and delivery bakkies that work suburb by suburb. Many older houses in Melville, Parkhurst and Kensington moved cooking to gas during load shedding, often with a 9 kg cylinder beside a freestanding stove, and some added a tankless geyser later. In inner city flats in Hillbrow, Berea and Yeoville, a 9 kg carried up the stairs runs a two plate cooker and a heater in winter. Restaurants on 7th Street and in Maboneng run 48 kg cylinders in cages. Cold Highveld nights push heater use, so keep rooms ventilated.
The requests we see from Johannesburg usually come from:
- Homeowners: a second empty 9 kg so one is full while the other goes for refilling
- Restaurants, takeaways and bakeries: spare owned cylinders so a food truck or takeaway is never caught empty
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a 9 kg cylinder of their own for a flat or townhouse braai and heater
Local tips for Johannesburg
Gas, cylinders and installations in Johannesburg mostly come from here: dealers and refill stations along Main Reef Road, in Booysens, Selby and Auckland Park. The requests that come up most: 9 kg exchanges for flats and older houses, 48 kg setups for restaurants. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the dealer carries cylinders up to flats and what an exchange includes.
Empty Gas Cylinders usually suits households, campers and small businesses, and works like this: bought outright, then refilled or exchanged. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a second empty 9 kg so one is full while the other goes for refilling. On the weather side: cold Highveld winters; heaters need a ventilated room, never a closed bedroom.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Requests from Johannesburg go to dealers and installers who already work in Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville and the rest of the area. Mention an estate with access rules, a flat on an upper floor or a long walk from the gate, because they change the delivery.