Whether it is one new hob or a full kitchen, geyser and heater installation, our free service makes it easy to price gas braais in Johannesburg. Your request goes to a supplier serving Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Gas Braais in Johannesburg
Gas braai quotes in Johannesburg come from local appliance suppliers and gas dealers, and from registered installers for built in units. Ask whether the price includes delivery, assembly, a full cylinder and a cover. Coastal salt air in parts of Gauteng is hard on stainless steel, so ask about the grade of steel.
Want to know more first? Our gas braais guide covers the options, the sizes and what affects the price.
Johannesburg notes on gas appliances & installation
Older houses in Parkhurst, Emmarentia and Kensington often have a freestanding gas stove fed through the wall from a cylinder outside, and many owners now want a tankless geyser on an outside wall as well. Any piped work needs a gas practitioner registered with SAQCC Gas and a CoC. Restaurants along 7th Street in Melville and in Maboneng ask for patio heaters and built in hobs, and landlords in Braamfontein ask about certificates.
Cooking, heating and working on 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 3 burner gas braai with a hood on the stoep for weeknight cooking
- Restaurants, takeaways and bakeries: caterers and food stalls grilling on large gas braais at markets
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: gas braais on patios where the body corporate does not allow wood fires
Local tips for Johannesburg
Common here: 9 kg exchanges for flats and older houses, 48 kg setups for restaurants. Ask each dealer or installer about this: ask whether the dealer carries cylinders up to flats and what an exchange includes. Where they work from: dealers and refill stations along Main Reef Road, in Booysens, Selby and Auckland Park.
Around Johannesburg the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a 3 burner gas braai with a hood on the stoep for weeknight cooking. Before you agree to anything: outdoors only; built in needs a CoC. Getting gas here: by road from East Rand and southern depots; dealers in most suburbs, delivery common.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Dealers, installers and suppliers on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the suburb and a rough idea of the order or the job, so the quote can allow for delivery and the right equipment.