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 cage makers and gas installers who supply Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Gas Cages & Cylinder Locks in Johannesburg
Need a gas cage or a gas bottle lock in Johannesburg? Cage makers, welders and gas installers in and around Johannesburg build steel cages for 9 kg, 19 kg and two 48 kg cylinders and fit locks and chains. Mention any estate rules and whether salt air or theft is a concern where you live.
New to this? Read the gas cages and cylinder locks guide for the choices and the safety points worth checking before you pay.
Cylinders, safety & special gases in Johannesburg: local notes
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.
Johannesburg: the supply, the weather and the buildings
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 double cage on the side wall for the cylinders feeding the geyser and stove
- Restaurants, takeaways and bakeries: a large padlocked cage at the back door for the kitchen's bank of 48 kg cylinders
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: matching cages placed where the body corporate rules allow, one per unit
Local tips for Johannesburg
Most asked for in Johannesburg: 9 kg exchanges for flats and older houses, 48 kg setups for restaurants. Where dealers and installers work from: dealers and refill stations along Main Reef Road, in Booysens, Selby and Auckland Park. A useful tip: ask whether the dealer carries cylinders up to flats and what an exchange includes.
Gas Cages & Cylinder Locks usually suits houses, complexes, restaurants and lodges, and works like this: steel cage or lock, bolted down outside. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a double cage on the side wall for the cylinders feeding the geyser and stove. 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.