Affordable Free Standing Fireplace Installation & Repairs Services
Closed-combustion stoves for Three Anchor Bay houses on the higher streets, with a stainless flue that clears the roofs around it.
Three Anchor Bay is a compact strip of flats and older houses wrapped around a small rocky bay, with streets rising quickly from Beach Road up towards Signal Hill. We install fireplaces and braais that fit those homes, and we keep existing chimneys swept and sound.
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Pick the service that matches your project below. Let us know if it is a flat or a house, which floor you are on and how we reach the roof, and we will plan the visit from there.
Closed-combustion stoves for Three Anchor Bay houses on the higher streets, with a stainless flue that clears the roofs around it.
Inserts fitted into old fireplace openings in Three Anchor Bay semis and cottages, with the existing chimney inspected and lined first.
Wall-mounted gas and electric units for Three Anchor Bay flats where a roof flue simply is not an option.
Compact built-in and freestanding braais for Three Anchor Bay back yards, stoeps and the odd rooftop with sea views.
Gas braais and wood-to-gas conversions for Three Anchor Bay homes, finished with a Certificate of Compliance for the gas work.
Pizza ovens and small outdoor cooking stations for Three Anchor Bay terraces where space is tight but the views are good.
Chimney sweeping and inspections in Three Anchor Bay. Salt crust on cowls and loose flashing after winter storms are common finds.
Three Anchor Bay is small, and the housing changes block by block. Along Beach Road and Main Road most people live in flats, while the narrow streets that climb towards High Level Road and Signal Hill hold older semi-detached houses and cottages, many with original brick chimneys. Because the slope is so steep, one roof can sit just below the windows of the house behind it, so we check flue height against the neighbours as well as your own roofline.
Being right on the shore, the suburb takes the full brunt of salt spray, the summer south-easter and winter north-westers pushing in off the Atlantic. Galvanised cowls and cheap flashing corrode fast here. We use marine-grade stainless steel for exposed parts and seal roof penetrations properly, because a leak in a sectional title building quickly becomes the neighbour’s problem too.
The older Three Anchor Bay houses with a sound chimney, or a roof we can run a new flue through, are well suited to a closed-combustion stove. It heats a small lounge quickly and uses far less wood than an open grate. Start with our freestanding closed-combustion range from R7,490 and we will advise on size for the room.
A gas fireplace avoids carrying wood up steep steps or into a flat, and it is easy to switch off when you head out. Some models vent straight through an outside wall instead of the roof. The gas line is installed by our team and the work is signed off with a Certificate of Compliance.
For most Three Anchor Bay apartments, bio-ethanol or electric is the realistic answer. Neither needs a flue, so there is nothing to cut through shared walls or roofs, though we still recommend checking the building rules before you buy.
Outdoor space in Three Anchor Bay is usually modest: a paved back yard, a front stoep or a flat roof with a glimpse of the bay. We size braais to suit, from a narrow built-in wood braai against a boundary wall to a compact gas unit for a balcony where the body corporate allows it. On exposed rooftops we position the braai with the wind in mind so smoke and sparks do not drift into the flats next door.
| Installation labour, freestanding unit, single-storey | R3,500 to R4,800 |
| Freestanding fireplace installation incl. flue | R6,000 to R18,000 |
| Built-in / insert installation | R18,000 to R45,000 |
| Gas installation incl. gas line + CoC | R12,000 to R35,000 |
| Built-in braai installation | quoted on design |
Stainless steel flues, scaffolding on steep sites, through-wall gas venting and body corporate requirements are confirmed and quoted once we have seen the property. More detail is on our fireplace installation Cape Town page.
Let us know your street, whether it is a flat or a house, and what you would like installed or repaired. If you live in a sectional title block, send us the body corporate rules on flues, gas or braais and we will work within them.
Call +27 73 209 3004Bio-ethanol and electric fireplaces are the simplest because they need no flue. If the building allows it, a gas fireplace that vents through an outside wall is another option. We check the layout and the body corporate rules with you first.
Often it can, once it has been swept and inspected. Many of these chimneys need a new liner or repairs to the pot and mortar before they are safe for a modern stove or insert.
The salt spray off the bay attacks ordinary steel and galvanised fittings. We replace them with marine-grade stainless steel, which lasts much longer this close to the water.
That depends on your building. Many sectional title schemes have rules on gas bottles and open flames on balconies, so ask the managing agent first. Where it is allowed, we install it correctly and issue a Certificate of Compliance.
It needs to clear your roof and nearby structures enough to draw well and keep smoke away from neighbouring windows. On the slopes below Signal Hill that can mean a taller flue than usual, which we measure on site.
Yes. We cover Three Anchor Bay along with Sea Point, Green Point, Mouille Point, Fresnaye and the wider Atlantic Seaboard.