Progress Group

About Progress Group

Fire, comfort and craft — since 1990

Progress Group started in 1990 as a Cape Town fireplace business and grew the way trade businesses do: one correctly installed job at a time. Today we supply and install fireplaces, braais, flues, gas appliances, pizza ovens, air conditioning and lighting across Cape Town, the Cape Winelands, the West Coast, the Breede Valley and the Langeberg — from a single showroom in Bellville.

Our story

The business began with wood-burning fireplaces at a time when most Cape homes were built without proper heating. Getting the heat right was never the hard part — getting the flue right was. That is still where we spend our attention: diameter, routing, insulation, termination height. A well-chosen fireplace on a badly designed flue disappoints every winter.

Braais came next, then gas, then air conditioning, then lighting — each added because our customers were already asking us to handle it. We kept the same rule throughout: we only sell what our own crews are willing to install and service afterwards.

Three decades later the showroom in Bellville is still where most jobs start. People come in to feel the difference between an open fireplace and a closed combustion unit, look at 304 stainless braai finishes in daylight, and leave with a written quote rather than a guess.

What we stand on

A showroom you can walk into

189 Durban Road in Bellville. Fireplaces alight, braais built up, flue components on the shelf — you see what you are buying before you commit.

Our own installation crews

We do not hand your job to a subcontractor we have never met. The team that quotes the flue route is the team that drills, seals and commissions it.

Compliance in writing

Solid fuel work to SANS 10400 and SANS 827, gas installations signed off with a Certificate of Conformity, and a 12-month workmanship warranty on every installation.

Brands we stand behind

LavaFires, Magma, Hydrofire, Jetmaster, SAfire, Invicta, MCZ, Chad-O-Chef, Alfresco, K.Light and more — stocked because they hold up, not because they are cheap.

Trade and homeowners

Architects specify us, builders order from us and homeowners buy one fireplace from us. All three get the same lead times and the same aftersales.

Aftersales that answers

Servicing, chimney sweeping, re-gassing and spares for what we sold you — years after the invoice, not just inside the warranty.

Showroom

Visit our showroom

The Progress Group showroom in Bellville, Cape Town

Address

189 Durban Road, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530

Showroom hours

Mon – Fri: 08:00 – 17:00

Sat: 08:00 – 13:00

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Credentials

  • Registered gas practitioners — Certificate of Conformity issued on every gas installation
  • Solid fuel installations to SANS 10400 and SANS 827
  • Certified HVAC technicians for split, multi-split and VRF air conditioning
  • Qualified electricians for lighting work, electrical CoC on request
  • 12-month workmanship warranty on all installations
  • Manufacturer-backed warranties on the brands we stock

Want to talk to someone? Our contact page has the showroom address, phone numbers and opening hours.