Fireplaces for Sale in Cape Town

Start with the room, not the catalogue. A closed combustion fireplace heats the whole open-plan area and burns far less wood than an open hearth, so it is the default choice for most Cape Town homes. Gas fireplaces suit apartments, complexes and anyone who wants flame at the press of a button. Open fireplaces give the classic look for occasional fires, pellet fireplaces run automatically on a thermostat, and insert fireplaces turn an existing masonry chimney into an efficient heater.

Sizing is simple: allow roughly 1 kW of output for every 10 m² of living space, then add a little for high ceilings, single-brick walls or a draughty south-facing room. A 10 kW unit comfortably heats 80–100 m². Oversizing means you run the fire smouldering, which soots the glass and the flue.

Installed prices on this site start at R6,295 for an open fireplace, R10,448 for a closed combustion unit and R7,705 for a gas fireplace. A standard single-storey installation in Cape Town is R5,500, and a double-storey is R8,000. Flue kits are matched to the stove's outlet — 130 mm for 10 kW and smaller, 150 mm for 11–15 kW and 180 mm for 16–18 kW.

Every wood-burning installation is done to SANS 10400 Part V, and gas units are installed and signed off with a gas Certificate of Conformity by a registered installer. We install within 200 km of Cape Town — the City, Northern and Southern Suburbs, the Cape Winelands, Overberg and West Coast — and courier anywhere in South Africa.