Phoning around for burglar bars in Cape Town takes time, and every company asks the same questions. Send one measuring sheet instead and we pass it to burglar bar manufacturers and installers who serve Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape. They quote on the steel, the lock, the finish, fitting and how soon they can start.
Burglar Bars in Cape Town
Burglar bars in Cape Town are ordered mainly for house windows, kitchen and bathroom vents, and shopfront openings. Give the number of windows, their sizes and the frame type so burglar bar makers and installers serving Cape Town and the rest of Western Cape can quote you accurately.
Want to know more first? Our burglar bars guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Security doors, gates and bars in Cape Town
Cape Town has an enormous variety of buildings: Victorian terraces in Woodstock and Salt River, face-brick suburban houses in Claremont and Bellville, flats along the Atlantic seaboard, townhouse estates and the informal and formal areas of the Cape Flats. Salt air and strong south-easterly winds corrode steel on the coast, so galvanised or powder-coated doors and bars with stainless fixings make sense, and heritage areas may restrict what can go on the front of a house. Industrial users in Montague Gardens, Epping and Paarden Eiland order heavy gates and steel doors. Fabricators work from these industrial areas and across the metro.
Typical burglar bars requests in the area come from:
- Houses: steel bars on every window, with a quick-release panel in each bedroom
- Flats and apartments: bars on ground-floor and balcony windows, with a way out kept in each bedroom
- Townhouses and complexes: bars in a body corporate approved style, often slim and matching the frames
- Shops and restaurants: bars over rear windows, storerooms and vents, with a clear view where needed
- Factories and warehouses: heavy mesh and bars on offices, vents and stores in factories and yards
- Offices and practices: neat bars or clear bars on ground-floor windows without darkening the room
- Schools, clinics and churches: bars on clinic and classroom windows that meet fire and escape rules
- Farms and smallholdings: heavy bars on remote houses, stores and pump rooms, galvanised against weather
Local tips for Cape Town
In Cape Town, what people fit most is this: powder-coated clear bars and security gates, steel doors and heavy gates in industry. Makers and installers: fabricators in Epping, Montague Gardens and Paarden Eiland. A useful tip: check heritage overlay and body corporate rules before ordering new front gates.
Burglar Bars are usually made in mild steel, 12 mm bars in a 20 x 20 mm frame, windows from 600 x 600 to 1,800 x 1,500 mm, with fixed, or hinged with an inside latch or key and powder coat, galvanised in coastal areas. Locally: salt air and south-easter wind: galvanised or powder-coated, stainless fixings.
What to include in your request
- Number of openings with width and height of each in mm
- Window frame type: steel, aluminium or wood
- Fixed bars, or a quick-release panel on bedrooms
- Inside the reveal or fixed to the face of the wall
- Colour, finish and whether you are near the sea
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Manufacturers, installers and locksmiths on our network work in Cape Town and surrounding areas, including Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. Give the suburb so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need the work done.