Seating — Supply & Install
Concrete and steel benches, backless seats and concrete table-and-bench sets — supplied and installed across Cape Town for parks, promenades, courtyards, shopping centres, schools and campuses.
Ten designs, all made to order. Because we are a building contractor rather than only a supplier, the base preparation, fixing, making good and paintwork are part of the same quote.
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Supplied and Installed
A concrete bench is not something you sign for at the gate. It has to be offloaded, moved to a position that may be nowhere near where the truck can stop, set down on a base that is actually level, and fixed so it stays put — all without cracking the paving on the way there.
We handle access, offloading, levelling, fixing and making good. And because we are a painting contractor as well as a builder, colour matching, timber sealing and later recoating are done by the same team rather than subcontracted out.
The Range
Ten designs, all made to order — lengths, seat heights and finishes can be changed to suit the site. Send us your drawing or a site photo and we will come back with what fits.
The default public bench — full backrest, solid concrete ends, and a seat that can be left outdoors and forgotten about. Heavy enough that nobody carries it off, which is why it is the usual specification for parks and promenades.
Finish: Off-shutter grey, painted or exposed aggregate
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A gently curved seat plate on solid ends — softer to look at than a straight bench and easier over a long sit. Suits entrance courtyards and campus quads where the seating is meant to read as landscaping.
Finish: Off-shutter grey, painted or exposed aggregate
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No backrest, so people sit facing whichever way the space wants them to. The right call on a walkway, a promenade edge, or anywhere a bench with a back would block a view or a route.
Finish: Off-shutter grey, painted or exposed aggregate
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Concrete ends for the weight, hardwood slats for the seat. You get a bench that cannot be moved and is still bearable to sit on in February — the usual compromise for schools and office courtyards.
Finish: Off-shutter or painted concrete, hardwood slats sealed or oiled
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A shaped steel back and seat on a light frame, bolted down rather than cast in. Easy to lift and reposition when a courtyard layout changes — which is exactly the thing concrete cannot do.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised or powder-coated
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Flat steel slats over a tubular frame — the plainest and most repeatable bench in the range. When you need eight of the same thing down a walkway, this is the one that stays in budget.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised or powder-coated
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Perch seating for the in-between spaces — lobbies, smoking areas, drop-offs and loading edges. Backless keeps sightlines open for cameras and keeps the bench somewhere people pause rather than settle.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised or powder-coated
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Armrests at both ends and, on request, a centre divider. Makes the bench far easier to get up from for older users, and it is what facilities managers ask for when overnight sleeping is a problem.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised or powder-coated
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A table with two fixed benches, cast as a set so nothing can be separated and carried away. The standard specification for picnic areas, school grounds and campus lawns, where furniture has to survive being unsupervised.
Finish: Off-shutter grey, painted or exposed aggregate
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The same table set with one bench shortened and the top extended, so a wheelchair pulls in at the end instead of parking alongside. Specify at least one per picnic area — adding it later means replacing a whole unit.
Finish: Off-shutter grey, painted or exposed aggregate
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Concrete stays where it is put, which matters wherever theft is a real risk. Steel is lighter, relocatable and easier to replace after a knock. The finish is where you decide whether the seating disappears into the landscape or reads as part of the building.
Mass is the point. A concrete bench is effectively immovable once it is placed, which is why it is the usual specification for parks, promenades and municipal spaces where theft and vandalism are a real risk rather than a theoretical one. It never needs recoating.
Lighter, and it can be lifted and moved when a layout changes — the right answer for courtyards, shopping centres and estate gardens. The zinc is metallurgically bonded rather than painted on, so it handles salt air far better than a coating. First choice anywhere near the sea.
Where the seating has to match an estate or corporate palette. Best over a galvanised substrate — coating straight onto bare steel is a false economy on a Cape Town site, and you end up paying for it again a few winters later.
Warmer to sit on in July and a great deal cooler in February than bare metal or concrete, at the cost of a sealing or oiling cycle every couple of years. Worth it in a sheltered courtyard; harder to justify on an exposed promenade.
Installation
Everything below is in the quote. You should not be arranging a tail-lift, a bricklayer and a painter separately just to get benches standing level.
How It Works
Six steps, one contractor, one firm price.
We walk the site, check access for offloading, look at the substrate, and work out where people actually sit rather than where the plan says a bench goes.
We set out positions, spacing and orientation, confirm the fixing type, and recommend concrete or steel based on exposure and how likely the bench is to walk.
One itemised quote covering supply, delivery, offloading, installation and making good — not a supply price with the site work still to come.
Every design is made to order, so we confirm the size, finish and lead time in writing before anything goes into production.
Bases prepared, units placed and levelled, fixings set — scheduled around trading hours or school terms where a site cannot stop.
Surfaces reinstated, timber sealed, site cleared, and a walkthrough with you before we leave.
What Cape Town facilities managers, trustees, schools and estate managers ask before ordering benches — concrete versus steel, fixing down, made-to-order sizes and lead times.
Concrete if the bench must not move. It is heavy enough to be effectively immovable once placed, which is why parks, promenades and municipal spaces almost always go concrete — theft stops being a factor. Steel is lighter and can be relocated when a layout changes, so it suits courtyards, shopping centres and estate gardens. On coastal sites we push hard for hot-dip galvanising over any painted-only steel.
Yes. Steel benches bolt down with chemical or expansion anchors, and either steel or concrete units can be dowelled or cast into a footing. Concrete table-and-bench sets are cast as one piece, so the benches cannot be separated from the table. We recommend a fixing method on site based on what the space is exposed to overnight.
Yes — everything in the range is made to order, so lengths, seat heights, back profiles and finishes can all be changed. Send us a drawing or a site photo and we will come back with what fits and what it involves.
Lead times vary by design, finish and quantity — a run of galvanised steel benches is quicker than a batch of precast concrete sets that have to cure. We confirm the lead time in writing with the quote so you can plan the installation date, and nothing goes into production before you have signed it off.
Regularly. Concrete table sets are the usual specification for picnic areas, school grounds and campus lawns because the table and benches are one unit and cannot be separated. We also supply a wheelchair-accessible version with one open end — worth specifying at least one per area, since adding it later means replacing a whole set.
Both, but most clients take supply and install. A concrete bench is heavy enough that offloading and placement is a job on its own, and once it is on site the base still has to be levelled and the paving made good. We will quote supply and delivery only if you have your own team for the site work.
Regularly. We quote per phase so trustees can approve the spend, schedule around residents and tenants, and supply the documentation managing agents need for their records.
It depends on the design, the quantity, the finish, how hard the site is to get into and how the units are fixed down. A row of bolt-down steel benches on an existing slab is a very different job to placing concrete table sets out on a lawn. We quote after a site visit, and the number on the quote is the number you pay.
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Contact UsFour promises, in writing, before any work starts.
Pay the number on your quote. Nothing is added without your approval first.
Get any workmanship defect fixed free within 12 months of handover.
Deal with the owner who quoted your job — first visit to final walkthrough.
Hear what your money is better spent on, even when that means a smaller job for us.
Send us a site photo or a drawing and we will come out, check access, set the layout and quote the whole job — supply, installation and making good.
We supply and install outdoor benches and public seating across Cape Town — the Southern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, Atlantic Seaboard and the city's industrial precincts. If your area isn't listed below, get in touch; chances are we cover it too.
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